Repeat of yesterday

  • nitram
    moorhead mn
    Posts: 119
    October 11, 2013 at 1:27 am #1223101

    I think with this weather coming in this may be that last of the cat bite.


    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    October 11, 2013 at 2:12 am #1199638

    Is that when the walleyes start biting up there? Those are some nice cats.

    gary d
    cordova,il
    Posts: 1125
    October 11, 2013 at 10:50 am #1199671

    Don’t get up. Nice cats you got there.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 11, 2013 at 11:37 am #1199685

    Doesn’t the channel cat bite continue on through the winter ? I suppose it’s harder through the ice but at least until it starts icing up there are catchable fish… No?

    nitram
    moorhead mn
    Posts: 119
    October 11, 2013 at 9:16 pm #1199815

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    Doesn’t the channel cat bite continue on through the winter ? I suppose it’s harder through the ice but at least until it starts icing up there are catchable fish… No?

    Yes it does but when the water temps drop suddenly the cats
    metabolizem does too. And it seems to shock them. And they stop feeding as much until the temps stabilize. I have many years ago fished though the ice on the Red River and caught them. The cat fish school up in deep holes with less current. And when found can be very vulnerable to over harvest. The river in the F/M area is dangerous, caution must be used. North and south of town should be ok but know where you are . Still can be unpredictable. I don not recommend it unless your with some one who has been out and knows the river. Now up north it is a different story.
    From Grand Forks all the way in to Canada lots of walleye fishing though the ice I have not heard of much targeting of the cats.

    nitram
    moorhead mn
    Posts: 119
    October 11, 2013 at 9:22 pm #1199822

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    Is that when the walleyes start biting up there? Those are some nice cats.

    I don’t target walleyes very often these days , but yes fall and spring is when they are found schooled up. In the F/M area the dams where years ago good barriers and the fish would stack up under them , now days I don’t know. As the dams have been improved for fish to move. Again up north seems to be where the action is. But there are walleyes down here too.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 11, 2013 at 10:35 pm #1199831

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    I don’t target walleyes very often these days

    That’s because your targeting a fish that fights better then a state record walleye.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    October 12, 2013 at 12:16 am #1199848

    Nice fish and nice catches Nitram, imagine running bank poles during the prespawn, that’s definately a trip I would try too make.

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