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Mississippi River Catfishing
Posted on 8/10/16 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 8/10/16 at 3:39 pm
Anyone ever tried catfishing in the Mississippi River? Hell I live right across the street from it, I wouldn't mind trying to catch a big nasty river monster from the bank one afternoon
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Posted on 8/10/16 at 3:44 pm to lbarfi1
Hardest part is finding a clear stretch of bank. You'll see what I mean. Depending on the water level you may need either waders or a machete just to get to the bank.
Other than that it can be a lot of fun. Don't waste time throwing to eddies near barges, get out in the current. Throw out as far as you can and use durable bait. I found bacon or cut bait works best. It's absolutely loaded.
Other than that it can be a lot of fun. Don't waste time throwing to eddies near barges, get out in the current. Throw out as far as you can and use durable bait. I found bacon or cut bait works best. It's absolutely loaded.
Posted on 8/10/16 at 3:45 pm to lbarfi1
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Anyone ever tried catfishing in the Mississippi River?
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Hell I live right across the street from it
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I wouldn't mind trying to catch a big nasty river monster from the bank one afternoon
do it
Posted on 8/10/16 at 4:09 pm to lbarfi1
YouTube mhood. Videos are pretty corny but he catches in the river.
Posted on 8/10/16 at 4:15 pm to lbarfi1
What stretch you live near?
Like others have said, if you can actually get to waters edge and cast out, you WILL catch catfish.
Use something meaty and greasy and stays on a hook well.
I've eaten small catfish from the Miss, but I'd throw them big ones back. That's kinda my rule of thumb anywhere with catfish anyway, though.
Like others have said, if you can actually get to waters edge and cast out, you WILL catch catfish.
Use something meaty and greasy and stays on a hook well.
I've eaten small catfish from the Miss, but I'd throw them big ones back. That's kinda my rule of thumb anywhere with catfish anyway, though.
Posted on 8/10/16 at 5:19 pm to lbarfi1
get the largest, cheapest, nastiest can of dog food you can find, attack it with an ice pick on all surfaces till it oozes, toss it in without the paper wrapping (so you are environmentally correct), come back in an hour and fish down stream from it with cut bait and load up on 'em...
Posted on 8/10/16 at 5:55 pm to lbarfi1
My buddy's FIL makes a living doing it. I don't know any of the specifics of it though. He's shown me videos of em pulling up 50 fish at a time in his nets.
Posted on 8/10/16 at 6:33 pm to lbarfi1
Got a place down the road we call "the point". Nothing but a big stretch of sand with a pond about 50 yards off the levee. Caught many monsters off the bank there.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 8:16 am to lbarfi1
Who the hell would DV a good ole kitty catching thread.
It might make me OB trash, but catfish and bream are my faves when I wet a freshwater hook. Trotlines, bush hooks, jugs, don't matter to me.
And a bull bream on a flyrod is some of the best fun you can have.
It might make me OB trash, but catfish and bream are my faves when I wet a freshwater hook. Trotlines, bush hooks, jugs, don't matter to me.
And a bull bream on a flyrod is some of the best fun you can have.
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