Channel catfish strategy

[soflabasser]

Ohio is very different from Florida, but I would assume that the bass and catfish can coexist if there is enough food for them to eat.Also there can only be so many predator species per acre of water,too many predators in small pond is not good.

[Bluebasser86]

Most every pond in Kansas has channel cats and bass coexisting. They're eat each other, but most any fish will eat another fish if given the chance. 

Channel cats also do not reproduce well in most ponds, so they aren't going to overpopulate. Generally, they're beneficial because they'll eat smaller bass to help keep the bass from getting overpopulated. 

[jr231]

Thanks @GORDO , @soflabasser @Bluebasser86

Thanks for the tips. 28 in channel cat. Free lined a Gill. The cat came out of the weeds as I reeled it in slowly and crushed it. What a rush. 

[soflabasser]

Congratulations on catching a big channel catfish!

[jr231]

@soflabasser thanks. It was pretty exciting. it's like it's whole body was a huge muscle. super strong. Even on land. It was not pleased lol 

[soflabasser]

2 minutes ago, Yeajray231 said:

@soflabasser thanks. It was pretty exciting. it's like it's whole body was a huge muscle. super strong. Even on land. It was not pleased lol 

You are welcome. How much do you think it weighed?

[jr231]

I'm not positive. I'd say at least 8 pounds.  I didn't have my scale. I just got off work so I had my tape. In ohio you can get a "fish ohio" angler pin if you catch a certain species of certain length. For LM bass it is 21" and the channel cat is 26" so. It broke that by 2 inches. I was a little puzzled by the color. It looked completely black in the water. And still pretty dark out.  I thought they were much lighter. Maybe it's age ? 

@soflabasser

[IndianaFinesse]

12 minutes ago, Yeajray231 said:

I'm not positive. I'd say at least 8 pounds.  I didn't have my scale. I just got off work so I had my tape. In ohio you can get a "fish ohio" angler pin if you catch a certain species of certain length. For LM bass it is 21" and the channel cat is 26" so. It broke that by 2 inches. I was a little puzzled by the color. It looked completely black in the water. And still pretty dark out.  I thought they were much lighter. Maybe it's age ? 

@soflabasser

The males have a dark, navy/blue color like that.  Some people even mistake them for blue catfish because some of them are so dark.

[soflabasser]

2 hours ago, Yeajray231 said:

I'm not positive. I'd say at least 8 pounds.  I didn't have my scale. I just got off work so I had my tape. In ohio you can get a "fish ohio" angler pin if you catch a certain species of certain length. For LM bass it is 21" and the channel cat is 26" so. It broke that by 2 inches. I was a little puzzled by the color. It looked completely black in the water. And still pretty dark out.  I thought they were much lighter. Maybe it's age ? 

@soflabasser

Nice,I wouldn't mine catching a bunch of channel catfish that size.They are highly underated fish and fight much better than a bass of equal size.

[scaleface]

Nothing wrong with stinkbait . A good punch bait will stay on for a longtime .

[Bankbeater]

Fishing catfish dough bait I would put some on a weightless treble hook, toss it out and hold the rod.  One bite and they will get the bait off. 

[Al Wolbach]

On 8/27/2016 at 10:14 PM, soflabasser said:

One of my favorite small bodies of water has +10 pound bass and +20 pound channel catfish in it,so they can definitely coexist together if there is enough food for them to eat.

Santee-Cooper has great flathead fishing, over 100lb, and we all know about the bass there. Road trip, lol.......

[soflabasser]

9 hours ago, Al Wolbach said:

Santee-Cooper has great flathead fishing, over 100lb, and we all know about the bass there. Road trip, lol.......

I have been to South Carolina and plan on going again.Its a beautiful state with great fishing.