Channel Cats

[Bob9]

What fly and method do you use to catch channel cat?
Thanks.

Bob

[AllenOK]

I haven't caught any, yet. I have read many of the older threads on this subject on this board. It comes down to two different methods:

1) Dark Wooly Buggers or Leach patterns.
2) Go to a craft store, and get some "pom pom" fuzzballs. Skewer one on a fly hook, and dip into a container of chicken liver to soak up the juices. Cast it into a the tail of a riffle or the head of a hole, and let it drift.

[SkipS]

Ive caught them on wooly buggers and Clousers while fishing for bass.They will hit a fly like any other predator fish.I even got one on a popper one night.Hit it like a freight train,thought I had a good bass.

[fr8dog]

Look for rip-rap areas around dams, roads, and boat ramps that have deeper water nearby. I get them while crappie/bass fishing on clousers in #2 or 4. When they spawn, the rocky areas are really good. Early morning and late evening are best to get them while they're up close. I might take a run out later to see if they're hungry.

[Bob9]

Thanks for the help.
I should have mentioned, I am fishing in a Texas Parks & Wildlife Community Lake. It is actually a 1 1/2 acre pond that is stocked with channel cat, once a year.

Bob

[PA Dave]

I've had the best luck with dark wooly buggers. I confess to rubbing one with sunfish guts on one occasion. You never know though...I caught more than one on #14 bead head nymph pulled verrrry slowly along the bottom of a pond.

[Fishingfiend]

I caught this one: 1st catfish on a fly.jpgon this fly: carp fly 001.jpg

[Bob9]

Thanks, All. Your info gives me ideas to try.

Bob