Cats hitting lures

Caught this yesterday on a T-rigged Paca Craw with claws dipped in chartreuse.

Nice fish. Bet the fight was AWESOME !

I caught a big yellowcat on a rattletrap back in the 80s. Know of a couple other guys that caught them on big plastic worms, too. Nice channel BTW.

Nice fish. Channel cats also like some of the flies out there.

Great fish Tom! Any bass?

Wait... channel? I would have swore that was a blue?

caught many huge cats over 20lbs pitching a heavy bass jig in thick cover. always black and blue and mostly flat heads.

Channel? Dam. I just thought it was a blue. Didn’t pay that much attention. Would have been my PB for a channel cat and I didn’t weigh it.

Nothing else caught that day. I only fished a couple hours. Mostly messed with my graphs and new trolling motor.

Nice! Hopefully we can get down there soon... if that lake comes up just a bit I can get the guys to make the drive!

I am like 95% sure that is a blue cat though Tom. I caught one down there flipping trees as well. I think they spawn in the crotch of those trees. They for sure hold there at times.

I caught some catfish on a spoon back in November- it shocked me.

I've caught several good-sized channels on Kastmasters while sandbass fishing. One time I caught a bullhead on a Roadrunner lure.

I’ve caught them on spoons and plastics before. Just kinda unusual. The size of this one really threw me for a bit. Right after I set the hook (in about 5’ of water and 60-70’ away) it jumped and then dug in running sideways. I didn’t get a good look at it though. Bass in Falcon are pretty light colored so I thought I had an 8 pound bass.

I am gonna hit that spot soon and anchor and see what happens!

My biggest flatheads have all been caught on slabs while fishing for sandbass. Doesn't happen very often, but oh, it's a hoot when it does.

When I lived up in Kansas I used to catch flatheads all the time in the spring with crankbaits along rocks when fishing for smallmouths. Here locally I've caught a few channel cats on chatter baits.

I caught 3 cat's in 1 day using a Megabass Okashira Screwhead with a 4" Black Shad Keitech, one was 6.7lbs, 7.13lb and a 15.2lb all on the same day. I threw out the swimbait, let it hit the bottom then ripped that sucker off the bottom by like 4-5ft and those Cat's slammed it as soon as it stopped and started to drop, felt like a train hitting my rod. I was going for bass but only caught 2 small bass doing that.

Oh don’t think I didn’t throw back in that spot again!

Caught my biggest yellow on a firetiger rattletrap. 46lb yellow. Heck of a fight on a bass rod and 14lb test line

Yep, I have had several destroy a spinner bait over the years. Heck of a good fight, boy do they like to start spinning close to the boat.

I caught two blues and a flathead all over 5lbs on a spinnerbait last summer. I caught another good blue I wasn’t able to get in the boat. I was really surprised to catch them! My son and I caught a couple of nice drums on a spinnerbait and rattletrap last summer too.

My fishing bud and I focus on bluegill usually. We use the Gulp Alive 1” Minnow on drop shot as our #1 bait. We usually catch a few cats on every trip and sometimes quite a few. He caught an 18 pound yellow cat on a Gulp Alive 1” minnow a few weeks ago. Life is good. Especially with Gulp Alive.

I bet that was a surprise!

We used to catch them on rattle traps all the time on the Trinity river below Livingston.