ohhhhhhh yeah

i cant wait till i can catch mr wiskers again.  c'mon, i cant be the only one who likes catching these beasts.  its only a matter of time till that rod tip starts thumping.

I got a 45.4lb blue cat from a local paylake.  I'll have to find the pic and post it.
 

NICE

skip,
 
i live in erie and mainly fish the shoreline for them.  Ive had really good intentions on fishing some of the inland lakes, but never got to them. last year was the first time i targeted them.  i was wondering if anyone knew about what time of year they started biting. late may, early june? any help would be great.
 
 

Saltydog- Just wondering about the shoreline cat fishing.  Never fished expressly for cats, but I've been thinking about trying it.  Some questions, if you don't mind:

• Can I assume you are fishing at night?
  
• Do you fish off the mouths of tribs, or pretty much anywhere?
  
• Do you look for certain structures when locating a spot?

ORIGINAL: saltydog

skip,

i live in erie and mainly fish the shoreline for them.  Ive had really good intentions on fishing some of the inland lakes, but never got to them. last year was the first time i targeted them.  i was wondering if anyone knew about what time of year they started biting. late may, early june? any help would be great.

 
 
Do you fish West county or East???
 
 

Just out of curiosity do you use any other bait other then live bait or cut bait for big cats, trying to get into started a little last year but had little success and the only thing that i caught was little. just trying to learn some new techniques on this and any startup tricks.

.

ORIGINAL: egg sac

And what pay lake would that be? I have yet to catch a blue cat but have banked plenty of channel and flats in my life.

http://www.paradiselakes.net/index.html


Not even 10 minutes from Dunlap Lake. They put in Blues, Flats and Channels.  Also Carp and some nice Trout.

Buying 3 pieces of shrimp was not all the expensive.  Cut in 1/2, those pieces could be used by 6 people.  Additionally, it was a rare occurance when a piece of shrimp was lost or eaten.  Hence, the potential was there to use the shrimp more than one fishing evening.  How about that smart guy?  Obviously, I got all the brains in the family....

How is your "Uppyours Outdoor Adventures" sham working out lately?  all the negative publicity hurtin ya yet?

Doc

U sure it was Elk dung and not something you did and passed it off as Wildlife Droppings?
 
Doc

ORIGINAL: Grendel

When I lived along the lakeshore in NY, we would target cats during the time of the full-moon, using shrimp as bait.  We would buy the shrimp from the store, and put them in a plastic bag to soak in the sun.  The shrimp should be of the shelled variety.  The best hours were between 10 pm and 2 am.  I was lucky enough to catch a blue on a piece of liver my dad suggested I try.  First cast....BAM!  Beer and Catfishin' - those were the days of my youth!

Doc

I've seen your pictures, and you in person, Doc.  You make it sound as if you're Skip's age or something.  Then again, if you were that old, you'd have been using Triops for bait.

TT,
 
Yeah, being only 28 I guess I am pushing it a little!  I will never be as old as Skip!
 
Doc

ORIGINAL: Grendel

TT,

Yeah, being only 28 I guess I am pushing it a little!  I will never be as old as Skip!

Doc

 
 
 

ORIGINAL: kevinupp

Doc, i think you would've liked this lady.

Masters in biology.
Blonde.
Dumb as a box of rocks.
Hunts, fishes, and loves Rush.

 
 
Where's she from? 
 
Try Pymatuning for the cats.  There are a few oddball flatheads in there that were mistakenly stocked from Mosquito.  There are also a TON of channel cats.  Every year we catch a few in the 8 to 12# range mistakenly while walleye fishing.  Got 2 last week on last ice on tip ups, one was 6# the other 9.