Slip floats for channel cats....

[DitchPanda]

Anybody routinely use slip floats in your pursuit of channel cats? If so are there any floats you prefer?

[Bluebasser86]

Doesn't really matter but which one I'm using varies a lot depending on current and size of bait I'm floating. 

[DitchPanda]

5 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Doesn't really matter but which one I'm using varies a lot depending on current and size of bait I'm floating. 

No preferred brands?kinda like the looks of the thill center sliders, plus they make lots of sizes 

[Bluebasser86]

23 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

No preferred brands?kinda like the looks of the thill center sliders, plus they make lots of sizes 

They're very nice, but also wood so they get broken pretty easily. I tend to stick to foam style ones

[DitchPanda]

10 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

They're very nice, but also wood so they get broken pretty easily. I tend to stick to foam style ones

Oh yeah good call. Maybe ill stick with foam.

[mrpao]

I just use the cheap red and white foam ones from Walmart most of the time. Inexpensive and gets the job done.

[Bankbeater]

I use to do a lot of catfishing off of the bank.  The size of the floater always depended on the type of bait I was fishing with, and how far out I was fishing.  Easier to see if the floater is large.

[MassBass]

Is your float fishing for cats always live bait, or can you use dead or chunk bait? 

[VolFan]

Cut bait or chicken is fine - it more depends on where you’re fishing and what species of cats. Live or fresh cut for flatheads around cover/structure and cut or chicken around structure or bait for blues and channels.

[Bluebasser86]

I'm usually using cut bait. Only time I might use live bait is if I'm after flatheads.