Josh7388
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kinda surprising...
that french creek doest have a population of catfish in it...seems like good habitat...idk just bored and thinking i guess
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/04 10:30:28
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I guess it depends on where at in French Creek. Almost all of the fishing I do in the French is in Seagertown. At most places the water is not very deep, even in canoes you must get out and wade past many spots. I have only caught ugly little bullheads (I think) there. In Cochranton, however, people run powered boats up and down the creek, and I have seen pictures of bigger cats (both channels & flats) from that section.
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/04 15:42:19
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That's interesting I heard there was no catfish at all. How have you been doing fishing French this year? I live in Venango and fish French quite a bit
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/04 17:49:42
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you need to leave Venango Borough and Seagertown Borough...
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/04 17:54:37
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caught a 10+ channel on french in venango 2 ssummers ago ... and we make a few trip a summer to a certain location in franklin and get a couple a night ... so i guess it just depends where you go
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/04 18:51:17
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I'm up in the cocranton area quite a bit. Where might be a place to start looking
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/04 18:54:20
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Josh7388
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/04 20:42:58
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So there's flatheads in there too not just channels?
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/04 21:07:28
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If the alleghany has flat heads, channels then there isnt any reason why french would not. What the population density is would only be speculation
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/04 21:37:25
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I've never heard of anybody catching Flatheads around Oil City and Franklin in the river...I could be wrong..but I think the flatties are below the locks and dams on the Allegheny
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/05 00:55:23
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ever heard of " tar bottoms" on the Allegheny....great place to catch cat fish on the river at night, not to far from French either. Use chubs from oil creek.
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/05 09:58:53
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No I haven't. Where Is that at? And live chubs or cut bait? Also channels or flats and channels?
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/05 13:21:52
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Flates your better off live channels will eat anything
I'd rather be lucky then good,but im to good to be lucky
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Re:kinda surprising...
2012/06/06 00:55:41
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we use chubs ... depends on which holes really ... if its slower water i just put a little sinker on and let it go and that works ... but in the holes with heavier current use like a 1/2 sinker with chubs and gils and the flats come around ... catch the occasional pike and walleye as well so i guess the best advice is to try it ... move through the deeper holes
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