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Post by channelguy on Feb 27, 2008 18:03:22 GMT -5
Doing a lot of reading on this site and other places - this year i want to try for some blues and shovels....( i have been fishing for channels in the past).....some place i've read say need to use big baits 6"-10" fish...other places, including this site, folks catch them on nightcrawlers, shiners, fish heads, etc......lots of good fishermen on this site...  .any opinions? Thx. |
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Post by Alsept1 on Feb 27, 2008 18:06:14 GMT -5
They will hit it all. Just have to throw the right thing at the right time.
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Post by nitrate on Feb 27, 2008 18:20:03 GMT -5
Doing a lot of reading on this site and other places - this year i want to try for some blues and shovels....( i have been fishing for channels in the past).....some place i've read say need to use big baits 6"-10" fish...other places, including this site, folks catch them on nightcrawlers, shiners, fish heads, etc......lots of good fishermen on this site... .any opinions? Thx. Don't know what you use to catch channels but you may need some new equipment. |
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Post by kingofcatfish on Feb 27, 2008 18:29:13 GMT -5
I agree with Randy I have two 12 foot daiwa beef stix with eagle claw enduresand 30# test on them. On my third pole I use a 11 foot daiwa eliminator and an abu garcia 6500 with 30#.
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Post by kingofcatfish on Feb 27, 2008 18:41:14 GMT -5
what i use for bait usually if im after a blue is a nice fresh trout head, or if trout arent available i use cut skip jack, shad, ect. cut/dead bait has worked best for me.
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Post by catfishcalhoun on Feb 27, 2008 20:56:03 GMT -5
some of the biggest cats ive caught have been on bait smaller than 4 inches pics are in the biggest threads posted by my netboy bigcat 1
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Post by channelguy on Feb 28, 2008 10:39:52 GMT -5
thx guys.....keep the advice coming.
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Post by dawest on Feb 28, 2008 15:38:13 GMT -5
gold fish, israeli carp, creek chubs and suckers are probably my favorites but I will throw just about anything at them blue gill warmouth leaches and if all else fails go back to the basics NIGHT CRAWLERS. but I have caught most of my biggest on smaller baits thats not saying bigger baits dont work they just havent produced for me
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Post by JOSH on Feb 28, 2008 15:52:03 GMT -5
blues and shovels will hit big bait and small bait just depends on the time of year and shovels rarely bite in the winter mostly warm months and then blues are active all year round unless its 100 degrees or 0 degrees then there straight on the bottom but blues will hit a big variety of live and cut bait,shovels are more live bait eaters in my opion,and yea you better have some bigger poles than channel poles because shovels and blues fight much better than channels.
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Post by catnwitbigmac on Feb 28, 2008 19:59:42 GMT -5
yea it s about the time of year and what kind of feeding mood that they are in..
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Post by shoveler513 on Mar 12, 2008 20:42:10 GMT -5
Was fishing the miami right by where dry ridge and E Miami connect. Fishing the bottom with a crawler. Ended up landin a 2 1/2 lb White Bass. So i said what the hell all i got is crawlers any way. So i started carving some tennis ball size chunks and busted a 20 lb blue right away. Continued catching throughout the day and some of the night.
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Post by flatheadsteve on Mar 12, 2008 21:58:02 GMT -5
i like the heads off shad. and cut carp or skipjack. just chunks about 2in x 2in squares.
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Post by flatasurus on Mar 12, 2008 22:11:28 GMT -5
yea thye fish r picky i fishd rite by a guy we had the same bait an i did nt catch 1 fish til i cut a perfect square i was amased
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Post by flatheadsteve on Mar 13, 2008 13:32:55 GMT -5
yeah they can be picky fish you just have to figure out what they want and how they want it and you will catch them.
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Post by flatasurus on Mar 13, 2008 14:00:48 GMT -5
yupp im going 2 have sum dead bluegill heads an etc need sum live bait ima have to go cast nettin saturday nite haha
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.any opinions? Thx.
