As channel catfish grow, they become increasingly piscivorous (fish eating), leading to competition between channel catfish and largemouth bass, which typically are highly piscivorous in small impoundments.
Just a kid from Texas looking to get into good warm water fish around Corvallis. Anybody have good recommendations on where to have good chances at catfish in western Oregon?
Catfish in general may not be as glamorous as bass, but they can play a positive role in a pond management program.
Can you keep catfish and bass in the same pond? If so will they limit the sizes of the bass?
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Kept accidentally getting catfish on Goose Creek. So I figured I'd go for them for real. Here's what I found: I caught 5 in about 4 hours which is pretty good for me The bait (chicken livers) is as close to free as you can get They are HUGE, way bigger than the bass I catch And, of course, fried ...
Yup, lots of catfish around, with channels and bullheads being the most common, and supposedly there being some whites and blues in the Columbia and Willamette. And perhaps most infrequently caught due to its preference for live fish are flatheads. I would think that in the Eugene area Fern Ridge would be an excellent place to try, especially if you can get access after dark. Baits for catfish ...
Biggest catfish we caught was a channel from Vancouver, weighing in at 11lb. Caught on chunk of carp with 4/0 circle hook. Heads up if you fish John Day, most fish are very parisitic. We inteded to harvest a lot of big bullheads and after filleting a few, we quickly realized we would be finding charred worms in our pan.