New Day Same Story

Dang silly catfish like Danny King again today i.e. got a 1 lb 15oz Channel on Danny King - and baby catfish keep stealing Secret-7 bait e.g. second day in row this has happened - may have to go buy some Danny King tomorrow.

Dang rain is going to hold off tomorrow just long enough for me to mow the grass or go fishing - wonder which I should do ? ? (truth - neighbors are going to get up a protest march if I don't mow the grass

One 2lb keeper

Today I got a 2lb using Danny King - which stays on the hook a lot better. Had another catfish on magic bait but was careless and knocked it off when I let it hit side of boat (dumb move). Secret-7 / magic bait combined only got little babies today i.e. only made it home with one keeper and fed some baby catfish :(
Fished from 5:30PM until 7PM

Combined bait for 4 more channel cats

Wrapped magic bait around Secret-7 so bait stayed on hook better - see video

30 baby bream

I got 30 bait thieve (baby bream) - so I baited trotline last night - turtles and gar were glad - so I went for small catfish this PM (see youtube and/or next post

Only 1 keeper today

Today - I went fishing from 10AM - noon and the catfish of ALL sizes were slow - I got one (2 lber) keeper and 3 babies - so I'm not going this PM - think I'll bream fish instead - I may save bream to use on trotline tomorrow night

Dozens of baby catfish + 7 keepers (see video)

I forgot to mention that I was catching little bait thieves - lost count of how many. But I got these 7 keepers and my next door neighbor has plenty to eat for a several days :)
Recap: 1.5 lbs plus 3 at 4lbs i.e. 1.33 lb average/each - e.g. 5.5 lbs in AM. Then during PM fishing trip got 3 more keepers that were 'better' 1 @ 2 lb 14oz 1 @ 2 lb 5oz and 1 at 1 lb 13oz
Summary: bunch of small fillets for little lady next door :)

One Keeper - 3.75lb Channel

I discovered that the daily bait thieves are little baby catfish (not turtles) - I used a really small hook and got 3 babies before I took off the 'baby hook'

I only got one keeper today (and one yesterday - already been fried :) - both on Secret-7 stink bait.

Again I only fish for 1-2 hours - I figure if they are biting that is plenty of time to catch supper (for little 89 year old next door neighbor :)

Catch up

Yesterday - didn't fish for catfish (lazy) - today - went out at 6PM - got a baby channel (too little to keep) on magic bait - then a 1 lb 15oz channel on Secret-7 (at 7PM)

Turtles stole liver and most of the stink bait during first hour - then everything stopped biting i.e. from 7PM - 8PM didn't get bites on any type of bait i.e. even turtles were full :(

2.5 lb channel catfish

Testing video made from pictures - not any faster or better than making regular video

More Secret-7 bait Channel Catfish

I got 4 more catfish on stink bait during my daily 2 fishing (relaxation time) trip. Got first one on Magic bait then in first 30 minutes got 3 more on Secret-7 bait. Lost one chicken liver bait but was having lot of bites on Secret-7 so stayed with it. Summary: Catfish were all in first 30 minutes then turtles moved in and the next 1.5 hours were spent feeding the turtles

Catalpa (catawba) worm from freezer

I've had terrible luck with frozen catalpa worms i.e. never catch anything (except on rare occasion on trotline)

Finally got a 2 lb channel catfish using a frozen catalpa worm (and a circle hook - something I don't use very often)
Summary: Maybe all the stories I hear about catalpa worms are great bait - may have a 'little truth' (but I still like stink bait and liver better)
P.S> heavy rain yesterday - seemed to move the catfish back to shallow water around my fishing pier - may use catalpa worm again tonight (i.e. feed the turtles :)

Friday report

On Friday: Same as before - got one catfish when I first started fishing - then turtles moved in.
Tried something new - I went bream fishing for 30 minutes before going to feed the turtles - got 1/2 dozen - 4 of them small enough to use as bait. Well turtles didn't even eat / get the two bream I used for bait so I let them go (one died) I was hoping a flathead would swim by but no such luck.
May bream fish and bait trotline soon - getting tired of feeding turtles. I need a new place to fish - to see if I can 'hide' from the turtles :9

Liver = 2lb channel catfish

Only fished 1.5 hours today - cause got tired of turtles stealing bait. Got a 2lb 2oz channel on liver when I first started (about 5:45PM) - then no bites for awhile before turtles found me (they stole about a dozen liver and a dozen Secret-7 before I gave up.

I hate turtles

Cut my normal 2 hour evening fishing trip short cause I got tired of turtles stealing my bait. I even wrapped the bait (liver and Secret-7) in cheese cloth and the turtles still stole the bait - I swear one big one had a huge grin on his face when he came up to see why I was taking so long to re-bait :(

Of all the bait I lost and bites I got - I don't think a single one was a fish - all were nibbles like a turtle - not even moving the end of the rod or the slip cork

2 channel catfish on liver 3lb and 1.75lb

Short video just to comment that can't keep Secret-7 on hook - and little catfish keep stealing bait. Had to tie on the chicken liver - last two nights to bring home the fish :(

Liver worked today = 3.5 lb Channel

Been hot and/or got trapped in thunder storm - so now doing much - until today. Went fishing for 1.5 hours and kept loosing bait - got several bites where they 'nibbled' off the Secret-7 (even with my new spring setup). Also had one hook with liver and ever time I checked it - bait was gone.

Finally I put a small rubber band on the liver - to make it stay on hook better - and it worked - I got a 3.5 lb channel catfish.

Still have faith in Secret-7 but still having trouble getting it to stay on hook.

Using the 'furry thang' helps keep bait on hook BUT fish either 'nibble' off the dip bait or the do like the other day - when they swallow the hook (I hate that especially if it's little 1 pounder

Bait hook setup

4 cats with Secret-7 - 2 with chicken liver

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