Walleye Harness for Catfish

  • Damon
    Alabama
    Posts: 104
    November 10, 2015 at 4:54 am #1576272

    Do any of you guys running crawler harnesses ever catch catfish while fishing for walleye?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    November 10, 2015 at 6:29 am #1576276

    River Rat Randy would drag through known channel cat spots (that i showed him LOL!) while guiding for walleyes if the eyes weren’t biting. I’ll see if I can roust him out to chime in. )

    I was hoping this thread would have been more about the subject line. LOL! )

    riverrat56
    New Ulm, MN
    Posts: 175
    November 10, 2015 at 6:29 am #1576277

    I’ve tried using a large spinner blade and a few beads in front of cut bait before. Didn’t seem to help much but it didn’t seem to deter bites either

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    November 10, 2015 at 6:58 am #1576283

    I don’t run harnesses in particular for eyes on the river because of the snags. But yes, when running live bait on any kind of rigs/hooks I get catfish.

    SuperDave1959
    Harrisville, UT
    Posts: 2816
    November 10, 2015 at 9:42 am #1576337

    We run smaller versions of a Walleye harness for Kokanee and will periodically get a large catfish as a by-catch. It is always a shock catching a big cat in suspended water.

    reverend
    Rhinelander, WI
    Posts: 1115
    November 10, 2015 at 10:16 am #1576353

    I opened this ready to laugh, thinking I’d see a post about a harness that holds walleye so BK could use them on catfish. smile

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    November 10, 2015 at 12:48 pm #1576387

    That’s what I was hoping for, but everyone knows wet rags don’t make for good cat bait unless it’s cut up. shock

    WinnebagoViking
    Inactive
    Posts: 420
    November 10, 2015 at 1:30 pm #1576396
    Damon wrote:

    Do any of you guys running crawler harnesses ever catch catfish while fishing for walleye?

    Very frequently on Winnebago. Especially trolling harnesses slowly around structure.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    November 10, 2015 at 1:53 pm #1576401

    My 1/4 oz jigs on up to 3oz showed up in the mail yesterday.

    Think they’re too big to pitch ringworms for eyes?
    Lol

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    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    November 10, 2015 at 3:19 pm #1576409
    FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

    My 1/4 oz jigs on up to 3oz showed up in the mail yesterday.

    Think they’re too big to pitch ringworms for eyes?
    Lol

    Knowing thems is Sasquatch hands, it looks like you could tip them with a walleye.

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