Catfish In A Small Lake?

[Brett Strohl]

We were bass fishing today and I decided to throw out a pole with stink bait b/c I'm sure there are catfish there, but I know almost nobody fishes for them.  (Dad says there are bullhead there) I don't think I had a single bite all day which kind of surprised me.  If I'm fishing a lake, should I throw stink bait on a bobber (and if so what depth), or is dragging the bottom fine?

[gardnerjigman]

Catch sunfish/blue gill, cut it into chunks and toss that out. You couldn't pay me to fish with stink bait/livers/anything that is rotten and vile. Fresh cut bait will catch whatever is in there, and gives you a better shot at the bigger ones.

[Brett Strohl]

There are tons of little blue gill there so maybe I'll try that.  I honestly haven't found a catfish bait I'm confident in, but we live in Indiana so the fishing isn't great here   What kind of hooks should we use?  One of my friends always tries to fish with small blue gill, but when he gets a bite, he always pulls the bluegill out of their mouths. >_<

[gardnerjigman]

I use circle hooks

[Brett Strohl]

what size do you think?  I don't know anything about this stuff lol

[CFS]

We were bass fishing today and I decided to throw out a pole with stink bait b/c I'm sure there are catfish there, but I know almost nobody fishes for them.  (Dad says there are bullhead there) I don't think I had a single bite all day which kind of surprised me.  If I'm fishing a lake, should I throw stink bait on a bobber (and if so what depth), or is dragging the bottom fine?

The big 'uns aren't fooled by those stinky concoctions. They are predators, not scavengers. They using a live bait, or a spinner with a minnow attached.  

[bigbill]

Fish in the evenings.

I had a snapping turtle the size of my keep tire hit my line. I dragged it all the way to shore and let him go. He clawed up the bottom all the way in. The cat fishing was awesome that night.