feathers5 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2019 Cool and very interesting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocco 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2019 Nothing to add except... when I was bass fishing with casting gear I caught lots of the slimy devils but only on chartreuse worms and spinner baits. Can't begin to say why. Rocco Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2019 Yes, catfish will take a fly. This is from 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv70nBoWO1A&feature=youtu.be Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redietz 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 I take the occasional channel cat while fly fishing for smallouth. They're vastly underrated as a game fish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flicted 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 I fished wooly buggers near a spillway that was pretty much limited to carp and catfish and was able to purposely catch quite a few. Surprising to many people, catfish are predators and not just bottom feeders. But they are bottom oriented and use taste/smell as much or more than sight. So fly fishing is not the preferred method of targeting whisker fish but you might get a surprise once in a while. A few weeks ago, my nephew and I came up on some catfishermen using hot dogs for bait. One had a fish on and brought in a nice 20" walleye. My nephew said, "Next time we fish, I want to use hot dogs so I can catch a walleye." I told him a quote from a Mark Martin seminar(walleye guy, not race car guy), "The worst thing you can do is catch a fish doing something dumb." The point was that although it CAN happen, don't let that convince you that it's the best way to target them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites