Novice catfisherman here trying to catch some in the backwater about 20 miles north of Toledo Bend. The river is out of its banks and I set lines in: water a couple of feet deep in the flooded timber, in old ox bows, and near the river channel. Not a single fish. Bait was soap so maybe that is the problem. There is a current even in the flooded timber. Would Catfish Charlie be better?
I thought the catfish would be foraging in the backwater catching stuff that is not usually in the water as well as perch that are doing the same. To much water have them too spread out? Migrated to the lake for the heat of the summer?
I thought the catfish would be foraging in the backwater catching stuff that is not usually in the water as well as perch that are doing the same. To much water have them too spread out? Migrated to the lake for the heat of the summer?