Cattaraugus creek catfish

[chowder]

Need some pointers on targeting kitty cats this spring out of a boat. Willing to trade for your experience with these critters for a trip on Ontario. 

[jimski2]

In June a lot of large catfish show up there to spawn in the warmer than the lake waters

[chowder]

For some reason I was under the impression that it was March /April?

[ghauser]

Never targeted cats, but caught one 2 years ago while perch fishing in front of the Catt - had to be 20 lbs (on perch rod 6lb test - took about 30-40 mins to get in), so that had to be in April.  Mac on myfishfinder.com talks about catfishing during spring (I don't think he's on this site) - but if you go there I'm sure he would give you advice.

[Fyshon]

Cats don't come into the creek mouths until the water temp warms up and then they will start moving to the mouth and up the creeks to spawn. This usually doesn't happen until mid May

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[chowder]

Thanks guys!

[Youngblood]

On 2/26/2021 at 11:01 AM, ghauser said:

Never targeted cats, but caught one 2 years ago while perch fishing in front of the Catt - had to be 20 lbs (on perch rod 6lb test - took about 30-40 mins to get in), so that had to be in April.  Mac on myfishfinder.com talks about catfishing during spring (I don't think he's on this site) - but if you go there I'm sure he would give you advice.

x2 Got this one last year. Have seen a few guys wrestling with them on my way in from fishing the lake. Looks fun.

[jimski2]

Deep holes occur at the railroad bridges  above and below the bridge west side. my graph showed a depth of 16 foot of water there, It seems that would be a good spot to start fishing.