escambia river catfishin

CatHunter · 07-08-2009, 05:16 PM

Iv been going up to Escambia river for the last few nights in search of big catfish if not decent sized ones, but it seems like all i can catch is little baby's lots of them, went last night and caught about 20 cats all about 7inches long.. some blues and channels, i had about 10 rods out with various baits including worms on the smaller rods, cut baits on the 20lb class rods and live bluegills on the 50 pound power pro rods and still nothing, i left out from smiths and ran past the split in the river where becks lake comes out at, and Escambia heads north, i went up Escambia about another mile and set up with no luck... and suggestions on what i should try next

konz · 07-08-2009, 05:32 PM

I'm not a pro and have never really fished for freshwater cats.......but I would try fishing drop offs. I would watch my fish finder and look for changes in water depths and drop my baits at those chages. I would also think that submerged trees and stumps would be a great place too.

I'm sure someone else can offer betteradvice. Heck now I want to go cat fishing!

jjam · 07-08-2009, 05:45 PM

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Stay close the river'sbank along the back side curvesand you will find very deep holes....Drop down and hang on..

Good luck!

Jimmy

Kill'em Dead · 07-28-2009, 08:32 PM

just throwin this out there but i thought we couldnt usebreamas bait?

Offshore-911 · 07-28-2009, 08:52 PM

You cant use bream on bush hook, you can on a reel an rod

mackdaddy06 · 07-28-2009, 10:25 PM

small butter cats are great baits for big flatheads...give that a shot if you can catch some....and try to find a big bend in the river and fish the edge of the current and the slow moving water

Kill'em Dead · 07-29-2009, 04:10 AM

Where u launch at? cause i got a few spots that arent far from the launch and will produce but this is bush hooks not rod and reel but still im off quintette aint bad just get back before dark

krisoshiro · 07-29-2009, 08:28 AM

cats come to the shallow water at night to feed. at least flatheads do. during the day, big bends and log jams are good spots to check.

CatHunter · 07-29-2009, 11:30 PM

i dunno i think am gonna go to the claborn lock n dam this weekend to try for some trophy blues ill let u guys know how i do

Hopin4aboat · 07-30-2009, 01:43 AM

I haven't fished there for years and we mostly did bush hooks but we would find big bends with deep really deep water that had moving water close with a good dropoff. We would run bushhooks up river and float down drinkin beer and fishin rods usually did prety good. good luck hope it helps.

07-08-2009, 05:16 PM	#1
CatHunter Valued Member Sailfish Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: pensacola, FL Posts: 2,070	escambia river catfishin Iv been going up to Escambia river for the last few nights in search of big catfish if not decent sized ones, but it seems like all i can catch is little baby's lots of them, went last night and caught about 20 cats all about 7inches long.. some blues and channels, i had about 10 rods out with various baits including worms on the smaller rods, cut baits on the 20lb class rods and live bluegills on the 50 pound power pro rods and still nothing, i left out from smiths and ran past the split in the river where becks lake comes out at, and Escambia heads north, i went up Escambia about another mile and set up with no luck... and suggestions on what i should try next __________________ FLORIDA FLATHEAD HUNTERS Like us on Florida Flathead Hunters FaceBook 2012 stats Five best Flats 0 pounds Total Flats 0 pounds Largest 0 pounds

07-08-2009, 05:32 PM	#2
konz Senior Member White Marlin Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Someplace fishing Posts: 3,100	RE: escambia river catfishin I'm not a pro and have never really fished for freshwater cats.......but I would try fishing drop offs. I would watch my fish finder and look for changes in water depths and drop my baits at those chages. I would also think that submerged trees and stumps would be a great place too. I'm sure someone else can offer betteradvice. Heck now I want to go cat fishing!

07-08-2009, 05:45 PM	#3
jjam Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,363	RE: escambia river catfishin <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=smalltxt vAlign=top> <SPAN id=_ctl1_ctlTopic_ctlPanelBar_ctlTopicsRepeater__c tl2_lblFullMessage>"I'm not a pro and have never really fished for freshwater cats.......but I would try fishing drop offs" Big holes = Big Cat Fish</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Stay close the river'sbank along the back side curvesand you will find very deep holes....Drop down and hang on.. Good luck! Jimmy

07-28-2009, 08:32 PM	#4
Kill'em Dead Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pensacola Posts: 124	RE: escambia river catfishin just throwin this out there but i thought we couldnt usebreamas bait?

07-28-2009, 08:52 PM	#5
Offshore-911 Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Westville, FL Posts: 528	RE: escambia river catfishin You cant use bream on bush hook, you can on a reel an rod

07-28-2009, 10:25 PM	#6
mackdaddy06 Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 312	RE: escambia river catfishin small butter cats are great baits for big flatheads...give that a shot if you can catch some....and try to find a big bend in the river and fish the edge of the current and the slow moving water

07-29-2009, 04:10 AM	#7
Kill'em Dead Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pensacola Posts: 124	RE: escambia river catfishin Where u launch at? cause i got a few spots that arent far from the launch and will produce but this is bush hooks not rod and reel but still im off quintette aint bad just get back before dark

07-29-2009, 08:28 AM	#8
krisoshiro Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 6	RE: escambia river catfishin cats come to the shallow water at night to feed. at least flatheads do. during the day, big bends and log jams are good spots to check.

07-29-2009, 11:30 PM	#9
CatHunter Valued Member Sailfish Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: pensacola, FL Posts: 2,070	RE: escambia river catfishin i dunno i think am gonna go to the claborn lock n dam this weekend to try for some trophy blues ill let u guys know how i do __________________ FLORIDA FLATHEAD HUNTERS Like us on Florida Flathead Hunters FaceBook 2012 stats Five best Flats 0 pounds Total Flats 0 pounds Largest 0 pounds

07-30-2009, 01:43 AM	#10
Hopin4aboat Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 183	RE: escambia river catfishin I haven't fished there for years and we mostly did bush hooks but we would find big bends with deep really deep water that had moving water close with a good dropoff. We would run bushhooks up river and float down drinkin beer and fishin rods usually did prety good. good luck hope it helps.

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