Thread: Catfish rod?

I reccomend a big cat fever or whisker seeker,I have the BCF and it is truly built like a tank, mine is a med.hvy spinning rod,but if I buy another I’ll get a baitcaster style rod and top it with a Penn conventional or a good low profile bait caster .Withthat you shouldn’t have to worry about any catfish you hook.

Originally Posted by shootrj2003

I have one dedicated catfish rod for when I travel to look for big critters,however most of my catfishing is for bullheads,the biggest bull you’ll get is around seven lbs,the average is much lighter so any good med. bass rod or even panfish rod is all you’ll ever need here and if you play a big one right you can still win.
I load most of my poles with green 20 lb braid except the couple ultralights I have ,this the same size as about 8 lb mono so line breaking is not a worry usually.and most of my poles are Mitchell 300’s ( French made)older Penns ,newer ones are Pfluegers,and two bait casters ,a Kastking,and a Lews combo I just bought,they are all pretty capable rigs!better at bringing fish in than I am at finding them sometimes!

I'm not reallyinto low profile casting rods but I did get two ust for bullheads. Filled both with 6# line and have themon Ugly Stick ^' med action castingrods. I'd use them for small mouth bass also. Likr especially round casting reels but other than my ABU 2500 all are pretty good size!

We fish for giant catfish and giant gar 5ft+ in rivers full of heavy debris. We use swimbait rods and surf rods. Attachment 464779Attachment 464782Attachment 464780Attachment 464781

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Yeah, you gotta go heavy if you have to pull'em out of a lot of brush. The rivers here in Alabama are so smooth you can catch most cats on 8 lbs mono.

Unless I go north to the big lakes or to the Delaware river,this is the biggest bull head I’ve ever come around

ugly stix medium action .

Don't need no stinkin' rod!