Newly got heavily into fishing and I’ve been enjoying my time but want to improve. Exclusively targeting channel cats with Float rigs and have a couple questions below. My goal is to turn 2 fish days into 5-6 fish days.
I’ve been having a lot of bait stolen but no catches on my catfish float rigs. I’m using 6/0 and 7/0 hooks and can catch some but did an 8 hour day yesterday with a lot of misses and not many catches. Would the best thing I can do be to swap to a smaller hook size?
I’ve mainly been using shrimp or dough bait. I’ve heard people recommend using chicken liver. Not sure if people have more suggestions.
I know my floats are sinking but I’m not sure if they are making it all the way to the bottom. Is there a good way to test or see what weights I need to use?
Obligatory catfish picture for attention.
Posted by OwangeSquid
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Idk about the floats as I’m learning channel cats right now and I’m lazy so I’m just using Carolina rigs. A smaller circle/octopus hook is the way to go though. I didn’t have any luck with shrimp but they seem to like hot dogs/lil smokies dusted with garlic and koolaid powder. If legal in your area some bluegill/shad cut bait works great