Catfishing.

[tangle tooth]

      I sometimes fish lakes for catfish. I seem to be having an issue with weedy lake bottoms. I have tried Carolina

 rigs and Santee Cooper rigs primarily.

Today I even tried suspending the baits under a float or bobber. Not much success. I still feel in lots of weeds. I was fishing the south end of Lura Lake in Blue Earth County.

What do you folks use when fishing weedy bottom lakes for catfish.

Thanks.

[Dotch]

Just curious, been years since I last fished in it, but are there catfish in Lura? 

[mike89]

never fished the lakes there for kitty's, only the Mn river and the Blue Earth river...   good luck!!!   

[tangle tooth]

Just curious, been years since I last fished in it, but are there catfish in Lura? 

There are. Haven't heard of monster cats there. I did see several fish jumping. Looked more like carp, though. Wish I could go  for carp intentionally. Used to go bowfishing for them all the time.

[LPS]

I used to live for catfishing on the St. Croix.  I always looked for deeper spots and anchored above them so my bait drifted right into the hole.  That is where they hang out.  Waiting for dead stuff to drift past them. 

[tangle tooth]

I, too, usually fish rivers. Fishing lakes is kind of new for me. I mostly fish the Blue Earth, Minnesota and sometimes the Watonwan. I thought I might loose less tackle fishing lakes.

[tangle tooth]

      Tried Lura again last week. Too weedy to fish the bottom. It was too windy to try to use a float on the surface.
      I was trying some of that Catfish Charlies dip bait on a 3/0 circle hook. I tried a 1 ounce sinker , about 18" of mono with a float. That didn't seem to help much.
      Any ideas?

[roony]

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