Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Catfishing In Ponds Can Be Tricky - But Not If You Know What You're Doing!

By George Bowman


A very optimistic approach in catching a giant catfish is knowing the appropriate things to be done for the kind of fishing area. When you do catfishing in ponds for example, the kind of baits and tackles you would use would not be good when you fish in other bodies of water.

Channel catfish, flathead catfish, and blue catfish-- these are the kinds of catfish you can obtain in a pond. The smallest of the three are channel catfish, which are the simplest type to catch. Another reason why they can be easily caught is because they are typical scavengers which would strive even with just trash feeds.

Another type of catfish you'll find in ponds are the flatheads. These flatheads feed the same way as the channels this is why they are also effortless to catch. These type of catfish usually grow larger as much as the blue catfish. However, blues seem to be hard to find than the other two types because of their eating preferences.

This type of catfish normally select smaller fishes as their prey which is why they are called true predators. And this means that when you are catfishing in ponds for blues, living baits are going to be your best bet.

Lets talk about the type of tackle to use when catfishing in ponds. If you target for the blues and flatheads, the best tackle to use is a medium action rod with either of the spinning or baitasting reel. Using treble hooks would be a most outstanding strategy since these larger catfish are good at suckling bait from single point hooks.

If you are going for channels, ultra light and light fishing tackle is fine, again with treble hooks to keep them from suckling the bait off. Soaking a few fishing rods in addition to your primary tackles would be a good advantage.

The same old rule applies to the use of your bait. That is, the stinkier the bait is, the better is your catch.






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