Thread: Anyone catching catfish while trolling?

I've been surpised at the number of cats I have been catching while trolling recently. I caught 8 that I kept Monday afternoon, two of which were close to 2lbs each, and must have thrown back 7 more. Yesterday, I threw back at least 5-6, most of them blues. One of them was even caught trolling in 35' of water!

They gotta eat too! I have caught cat trolling but not as many as you are now..

I have caught them while trolling on jigs with jelly bodies, blue and chartruse always happy to add them to the cooler.

Originally Posted by Jason280

I've been surpised at the number of cats I have been catching while trolling recently. I caught 8 that I kept Monday afternoon, two of which were close to 2lbs each, and must have thrown back 7 more. Yesterday, I threw back at least 5-6, most of them blues. One of them was even caught trolling in 35' of water!

What are you using as bait? I have not caught many on jigs except for a 22 lb flathead. I have caught quite a few channels when trolling Bandits in the summer time.

Mostly triple ripple jigs in just about any color.

Tip your triple ripple with a minnow and you can really catch a mess of cats trolling. I catch more catfish than crappie doing this. It gets so bad on Tobo in the early sring that I quit tipping my jigs.

hehe a catfish makes for an interesting fight on the light tackle we use for crappie doesnt it??? i catch em alot on oconee trolling too.i usu think im hung on a stump when i get one..

Yeah, you can definitely tell when its a catfish and not a crappie! I usually throw the kitties back, as I am not a big fan of cleaning them. I don't mind catching the bigger ones, though, as it is a lot of fun on ultralight rods and 4lb test!