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If you’re still fishing what has been your bait of choice for catfishing?

Do you recommend this for ponds ? Or do I need something smaller

Have you tried it and if you did how did it work?

I’ve Ben fishing for 3 years and it helps me to

@@alejandrobenitez4560 I’ve used this for lake fishing and river fishing works great

@@alejandrobenitez4560 This is a great, simple rig that will work for most situations. Give it a try! I don’t fish for catfish too often but this is my go to rig

If your going for catfish get your self a heavy power rod. Gonna need that power to set the hook. It doesn't matter how expensive or cheap of a rod you get. I have rod that was 10.99 on sale at Walmart all the way up to 200 dollar rods I bought from Cabela's and my local fish store. All of my rods have caught enough fish to say I lost count. My berkly fusion rod has probably caught me the most fish all the way from salmon to catfish. Burbot to goby's it was on sale probably 7 years ago at Walmart for 10.99 rod and reel. Best fishing deal I have ever came across

Thank you sir. I try to make the videos as beginner friendly as possible with clear demonstrations.

@@FishingExplained yeah makes sense. It's a simple and effective rig. Been using it for over 25 years and I only use it and a 3 way rig and a Santee Cooper rig if I'm dragging. But most my fishing from the shore so I use a Carolina rig or 3-way rig

I am jealous! Sturgeon are on my bucket list for sure.

@@FishingExplained almost the same set up, we use 80lbs braid on a sliding weight set up. The leader is 80lbs dacron.

"Fish has to runaway from you to set." you mean if using a circle hook you cant set it till the fish is runing away or towards you? please explain

@Jack B yeah for circle hook and it has to run away from you , problem is the fish i go for just nibble there quietly or they sink the floater but they do not run away or peel the line

@Jack B yes it sometimes works in setting the hook in the lip and other times you lose the fish , but the whole idea of using circle hooks is to avoid deep or gut hooking and allow them time to take the bait even if you miss the bit the first time and that even if they are swallowing the hook is suppose to pull out and set on the outer lip but i find from my limited experience with the fish i go after is that it does not work like that most of the time as i either loose the fish or it gets deep hooked,and if i have to set the hook fast and not give them too long then i might as well be using a j hook and get lip sets ,besides if they feel you pulling it they spit out fast, maybe circle hooks are only meant for bigger fast moving fish and not pan fish

@Jack B well id love for circle hook to work on sunfish or blues as the buggers swallow deep fast and it be nice to get a lip set instead each time but if that means you have to set the hook fast then i might as well be using j hooks with better hookup success rate , problem is with those fish sometimes you do not know when they are biting till its too late and they swallowed the hook so fast so i was hoping that circle hook would solve this problem but like i said they are not doing the job with a high success rate and i heard only rager size work properly ,i tried both 2/0 and 2 and they either go lose when reeling back or they get deep hooked in the roof of the mouth (had this happen on channel catfish and sheepshead)

@Jack B i usually use slip float setup and with this i switch between using a size 8 octopus hook with worm or 1/16oz jig heads with 2.5" plastic minnow usually tipped with worm but even those sometimes get difficult to remove with the minnow in the way ,i tried using a bigger size 2 red hook but between that and the jig i was loosing fish on the fight ,maybe they are not sharp enough or poorly designed hooks specially hard finding a good performing jig hook ,i bent the jig hook out a bit hoping for better hook up but it was even worst ,maybe they feel it too fast?

That's the goal, thanks for watching!

Totally agree. Check out my newer videos for my updated setup.

Fishing Explained Nice! Sorry about that haha hadn’t seen the others. Good stuff! Got another subscriber 👍

Good luck, hope it works for ya

You will find the circle operates best when Snell tied properly. The more you tie this type of knot on your hooks the more you will love it 🤠

Awesome! I hear ya, I have caught 8" bulkheads when using a 7/0! They are aggressive feeders!

@@FishingExplained I had gone fishing at least 7 times in the past 3 weeks and have left empty handed not even a bite. I feel as if that's because I wasn't using an appropriate rig. Finally after so many failed attempts I feel like I have redeemed myself.

Glad to hear that. Using good rigs definately increases the catch ratio.

An egg weight will work fine, but it may roll downstream if you are fishing a river with heavy current.

Walmart 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@@8mantis1 Look homie dont shame the walmart rods you can catch some pretty good catfish with just walmart stuff alone

It floats a 3-4" chunk of bait. Anything larger would require a bigger float.

My question is what is the only thing that would be attached to my main line is it just a swivel ? and on the other side of that everything else to the leader

@@308sir Slide the weight onto the mainline, then the buffer bead, then swivel, leader, hook.

I agree this is the best catfish rig. But do you think this rig will be ok for live minnows ? I hate bobbers lol. Anyway thanks for sharing I been useing this rig for yrs. And hello from Kentucky land between the lakes.

@@ernestwalden3894 I've only used it for live bait a couple of times. It works, but the bait dies pretty quickly when tethered to a heavy weight.

Yes, you can use whatever knot you are confident with for the leader to mainline connection.

Are you eating them? If so an octopus hook 5/0 or less and a 30lb leader. If catch and release id probably use a 5/0 circle hook so they have lesser chance of getting gut hooked.

@@FishingExplained Thank you! I was really curious about the size

Thanks, I appreciate the positive feedback

Yup! Any other videos you want to see?

@@FishingExplained slip bobber rig

Yup, it's good stuff

Usually you cast it out even if fiahing from a boat. Having an angle in your line will prevent tangles.

Yes

Thanks

Catch Smaller fish and cut them into chunks for bait. Make sure to check what is legal to use as bait fish in your area.

Not a bad idea. I have had the lead hit my rod rip more than once.

Yup, should be able to cast weight up to a few ounces with that setup

Yes

A plastic bead is best to prevent knot damage. Any bead will work whether it's from the crafts department or the fishing section.

Which knot -the uni was more confusing because of his edit but he fumbled the beginning of both knots and cut it and restarted.

Are you fishing current or still water? Most tangles happen on the cast. At the end of the cast slow the line down by hand so the rig straightens out before it hits the water. Also, if there are eels in the water you are fishing, they will make a tangled mess of this rig.

@@FishingExplained I'm bank fishing in usually pretty still waters. I'll try slowing it down by hand next time I go and see how that does. Thanks for the advice

No worms won’t work