A friend of mine bribed me to enter a catfish tournament on pool 16 with him in the morning. I am not the avid catfisherman but have landed two nice flats this year one 18 and one 20. I really have no clue as to where to find them right now. Walleyes I know right were to go with very low flow. My game plan is to fish what current I can find shallow till 9:00 and then start working deeper areas.(wingdams/wood). Moving alot. I know a few spots that go 25+ deep with good cover with access to good shallow areas close. I am not asking for any secret spots, just kind of a brief review, sort of speak, of when/where(shallow/deep) and what sort of areas they might be using this time of year. A little early to seak out wintering holes I am assuming? and the spawn is long gone. Tourney starts at 7 and goes till 3. My fear is that it will be a repeat of the only other tourney I have entered years ago when we only boated one dink and didn't even go to weigh in. I probably should not have mentioned I am a walleye guy but at least its not Bass! But what the heck it will be fun regardless!
Well we ended up 30th out of 42 boats. caught 2 fish over the 15" limit. totaled 3.24lbs. Sad day for us but we gave it our best. Most of the boats that did well ran down river quite a ways while we stayed local. Oh well I didn't expect a whole lot given I had such short notice and no time to pre-fish. Still fun and I might consider doing it again next season. Thanks for the advice guys!!
I should have just trolled cranks and dragged jigs and crawlers like I would for walleye. I might have got lucky a third time this year.
Daytime channels with low flow?
But what the heck it will be fun regardless!
