Where do you fish the most,lakes,river,or ponds?

[KATMAN]

I normally fish at lakes or river parts of the lake.You can't hardly fish any ponds,even though by Arkansas law you have that right if the pond is stocked by AF&G. I perfer fishing in smaller lakes that don't allow jet skis or skiing or tubing.I don't own a boat so places are limited where I go.For cat fishing,I go to the Arkansas river about 60 miles away.It's also one of my favorite campsites. How about you all?

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

Hey there Katman , for all my Gills and other warm water spieces we hit local Res , ponds i call'em they have trout as well and my CHANNEL CATS . mostly fish Rivers and streams for the trout and high mountain lakes RES .
what do you tsrget most Channels or flathead or blues ?????

[KATMAN]

We go after flatheads mostly. Ever since I've been married I haven't fished for channels.Back before then I was using mostly liver for bait. Now it's cut shad,or if I go after the big boys,whole shad. There's a place in Oklahoma I go often is Ft.Gibson,we al fish on the dam wall.There's a wall along the river part of the dam,we take our surf rods and fish for either cats or white bass.For the big boys(flatheads) we fish at the Arkansas river or at Three rivers,where the Arkansas,Canadian,and Verdigree all come together.

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

mann wish we had them Big ol'hogs down here , just a few RES that have them (flatheads) . i mostly use cut bait as well i find sucker cut up works well as from 3 inch to about 7 whole . can't wai til it warms up more round here .

[KATMAN]

I hear ya bro! I'd go now,but I like a little stability in the weather.If you ever make it out towards N. E. Oklahoma or N.W.Arkansas,let me know in advance.I get both licences.Of course,$42.00 is not a bad price tag to pay for yearly non-licence.I wish I could go to Colo.,but don't have resources to do so.I'd love to fish in mountain streams once.

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

are you a BOC Brother ??? i need to get our ya'lls way , somewheres from here to get that action .
by all means if you ever fell like comeing out this way in the summer get hold of me get ya a plan going
to get out here .....

[KATMAN]

are you a BOC Brother ??? i need to get our ya'lls way , somewheres from here to get that action .
by all means if you ever fell like comeing out this way in the summer get hold of me get ya a plan going
to get out here .....

Not sure what BOC means.Anyway,a funny story.Five years ago I went to Rapid City,SD.It was a family trip,we took two cars to visit my father in laws uncle.My mother in law had this plan to visit the mountains in Colo.,Yellowstone Park,and the grand Canyon,all within a weeks time.I mapped it out on the net,and it was a 5,000 round trip.So on the way back home,we drove down the eastern part of Colo.so she could say she been there.Needless to say we didn't make that long trip!

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

Not sure what BOC means.Anyway,a funny story.Five years ago I went to Rapid City,SD.It was a family trip,we took two cars to visit my father in laws uncle.My mother in law had this plan to visit the mountains in Colo.,Yellowstone Park,and the grand Canyon,all within a weeks time.I mapped it out on the net,and it was a 5,000 round trip.So on the way back home,we drove down the eastern part of Colo.so she could say she been there.Needless to say we didn't make that long trip!

LOL .... Brotherhood of Catfisherman .

[KATMAN]

LOL .... Brotherhood of Catfisherman .

Well,I do go a lot,does that count? My sister in law and nephew go snagging for spoonbills or paddlefish.While those fish are impressive,that's way to much work for me.You ever snag for spoons?

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

Well,I do go a lot,does that count? My sister in law and nephew go snagging for spoonbills or paddlefish.While those fish are impressive,that's way to much work for me.You ever snag for spoons?

yea that's counts , do you jug ,trot line,limb line ???? nope never have got the oppurtunity , them some pretty impressive fish ,the only thing i snag for are Trout we have a canal they shut down every yr just full of Trout ,Browns , the water becomes stil water so the DOW lets us fisherman take by all methods .
and snag for Kokanee Salmon when in season .

[KATMAN]

yea that's counts , do you jug ,trot line,limb line ???? nope never have got the oppurtunity , them some pretty impressive fish ,the only thing i snag for are Trout we have a canal they shut down every yr just full of Trout ,Browns , the water becomes stil water so the DOW lets us fisherman take by all methods .
and snag for Kokanee Salmon when in season .

I just use a rod and reel.I have used a trot line in the past with some friends,but I just like to match wits with the fish.My parents lived next to a guy who trotlined a lot,in fact,that's all he did.I've seen him in the paper with a 96 lb flathead. I got to witness a 70 lb one he took out of his boat.As for snagging trout,I wouldn't dare do it here.They would confinscate your equipment,car,etc.I found out it's important to know the fish and game laws wherever you hunt or fish.

[ladeerhunter12]

bayous for sure

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

I just use a rod and reel.I have used a trot line in the past with some friends,but I just like to match wits with the fish.My parents lived next to a guy who trotlined a lot,in fact,that's all he did.I've seen him in the paper with a 96 lb flathead. I got to witness a 70 lb one he took out of his boat.As for snagging trout,I wouldn't dare do it here.They would confinscate your equipment,car,etc.I found out it's important to know the fish and game laws wherever you hunt or fish.

96 lber !!!! holy smokes now that's a flatty there !!!!!! even the 70 lber ....... the snaging yea they post every where on the canal ,local newspaper and all the only reason they allow it is because the fish are just going to die , this canal i'm talk'n about they just turned it back on like a week ago so you can't snag nomore til' like November this yr .

[KATMAN]

We called the 96 lber a "Cindy".The thing was as big as my sister in law Cindy.We don't catch them that big on rod and reel. My FIL's uncle caught one 42 lbs. That's still big fighting one on rod and reel. Usally we catch them between 15-20 lbs. That's about the right size for eating,tastier too.

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

How'd ya'll catch it ??? Noodling ??? i've only caught flatys between 3 lb's to like 8 lb's hopefully i'll beat that this yr and Beat my Channel best to date is 10 lb's . i had a nephew come last yr and stay with me took him cat'n for the first time , he busted a about 16 'lber !!! here's a pic of him with it and me with my eaters .

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd157/338mag/106.jpg

[KATMAN]

I've never had good luck with channel cats,maybe 2,3 lbs at the most.Where I go,flatheads rule the roost.One of my neighbors where I used to live caught a 20 lber. Here we are talking cats on a panfish thread! Nice looking fish,btw.I never noodled. I lived in Michigan and Arizona. After living in Az. for 8 years I forgot what fishing was like.After seeing snakes and beavers in water I decided no way was I sticking my arm in a hole I couldn't see.

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

I'm glad we Don't have them snake problems here or snaper's !!! yea funny we're talk'n about cats on this thread LOL ...

[KATMAN]

Welll.........it is legal to use panfish for bait,as long as it's 4 inches or less.

[CHAVEZ CHAVEZ]

Come over to the Doors alway's open thread Katman ......

[USMCowboy2621]

Lakes for me. I don't get much opportunity to fish rivers.

[DinkKiller]

Sometimes high country lakes in a float tube, but most of the time in creeks and small western rivers