2016 Channel Catfish Thread

Bring em on!

april 26/2016 catfishing trip pine city mn

Attachments:

1. 

   my-sturgen.jpg
   

2. 

   mikes-sturgen.jpg
   

3. 

   catfish.jpg
   

Red River of the North,
Ths cats are bitting!

Attachments:

1. 

   100_4370.jpg
   

More from the Red River

Attachments:

1. 

   100_4399.jpg
   

2. 

   100_4398.jpg
   

3. 

   100_4393.jpg
   

4. 

   100_4394.jpg
   

Unreal night by myself. Just finished landing one and the other rod goes. Then Finished with my PB Channel.

Attachments:

1. 

   image-9.jpg
   

2. 

   image-10.jpg
   

holy sumos very nice

Finally got the kids out for some cattin. Daughter caught a couple and her arms were tired so dad got to reel one in too. Lil sis is the worm/minnow caregiver.

Attachments:

1. 

   IMG_20160613_190540448.jpg
   

Very awesome! Taking kids fishing is fun.

Cool looking cat
https://weather.com/sports-recreation/outdoors/video/canadian-catches-albino-catfish-in-winnipegs-red-river

And a true albino at that!

I know this is the catfish photo thread bu you see this Phil? It’s a red snapper.

Attachments:

1. 

   13450855_1395343960481666_6614031685928901611_n.jpg
   

no i didnt that is cool. maybe its a new species of snappers =)

Still getting monster channels.

Attachments:

1. 

   image-10.jpg
   

Nice fish! I love it when channels have a big fat belly on them.

The biggest fish we caught on a 2 day trip last Tuesday to Grand Forks

Attachments:

1. 

   image-1.png
   

mplspug wrote:

Nice fish! I love it when channels have a big fat belly on them.

pug,
be nice, fish have feelins to bud. we like to say they are healthy or girthy. lol

btw,
very nice HEALTHY sumo channels

The bite has slowed big time in the recent couple weeks. However It seems that some of the females have finished spawning as of recently (noticed one with spawn sores and looked like she just dumped her eggs). This one seemed very healthy and as always was released. I’ve caught the catfish throughout the system but only have two locations that produce the true monsters. It’s not fast and furious with large cut bait but it’s always worth the wait.

Attachments:

1. 

   IMG_20160706_223120-4-01.jpeg
   

very nice lookin kitten

I just started a channel on Youtube, MplsOutdoors, where I am going to be uploading a video series doing a lot of fishing in the metro area. You all should subscribe and let me know of any cool spots or places you would want me to go!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLWU22YIz4HQe1ucS3IDSg

Where do you live Chris, nice catfish.

Episode 2 is here with much better footage where we catch 3 large channels! Subscribe and comment where I should go for a fishing trip in mn

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCpLWU22YIz4HQe1ucS3IDSg

Near Madison. Mostly fish Mendota for cats but also venture to Wisconsin river for some surprisingly big channels and flatheads. Just started using my walleye rod with floats to suspend baits near deep weedlines. Been a blast catching cats on 8 pound test.

Attachments:

1. 

   IMG_20160714_210506168-01.jpeg
   

The bite is hot right now

Attachments:

1. 

   100_4497.jpg
   

Ive been super busy Chris and just read your respose. Nice channels!

A couple of Red River cats.

Attachments:

1. 

   100_4502.jpg
   

2. 

   100_4503.jpg
   

Nice fish Nitram, are they channels or blues.

Piles of catfish at the Blue Earth Dam!

Attachments:

1. 

   E7ACB2D2D73A11CDFDCF86FB0583BA88.jpg
   

mossydan wrote:

Nice fish Nitram, are they channels or blues.

Red River, so channels.

Caught my PB channel cat out of the St.Croix this past weekend. A whopping 36×23 inch cat.

Attachments:

1. 

   DSC04837.jpg
   

That’s a beast! Nice catch man

Been fishing tight to the washing machine the last few days. Flats and channels.
Here’s a 13.5#

Attachments:

1. 

   CameraZOOM-20160921173421867.jpg