Wind is right finally, semi live catfish thread!

[bearintex]

Perch traps have been soaking since Tuesday afternoon. And if they don't produce a decent number of decent sized baits, I've found a guy that sells both perch and goldfish, he claims he has some up to 7-8"! This evening I will be baiting 50 hooks worth of trotline with half big perch or goldfish and the other half big chunks of cut shad from 10-12" shad my son caught a bunch of a while back. We are also going to run a bunch of single hook free floating jugs using smaller pieces of cut shad and hot dog magic chunks targeting the channels.

Plan is to fish until we run out of energy tonight, grab a few hours of sleep in the camper, then get up in the morning and hit the jugs again and run the lines.

Unfortunately, service out there is real spotty, but I will update as I can with pictures.

[TallTexan]

Good luck

[KRB]

Sounds like fun!!

Try some Zote Soap on a few hooks , you wont be disappointed, best and cheapest bait around and I catch more on the soap than live or any other bait. Old man in his 80's learned me about it on lake Tawakoni. I thought he was messing with me but he was right.

[drop dead fred]

Pure learning question but what does the wind have to do with running lines?

[BackwoodzHank]

Good luck!

[bearintex]

Pure learning question but what does the wind have to do with running lines?

Gets dangerous trying to deal with the hooks while the boat is trying its best to blow away. It isn’t bad with 3 people in the boat so you have one dedicated to holding the boat. I’m usually solo though.

[E.TX.BOWHUNTER]

Where you going? Choke Canyon?

[AntlerCollector]

Where ya fishin? Good luck

[duckmanep]

In for pics of a big ol catfish

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[bearintex]

Private 1700 acre lake close to home in Angleton.

[SKLOSS]

Sounds like fun!!

Try some Zote Soap on a few hooks , you wont be disappointed, best and cheapest bait around and I catch more on the soap than live or any other bait. Old man in his 80's learned me about it on lake Tawakoni. I thought he was messing with me but he was right.

I've heard that enough over the last couple of years that I just ordered 4 bars off Amazon and will put it to the test in the next couple of weeks!!

[Outbreaker]

Sounds like fun!!

Try some Zote Soap on a few hooks , you wont be disappointed, best and cheapest bait around and I catch more on the soap than live or any other bait. Old man in his 80's learned me about it on lake Tawakoni. I thought he was messing with me but he was right.

When I was a kid we did he same thing with Ivory soap..........because it floats.

I was laughing when we tried it. Dang did it work well.

[KRB]

I've heard that enough over the last couple of years that I just ordered 4 bars off Amazon and will put it to the test in the next couple of weeks!!

Let it get warm and soft, then you can just pull it off and make a ball out of it and place on hook. If its too hard it crumbles. Its still fishing and nothings a for sure thing but I have caught a bunch on it.

[Shake N' Bake]

In for updates!

[texan16]

Sounds like a lot of fun, good luck !!