Wanting To Fish For Catfish On A Weedy Bottom Lake

[LWD]

Hello fellow fishermen,

You can't throw anything out there in this lake with weight or else you'll get hung up in grass. Basically I'm looking for a method you would use fishing for catfish in lakes with weedy bottoms thanks.

[Bluebasser86]

If the height that the weeds come off the bottom is fairly uniform then floating a bait under a bobber just above the weeds is about the best way to do it. A lake I used to catfish a lot has a bunch of weeds and this works very well.

Another way that works well is to use a piece of unweighted cutbait. I fish it on braided line so I can watch for my line to twitch or speed up and just cast to likely looking areas. Wait for it to get down to the weeds then lift it gently and let it settle back down. It's very much like fishing a worm for bass and is deadly for channel cats once you get the hang of it. I've actually caught some really nice bass and walleye doing this too.

[LWD]

Ok thanks for your advice basically a slip bobber rig, your cutbait method sounds interesting like something I would want to try.