OK folks need some catfish help

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strikeu
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OK folks need some catfish help

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I've got some catfish in my pond that I cannot catch.

they're enormous. I can see them when I feed, they come to the top. they're 30-40+ inches easy. long as my leg, I'm guessing 30lbs plus. I think Channel and Blue but that's just my guess. 10 acre pond.

I think they're devouring my bluegill. I've offered my nephew to come bow-fish them out, he's an avid bow-fisher but he has not been able to come in 2 years.

I need tips or someone to come get them. I've tried bottom fishing, with everything from livers to stinkbait, overnight rigs set up. you name it.

I could pop them with a 308 when they surface, don't really want to do that.

advice?

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Put you a not quite hand size bream about a foot and a half or so under a big bobber. Hook him between the dorsal fins and the tail with a good stout hook. Use one of your bass rods and toss him out where you normally see em and hang on. You can do the same thing with a few jugs. Big catfish love bream.
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I agree they do love bream. I first thought about bow fishing but I would run jugs or a trot line. That way you could check it daily at your convenience.
I've caught quite a few using shiners or cut bait too.

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I'll give the hooked bream a shot. my neighbor actually hooked one and it almost ripped the pole from him. broke the line.

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You catch them big ol hawgs yet?
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I'll get them out for you. Let's wait til end of April, just in case I'm able to do any turkey hunting. But I know how to get them and we'll have some fun with it too.
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Got a pond that’s got some pretty good size ones in it too. They are hard to catch and it seems like they get smart quick when you catch one or two. I have had the best luck with bream on jugs for catching numbers in the pond. My boy caught a pretty good one on a minnow last week.
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Try a piece of Slim Jim about 3 feet deep under a bobber. Hot dogs, WalMart stink bait, chicken breast marinated in garlic salt for a couple of days, live bream, etc. Just don't fish on bottom. I don't recall ever catching pond catfish on bottom.
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Electricity comes to mind

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jwalker77 wrote:
Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:57 pm
Electricity comes to mind
Really need a good rock bottom to telephone. Or so I heard. 🤣🤣

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Boneless chicken breast in bite size chunks with cherry kool aid pack dumped on it. Let it set overnight.
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Big night crawlers, several on one hook and NO WEIGHT. Open bail on the reel.
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