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]

Dynamite

[roony]

I know people from the Mapleton area that fish that lake quite a bit but I don't recall any of them mentioning catfish. It is such a shallow weedy slough. Maybe through the ice would work better.

[LPS]

You must be fishing from shore.  Would be easier at a solid shore line so you stand there and can cast out to deeper water.  Bridges are good.

[mike89]

I don't recall cats in that lake...  but that was many years ago when I lived down there...  I'd be fishing the rivers, that's where I caught all my cat fish.. good luck!!! 

[roony]

The deepest that lake gets is 9 feet.

[mike89]

The deepest that lake gets is 9 feet.

bull head lake then I'm thinking...

[tangle tooth]

      You are correct. It is a shallow lake but it's a 20 minute drive from the home. Rivers right now are more like streams. Although, this would be a good time to find and mark the deeper pools.