new to the site

abl1977 · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: new to the site

hi everyone,

new to the site and just wanted to say hey. i just started fishing again after about 16 years or so of a break. lately i've been fascinated with catfishing and i'm trying to land a few bread and butter sized channels out at kirby lake in abilene. no luck so far but who knows maybe this weekend i'll get a couple. anyhoo, i better get back to work lol.

aaron

anglertrace · Baitfish Rank Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 3 Total Points: 4

I tried an experiment last Thursday on Calaveras. I get good results by using a Carolina type rig with a 1/0 circle hook. A catfish guy at Fisherman's Corner commented after seeing my set-up that my rig was to big a production and I would have better results with just a hook and egg sinker. I anchored at my spot and threw both rigs within 20 yards of each other baited the same with shrimp and dip. Over 2 hours, my rig produced 7 keeper channel cats while the "simple rig" produced only one. It had 3 bites but 2 got off. I would have stayed longer but the lightning kicked me off the lake.