Big fish, big fun: catfish are the Snake River's overlooked bounty
May 24, 2018 · Catfish are also available in many of the Snake River’s tributaries, including the Weiser, Payette and Boise Rivers, typically in the lower stretches. And these catfish aren’t the little bullheads many people are familiar with catching. Channel cats average about 4 to 6 pounds and lots of them range above 10 pounds.
30,000 channel catfish stocked across Idaho’s lakes and reservoirs
Jul 21, 2020 · Channel catfish raised at a Magic Valley aquaculture business were recently stocked across Idaho to provide opportunity for anglers to catch these fish and put food on their tables. Stocking locations ranged from Lake Cocollala in northern Idaho to the Rexburg City Pond in eastern Idaho, with 18 lakes and reservoirs receiving catfish.
Catfish a plenty in the Snake River [video] - Idaho Fish and Game
Friday, June 8, 2018 - 6:17 PM MDT. Catfishing doesn’t have a strong tradition in Idaho, but it could. Fisheries biologist Joe Kozfkay is comfortable in saying there’s over a million catfish in the Snake River, CJ Strike, and Brownlee. To show off this bountiful fishery, Kozfkay took a couple of young anglers fishing in the Snake River near ...
Nothing to be blue about, it's still a state-record catfish
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 - 4:32 PM MDT. Angler's state record turns out to be a rare blue catfish. You may have seen the recent story about a massive catfish caught in C.J. Strike Reservoir that set a new catch-and-release state record, and now the story gets more interesting. Paul Newman’s giant catfish will remain a record – but with a ...
Do Bass Feed On Baby Catfish? - General Bass Fishing Forum
Posted July 11, 2013. Reason why I ask if bass feed on baby catfish is that my brother-in-law and sister-in-law have 2 ponds behind their house. One is a nice 2-3 acre pond that is chocked full of small LM bass (with some 4lb+ mixed in), large 5lb+ catfish, and large bluegill. The other pond is about 1/2-3/4 of an acre and has big carp and is ...
Bass vs. Catfish - Other Fish Species - Bass Fishing Forums
Jul 2, 2018 · My PB: Between 6-7 lbs. Favorite Bass: Largemouth & Smallmouth. Posted July 2, 2018. You can catch 5 bass in 15 minutes. Fishing for bass is more fun than fishing for catfish. Throwing a piece of bloody guts and then sitting and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, is no fun. There's a plethora of ways to fish for bass.
Another state record falls with monster catfish from C.J. Strike ...
Jul 25, 2022 · Before releasing the huge catfish back into the reservoir, Paul used a digital scale to weigh the fish at 37 lbs. While this fish will earn a Catch-and-Release Record, the fish was easily large enough to beat the current 32.9-pound Certified Weight Record set only a few weeks ago by Cody Kastner, also from C.J. Strike Reservoir!
Willamette zone Catfish - Oregon Fishing Forum
Feb 16, 2011 · Well-known member. Feb 19, 2011. There is a deep, deep hole on the Willamette, between Canby and the falls, where the river takes a bend. Water gets at least 80' deep there. Couple seasons back, fishing from a boat w/ a friend, we pulled some channels from there. Inaccessible by the bank, you need a boat.
Catfish and bass? - General Bass Fishing Forum - Bass Fishing …
Apr 16, 2016 · Bass usually are in the upper parts, shallows or suspended. A channel cat will eat the first bass it can get its mouth on, or any other species of fish. ALL ponds I have ever been to have been stocked with channel cats, bass, and bluegill. In the order of Fathead minnows, bass/catfish/bluegill, bass, catfish with each step being 1 year apart.
Catfish On A Senko? - Other Fish Species - Bass Fishing Forums
Aug 12, 2011 · My PB: Between 5-6 lbs. Favorite Bass: Smallmouth. Favorite Lake or River Quabbin Reservoir. Super User. Posted August 12, 2011. I've caught just about everything that swims on a Senko. Except a catfish! I've caught both LM & SM bass, walleye, carp, white perch, yellow perch, salmon, lake trout and rainbow trout.