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re: Mississippi river catfish tips
Posted on 3/26/13 at 5:07 am to brew400
Posted on 3/26/13 at 5:07 am to brew400
Get a dipnet and hit a roadside ditch for some small crawfish that are about 2" long. Money this time of the year! With the spring rise, crawfish are on the move in the back waters, were the catfish will be feeding. Small bream about 2" work great too!
Was going to put my lines out, but to much wind and me feeling real bad stopped me. Maybe tonorrow. Will be setting out my fish traps for some small bream in my pond. I don't think Nascars pond has any.
Was going to put my lines out, but to much wind and me feeling real bad stopped me. Maybe tonorrow. Will be setting out my fish traps for some small bream in my pond. I don't think Nascars pond has any.
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Posted on 3/26/13 at 6:57 am to eng08
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Think I can catch some catfish in Lake Bruin this weekend?
I'm just planning on sitting on the pier since I don't feel like fooling with a boat. And I'm not waking up early.
I'll be at Bruin all weekend as well. Can't decide whether or not to take the yak. Plenty of boats there, I just want to get the yak in the water.
Posted on 3/26/13 at 3:10 pm to Tiger2763
quote:The Mississippi River is one of the few bodies of water with NO consumption advisories- to my knowledge. The Gulf DOES.
My tip for you is don't eat anything you catch from the Mississippi River!
Even when there are advisories, catfish usually aren't on those lists. Not sure why.
Ever see just how many bodies of water have consumption advisories? Check the link below. I posted a couple.
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Big Alabama Bayou Limit consumption of all species to no more than one meal per month combined.
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Gulf of Mexico No consumption of king mackerel; Limit cobia, blackfin tuna and greater amberjack consumption to no more that one meal per month.
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 5:31 pm to lsufishnhunt
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My tip for you is don't eat anything you catch from the Mississippi River!
Curious why you think this. There are a TON of fish that come out of the river that are eaten. Including many crawfish/catfish that are sold in seafood stores all over south Louisiana.
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In a previous career I often saw analysis of water used at the company I worked for. Many reports included samples of the raw water coming from the river. Most of them had several containments outside of limits determined to be safe for contact much less consumption. Do yourself a favor and take a small bottle to a lab and see for yourself.
As I said, I would recommend against it but do what you want.
My tip for you is don't eat anything you catch from the Mississippi River!
Curious why you think this. There are a TON of fish that come out of the river that are eaten. Including many crawfish/catfish that are sold in seafood stores all over south Louisiana.
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In a previous career I often saw analysis of water used at the company I worked for. Many reports included samples of the raw water coming from the river. Most of them had several containments outside of limits determined to be safe for contact much less consumption. Do yourself a favor and take a small bottle to a lab and see for yourself.
As I said, I would recommend against it but do what you want.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 6:53 pm to ZacAttack
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hold together better than livers
Pantyhose will take care of this. Don't wear them though. Will make for a damn awkward situation while fishing with buddies if ya do. Cut them up into squares and place the liver in the middle of the square then put on the hook. Works like a champ for livers
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:39 am to lv2bowhntAU
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Find a mechanic that will give you a bucket of old sparkplugs and drain plugs to use as weights.
Have a friend who says you cant catch catfish without spark plugs
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:50 am to fatboydave
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In a previous career I often saw analysis of water used at the company I worked for. Many reports included samples of the raw water coming from the river. Most of them had several containments outside of limits determined to be safe for contact much less consumption. Do yourself a favor and take a small bottle to a lab and see for yourself.
I have ran coliform test on the river water, and they were certainly pretty high, but you can't beat the taste of some fresh fried catfish!
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:55 am to Geauxtiga
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Even when there are advisories, catfish usually aren't on those lists. Not sure why
When I've been involved in testing fish from contaminated water bodies, catfish almost always had the lowest levels of the pollutants of concern (PCB's, mercury, etc). Bass were often tops, and if you look at the Gulf Advisories, top of the chain pelagic are almost always the biggest concern. I think catfish having such a varied diet instead of all small fish, which create the compounding effect (bio-accumulation) is what keeps them from being a concern most of the time. Either that, or they are eating enough Mexican soap that they stay clean.
Posted on 3/29/13 at 11:04 am to flip82lsu
I've been fishing off the bank for a while now near LSU.
The best advice I can give is get tough bait that will stay on the hook, and get the right hooks. Forget the line of thinking that catfish just inhale anything they come across, in my experience they're actually a little shy and tend to nibble a bit. I can't tell you how many bites I missed using circle and treble hooks. The rod tip would go nuts then nothing.
When I switched to wide mouth J-hooks that all changed. They get the barb in their mouth on the first nibble and it's over.
For bait, I like cheap bacon with a lot of that tough fat on it. You can braid it on to the hook and loop it several times so it won't come loose. The trick is to not leave a tag, or the fish will grab that and slowly rip it off the hook. Any other tough bait will work, but I think greasy bacon helps them get on it.
I use about an ounce of weight usually carolina rigged with 30# mono leader. Also don't be afraid to throw right out into the channel, that's where I've caught my biggest blues with the little farts tending to stick to broken water.
Fish range in size a little bigger and smaller than these, and are usually caught right around dark.
The best advice I can give is get tough bait that will stay on the hook, and get the right hooks. Forget the line of thinking that catfish just inhale anything they come across, in my experience they're actually a little shy and tend to nibble a bit. I can't tell you how many bites I missed using circle and treble hooks. The rod tip would go nuts then nothing.
When I switched to wide mouth J-hooks that all changed. They get the barb in their mouth on the first nibble and it's over.
For bait, I like cheap bacon with a lot of that tough fat on it. You can braid it on to the hook and loop it several times so it won't come loose. The trick is to not leave a tag, or the fish will grab that and slowly rip it off the hook. Any other tough bait will work, but I think greasy bacon helps them get on it.
I use about an ounce of weight usually carolina rigged with 30# mono leader. Also don't be afraid to throw right out into the channel, that's where I've caught my biggest blues with the little farts tending to stick to broken water.
Fish range in size a little bigger and smaller than these, and are usually caught right around dark.
Posted on 3/29/13 at 12:06 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
I live right by the levee. I gotta try this. The bacon suggestion makes sense.
Posted on 3/29/13 at 2:28 pm to OldHickory
I'd personally rather fry the bacon and fish with the soap. 
Posted on 3/29/13 at 2:28 pm to OldHickory
Try one of these.
If there's ever a collapse of the economy, I'll regret not getting one. Just too skeered to.
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If there's ever a collapse of the economy, I'll regret not getting one. Just too skeered to.
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Posted on 3/29/13 at 2:42 pm to Icansee4miles
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I'd personally rather fry the bacon and fish with the soap.
MS river laughs at soap. That current doesn't mess around. Also we're talkin the less than $2 a lb stuff, the kind that has almost no meat on it and could double as bow string.
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