Channel Catfish 6 lb 5oz

Trotline using bream - bleed to drain blood

5 lb Channel Cat on trotline

I use bream on most hooks. So far I've got 9 cypress trout and 4 catfish. The 5 lb 2oz cat in this video was from previous night while last night I put out a couple hooks with magic bait and got a small catfish for next door neighbor (she likes the little catfish best)

Have not spent much time crappie fishing - been too busy - plus when I do fish I need to catch bigger bream for 'flathead' bait. My neighbor now has 3 flathead in his pen - and his line is only half a block from my line (all I catch are channels)

squirmin grub n jig for crappie

When fishing from dock / bank I use a jig with a squirmin grub - and a cork set 1 -1.5' deep (water is shallow here so use different set up than in boat / channel)

Reel 'dead slow' - sometimes stop and 'twitch' but try to keep motion in the grub tail

Crappie for week 03/15 - 03/20

Crappie fishing is 'off and on' - some days you catch 10-12 an hour then they stop biting - next day may only catch 1-2. Neighbors to my North - fish a couple hours a day (after work) - neighbors to my South fished a few hours - on two days (work late). I fish a couple hours a day for crappie but been taking out time to bream fish for trotline bait. If I don't get a crappie in short time - I switch to bream fishing.
Summary: Crappie move in and out - if you're around when they swing bye - you have fun - otherwise go eat supper or go bream fishing (Trotline size always bite)

First Caffish 2010

7.5 lb 4 lb and 2.75lb channel cats - bream - trotline - plus 53 Crappie from past couple days

crappie 30 total

Crappie are moving around in shallow water but not holding in one place so I was lucky on Sunday afternoon to pick up 13 crappie around 2:30PM - 3:30PM then at 3:45PM while my neighbor started to fillet them - I got 3 more before he could finish. Then he joined me and we both got 4 more apiece but we held them until Tuesday to clean them (along with a couple more from yoyo's) - rambling - when they are biting you better catch them - cause they move out and are gone and may not return for days

Minnow net froze to minnow bucket

Decided to check for crappie - put out 6 yoyo's on fishing pier on Sunday / Monday - March 1 - using minnows

Results slow but the full moon is working - on clear nights and early AM

Sunday - 3 crappie (5" - 7" - 9") - 1 bass (1.5 lbs - size neighbor likes - so I kept the bass) - let the crappie go

Monday/Tuesday - 1 crappie 10"
(just at dark saw a lot of shad jumping - something chasing them)

Tuesday/Wednesday - 2 crappie 9" & 11.5" - as of 4AM - when I re baited
(Had re baited at 10:30PM after something stripped all yoyo's)

Summary: 4 fish in pen and yoyo's baited under the still full moon - it's beautiful out there but COLD (having coldest winter in long time - so wasn't expecting to do much fishing this time of year any way