Why the Catfish are NOT Biting Right Now
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- If you fish for catfish at some point you've asked yourself why are the catfish not biting right now. Inevitably the good bite will come to a halt and you'll be left wondering what's going on. No matter what catfish bait you are using, or what catfishing rig, rod or reel, now is a time when fishing can be tough. In this video podcast I discuss what is happening right now with the catfish bite and why you may not be able to catch any catfish.
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I went two weeks ago and caught a 25 lb flathead and i went today and not a bite. But a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work .
Its from all the Kool-Ade in the water. 😂
The Jello has them constipated!!
🤔👀😂😅
Really cool that you tell customers up front that fishing is going to be tough. As long as they come into it with the right mindset, then all is fair. Glad we hit the water before the spawn.
I talked two out of going this weekend….
Hey I'm new to your channel I have watched some of your videos in the past. I'm a disabled veteran, I can get around pretty good but I can't walk long distances so I like places where I can pull up unload sit down and fish. I don't carry my stuff far to fish. I'm 58 years old but I've always loved fishing. I'm always watching different videos of different people and see what they're doing and you're doing. Always trying to learn new stuff to help me catch fish. Enjoy watching your videos. Thanks for all you do.
I appreciate you watching, taking the time to comment and for making the sacrifice you did for our great nation!! ❤️🇺🇸
Crybaby.
I'm up here in Maryland I mainly fish stoney creek which is in Anne Arundel county . I have been fishing this area for around 8 year now and I have pay close attention to the catfish patterns. Usually they go into the spawn between the first and second week of June but this year the water got up to 65 degrees by the third week of May so they started spawn early. Last week me and my fishing buddy amount of catch started Increasing. Now just this morning I went out and caught 12 catfish in 3 hours so it starting to look promising up. Thank you for the content and info you share with us I'm a fan and over the years you have Taught me a lot.
we had high water from the tropical system in the gulf pushing saltwater up into the estuaries.. catfish were on the move going further inshore for fresher water and biting like crazy
Dieter ,,this is that old fishing guide that is retired up at lake hickory ,,,here is what did to catch fish during the spawn ,,I booked all my trips right before sundown and fished till midnight and I fished in and near shallow brush or structure and caught tons of flat head n channel ,,,we don’t have blues up here.
You’re spot on! Here in Southern Oklahoma on lake Texoma generally from Memorial Day to July 4th it’s a hard bite. Great time for the noodlers, but I’ll switch up to striper fishing.
Yep striper fishing is on right now
I let my clients know too. My last trip was in new water to me and in very hot bath water. We still got two over 10 and multiple small ones! We were lucky!
This yr has been rough where I’m at, I’ve caught 3 picture worthy blues and either get skunked or get a bunch of babies the rest of the time, but the bite is starting to pick up and hopefully by the 4th of July it’ll be on like donkey Kong , enjoy your videos as always dieter keep up the great work your doing, it doesn’t go unnoticed
Totally enjoyed video Deiter . Can't wait to hit Santee after the Fourth.Hope the bite will be on.😊
I hope so too!
Thanks for the pep talk brother!
You bet!
This video made me feel better. I was being to think I just don't know how to fish anymore
You will be charged $125 for a counseling session....LOL!!
Loooove ur POD CAST ! VERY INFORMATIVE & FUNNY
Thank you so much!
Ur welcome !
Thks for the insight and information.
You bet!
I just went out last night for crappie and catfish overnight at lake Sonoma Ca. mostly small crappie but zero bites for cats. last week was one catfish and a few bites ,but not the big ones. thanks for the confirmation about the spawn.
Timely topic for sure. June is by far, my toughest month of the year. Last week I pulled fresh crappie, perch, chicken and frozen shad I had from earlier in the year for 7 hours…from 10ft to 60ft. ..5mph to .8mph…flats, creeks, Chan ‘em edge, middle of channel…1 lonely 5lber😢. Happens to me every June and I’m finally accepting of it. Gives us more time to surf this month anyways! Tight lines out there!
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
I’m New and I love all the information 🙏🏻♥️ thank you
I appreciate you jumping on board!
@@DieterMelhorn I’m new on this fishing catfish and is awesome and u information is helping me going thru the right way
Fished the cooper river system last weekend. The bite was pretty good. The fish I caught were in deeper water and had already spawned.
Fun story, Im in Deep East Texas, two weeks ago the wife and I caught 50 in one afternoon. Like you mentioned yesterday, We caught two. Put the jug lines out, and nothing.
I have noticed the boys are all beat up from prepping or gauging not sure, one of the ones I caught yesterday was beat up pretty badly.
Thanks for sharing and keep up the fun videos sir.
Dale,
PS the catfish planer boards you are using, that company has a notice on their website they are not taking orders?
Thought I would share that is you were not aware.
Have a blessed week
Dale
Thanks for sharing the story and for watching!! I believe BKAT boards was sold to Catfish Sumo.
Just got back from the lake. Had 3 rods out. Shrimp, chicken, and shad punch bait. Not a single nibble. So I'll break out the fly rod and head down to the river. Thanks for the info.
U right went to cape fear lock and dam 2 last weekend and fished all night and not a cat in sight
Here in Minnesota, tolerable fishing temperatures are when the water isn't frozen over. Actually, we ice fish too. When the fish aren't biting here, we just say "dang".
And in the south it's when the water isn't boiling. Any day on the water is better than one not on it. Well...I've have some pretty rough days, but they really didn't involve not catching fish. Motor fire, check. Live well hose ruptured and flooded the bilge ,check. Bent the trolling motor shaft on a stump, check. Slipped in the rain and broke my rib, check. Drove 100 miles only to realize I forgot my boat key, check. Old transom finally gave way and tried to KILL ME, check!
I caught a 40lb bluecat a cpl mornings ago. Completely surprised me. Id love to go on a fishin trip with you.
Reporting from Lake Mead, Nevada. Fish are biting here. Just caught 5 Catfish in an hour last night. Good Luck everyone!
Nice!!
We had good luck yesterday evening around 7 pm , just got lucky and hit a spot along a causeway in the setting sun. Water temp 86 and air temperature still high 80’s . Had a short frenzy and boated 17 fish in an hour and then nothing for the next 3 , crazy how they were stacked up shallow along the rocks , didn’t make sense. All channel cat up to 8 lbs , not bad for east- central Ohio.
I found in the Yadkin river system some of the small channels and blues pushed up shallow using a lot of the white bass beds in the inlets. Plus there is a good amount of muscles there so I just slow fish a worm splitshot rig on light tackle and it’s a good time. Got to get out early though.
Great feedback!!
This has been an odd year for me. The fish aren't biting in the normal places. Great video!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Checking in from Louisiana
I loved my time in Venice earlier this year!!
Just went the other night at a lake here in nc, caught 12 total from 9:00 pm to 1:30 am, all on cut bait 5 we kept were 13-14lbs blues. All had belly’s fully of muscle shells!
Love your videos
I appreciate and thank you for taking the time to say that!!
Jello chicken has fizzled out for us. We’ve switched over to running a combination of live eels and cut eel. Been crushing them even in this heat and low water
Me too I catch a lot using live eels or cut
It’s tough but not to tough if you fish in the right place at the right time, this is the time when we really kill the eating size channels( 10-18”) channels get up in the shade, shallow, early and late evening, cut bream. Blessup
Yessiree
I learned about the catfish spawn when I started catching them on jigs around cover like logs, stumps etc. I was in a feeder river off the main lake and I turned it into a tool in my arsenal and it worked more often than not. I’m guessing bed guarding?
It's too weedy for shore fishing right now where I go.
Usually the first two weeks of July is the best catfishing for me though. I have to use bobbers with cutbait
First week of july got me a nice channel cat couple of days ago,battle scarred from spawn.north central Illinois, bite is back on.
I tool my son to a catfish derby this past weekend and got skunked! I only saw one catfish caught the 3 hours that we stayed!
Watched your vid at 330am (think you posted last night). On the water (Potomac) 530am. 730am son landed 8lb blue - she was in 10ft, in mud and definitely spawn. We used your drift method and tackle and (strawberry chicken). She inhaled the entire setup to the back of her throat - float was in her teeth. We were just lucky but thanks for managing our expectations- 2 other dinks so we went swimming instead. Thanks Dieter!
Nice work!
Catfish spawn in holes and aren't feeding much if any
Many fish are often biting like crazy post spawn. Thing is they tend to scatter out in their search for food before setting up house and congregating on predictable structure. Dragging from a boat would cover more water finding scattered fish more than anything else IMO.
Up here in southern Canada, the bite suddenly stopped a few weeks ago. Tried last weekend. Nobody was catching. Looking forward to that post spawn chow down.
It’s amazing how it shuts down so quickly
Two nights ago caught five in two hours, last night I caught none! We will see how tonight goes.
Been fishing the local industrial park “lake” (big pond labeled as lake for tax purposes) and it’s had some gnarly catfish - people only go there to catch bass and bluegill but haven’t hardly seen any catfish caught so I’m trying to see what’s there!
Why is it they always bite on the strangest stuff during spawn and none of their regular diet used for bait works?
It’s like cherry chicken central right now here in Ohio.
Crazy.
Thanks for all you do for us Dieter! We all appreciate you brother.
Tight Lines.
I'm in OHIO ! It's Between 90° & 99° Degrees Here Right Now Here in June ! I'm Next Too Lake Erie Also !
I used your advice and went with raw chicken breast in 1” cubes on size 4 circle hooks, and it was great, I added my own little spin and let the chicken marinate with chicken liver for a day and caught every dang catfish in that big lake. Hooked a chum bag to the front of the boat, and was reeling in about 2 catfish every 20 mins.
13 filled the boat in about 25 feet of water
Wife and I went yesterday and caught 10 nice keepers and it was hot.off the lake at noon.
Great info. About a month and a half ago I was fishing 32ft of water in Texas, and averaging about 24 catfish per trip. But all about 1lb or less. Can you make a video on depths at different times of year? I think you’d have some insight.
All of them were not spawning age, and no eggs, so I figured the bigger ones were shacking up in the shallows.
I've found the best way to fish a mayfly hatch is to hang a big bright light close to the water , on a snag , and stay as far as practically possible from that light , and still fish l under that light .
Use a whole bream or shad , the cats really don't care , they will slam almost anything .
The light keeps enough of the flies away from you so you can at least breathe .
Do NOT turn on another light source , unless you want to be instantly covered in a swarm of mayflies .
For better or worse I’m headed to Santee this weekend. Wanting catfish but bluegills should be spawning & they will bite when spawning & they’re fun too.
Funny enough I just started learning to catfish this month. Seems convenient. At least now I know why I haven’t caught much lol.
Welcome to the tribe!! Enjoy the journey!!
I do not book trips in June period. I take 4 weeks off and like you, I don’t start back until July 4th or the week after.
Very smart…keeps you sane!!
It's July in arkansas and it's so hot down here you can fry breakfast on the side walks
I liked subbed and notified, should of done it sooner. Here in Bedford Va. The weather has been terrible, as in Hot and a little hotter, and no rain whatsoever. Too hot to fish, too hot to even sit outside. I'm talking Texas hot. Yesterday it was almost 80* at 6 am. That aught to clue you in. No way am I sitting out in that kind of weather. Just bought #2 reels and rods guess I'll have to turn into strictly a cat fisher now. Back is gone. Bought #2 10-foot ugly sticks and #2 Penn #8000 spinning reels. Question for you ""D""I got #30 lb yellow braid, #2 people have told me to soak the braid in hot water for 10 mins then spool it on your reel, no knots or coiling if you do that. Is that true?????? Thank you in advance should you respond ...!!!
Went out last weekend all night and had three rods out covering an entire channel going into the Tennessee river and didn’t get a single catfish. Only caught a gar lol
Unfortunately the heat here in WV has stopped me from getting out on the water
Doing real well with eel on the lower James. Not so well with Shad or chicken.
You did not say crappie are going into winter patterns. Absolutely hilarious….lol..lollol😊
That's correct. They are in many of the same places now that they are in during the winter.
@@DieterMelhorn I've had a terrible time catching decent post spawn crappie this year. Usually bridges and deeper stumps and structure close to channels are my go to until they start moving a little bit more shallow again in the fall. This year has been a really hard slog through nothing but dinks no matter the depth. I honestly don't know where the bigger Crappie are right now, or if they are where I think they are, they are simply not biting on minnows or artificial. I've spent hours at old haunts or side scanning and thinking I have found them, but they just aren't interested apparently.
Thank you for this.. I have been going daily. I'll still get those babies during the day. That's about it. As long as I get out there before 5 am I can manage to get a couple, but it's been pretty dull after 6 am.
I caught a cat every cast this past Saturday. Something that rarely happens. But I’m in Iowa so..
At my local lake in Missouri, June was epic, caught a bunch a flattys...July has been horrendous, only a few channels caught. My hope is in August the bite will kick in.
I love this show
I appreciate that!!!!
In ky may -july on channels we have a lake here close that catch Blues all year pretty much yes the boat traffic has a lot to do with it is picking your times when the go it's hard to do for the client but best for the best of the client now with that all being said I like that just has channels and flatheads it seems like they've shut down up here a lot of times your setting still what do you think the best rig is for flatheads on this little Lake
I dunno. Me and my old riverrat fishing buddy just pulled 42 Channels and Blues out of the Mississippi in two hours this morning. Good old Sonny's Super Sticky.
That is awesome!
I have a question? I fish along ohio river below smithland dam toward Olmstead dam and been seen lines of bubbles coming up and there are fish in the area the bubbles come to the top of water like something is moving under the water could it be spoonbill or crap feeding on bottom. Thank you and good fishing 🎣 😊
If it is moving it is something ferreting around on the bottom like a turtle or catfish, or gases that are escaping and moving with the current.
Not here on Spoon River illinois, tried everything, it no joke
I’ve been catching the Eggers all of June up until about right now actually. June 28th I got skunked for the first time all month. I only use live black salts on on 10 lb fluorocarbon leader. Idk what happened but I didn’t get bit on one mini very weird.
Our temps are 101+ here in the southwest
TOLERABLE, my rear-end. It's 90's+ in & around Pittsburgh area. High humidity as well. Brutal
Same here in Ohio it's been over 100 with the heat index
East TN had an early spawn, lots of spawn marks on caught fish.. may flies are still on watts, none on loudon. Haven’t got a bite on either and I’ve fished it all. Figured post spawn they’d be hungry. lol
Sounds like yall in the middle of it!!
@@DieterMelhorn we were catching em 3 weeks ago with spawn marks. It’s weird
Spawning in nw pa still catching them tho just nothing big getting 5-25lb flatheads
I feel like on my stretch of the Ohio river in Southern Indiana. We had an early spawn and the fish are starting to slowly come off the nest.
If you come to myrtle beach area we can go on the intercoastal. Theres usually enough activity to fill a day/night with fish that spawned early or haven't yet. Just shoot me a message. May fly hatch hasnt hit yet.
I may do that!!! I keep saying I need to learn to catch catfish in the ICW!!!
fish higher in the water column then you think. if that doesnt work during the daytime.. then do it at night time. channels are down low and blues are up high. where im at most the fish are blues here and so fishing on bottom will catch but ya you are avoiding most the fish. my problem time is the winter. fresh bait as possible also skipjack or bluegills only, and if you have to catch some bait a few days before trip keep them on ice dont freeze em. gl out there. i put my trotlines out right before sunset and pick up at daylight so im mainly fishing nights always.
Hitting smaller waters when the big water warms up and the spawn starts , will keep you in the action , at least until those smaller waters hit the magic temperature as well .
With some luck and persistence you can keep on the fish , and minimize getting skunked . But it happens to us all eventually , so don't be afraid to just cut the grass or target other species while the bite is generally way off .
Or just scout some new water and not worry about getting bit .
Great feedback!!
Why couldn’t you have posted this before I went out last weekend 😂
I skunked in the clinch river last weekend.Same spots I catch 15 to 17 average
No its darn hot here 95 an humid as heck. An yup the bite is off. Only small ones, once I get a couple of beat up males the spawn is on the back side.
River here has been up and roiling for over a month. Just got down to 200,000 cu ft per second
You ever fish Susquehanna river around Harrisburg
The last couple weeks have been absolutely abysmal for me. Anything from skunked to 1 fish. I credit part of that to my lack of skills.
In my lake I am still catching fish but they are small no big ones have been biting for me for the past three weeks.
Spawn time for catfish. I have noticed in my 30 some years of able to go bye myself of course when the lightning bugs show the cats disappear till they disappear again
That's interesting.
Probably since it's been 100+ degrees up here in Ohio. Heat is cookin all fish up here. I can't even catch a shad or bluegill with a castnet
They’re in hiding!!
I went on Wylie this weekend, not even a nibble.
I found five biting fish today that were double digits after five channel cats yesterday….
@@DieterMelhorn Good to know. I was hoping to take my son again this weekend (we live on the lake just north of buster boyd) but didn't want to waste time again. Maybe we will give it a shot after all!
Do catfish spawn in ponds i wouldn't see why not but ive had people tell me they dont
weirdly enough the catfish have been on fire for me lately but thats likely because ive been fishing a pond that is overrun with fish to the point that they are all starving
I wonder if they spawn earlier in those smaller bodies of water?
@@DieterMelhorn idk but i caught one tnight with my buddies and the catfish was all beat up from i guess spawn. I didnt really catch any of the big mommas so maybe the bigguns are the ones still spawning? idk
Could be Could be last week I couldn't anything wrong this week skunked! and the some fish I caught are full of eggs! think you are on to something, Here is So Calif sounds like this is the reason, this morning I got one but nothing after that.
Good stuff!
They are biting here at lake Moultrie
Ive been having a lot of luck in shallow using cut bream with pam cooking spray on them im running 2 poles everything exactly the same just 1 pole gets pam added to bait 1 doesn't and they killing the pam pole
Is the Pam thing an early summer thing?
@hikenmikes8262 don't get me lieing to you I don't really know I just so happen to see a youtube video about it a month ago and thought I would give it a try and it worked pretty good for me
@@dillonduty8084gotta try it now lol
been catching no prob in 20ft dragging bluegill, blue cats and channels
Yup, I figured it was the spawn or something to do with it!
Water temp below Richmond on the James is about 87-88. Would they still be spawning?
Water temperature plays less of a roll than the amount of daylight in my opinion. I don't know that fishery and its spawning calendar, BUT, generally speaking these east coast fisheries start earlier closer to the coast and later inland. For example, my guess is that Santee Cooper is past the spawn and into summertime fishing patterns compared to here.
Thanks Dieter.
Live in Kansas...
3 weekends no luck
Late night
Early morning
Notta but 1 bullhead
Stink, worm, hotdogs
Tried everything so far
If you have a dam near you I do pretty good this time of year with blue and channel cats
Short sweet to the point. It’s spawn time and if you don’t have a boat. You are lucky to land 10 plus pounders. Hell you’ll probably only catch females for a while.
Yep, I just pulled all my nets up for a couple weeks of R&R. It's the time of year for commercial guys to move to the bigger rivers to prevent die off on a commercial harvest from lack of oxygen....
Are you a commercial fisherman?
This might explain why my son recently caught a flathead on a crappie jig.
It's amazing how small of a bait a big fish will hit when its hungry OR aggravated!
No bite is right, I spent all day today at the lake and didn't get a single bite.
After cleaning catfish, I found fish eggs. Is it safe to release them back to the same body water?
if you're talking about the eggs, no...it's a waste of time
Even tho it's spawn season I still catch fish it's alot slower tho
I’ve been fishing a lot the passed week and ain’t having any luck and my dad said earlier it’s because of the spawn
Thanks for the super informative video Dieter! Down at my local spot (The Catwalk in York haven PA on the Susquehanna) the anglers always seem to be catching fish left and right every night (less catfish than normal right now), but I’ve been going down since January and haven’t caught a single fish yet. I’m using 2 ugly stick catfishing rods with KastKing Rover 70s on them using santee cooper rigs. I’m starting to think maybe the fish recognize when I’m casting out and stay away from ONLY my hook. Lol. Main bait is bluegill.
Gotta find the deep water you’ll find em but the carp are going crazy right now
Why deep water?
@@DieterMelhorn it’s been 90 degrees plus they’re spawning lol i don’t think they wanna be hot and mating….it mostly depends on area too