catfish on a spinnerbait. 2024

deadeye32. reply :

I was out this evening and these two guys were catfishing and bassfishing from the bank. One guy would sit for a while and the other would throw a spinnerbait and then they would switch. Well they didnt catch a thing while tight lining for cats, but the one guy caught a nice 5lb cat on a spinnerbait, couldnt believe it and either could his buddy. the guy was so happy about his interesting catch. It was pretty funny to watch.

tbird reply :

I've caught catfish on plastic worms and crankbaits

KS_Bassin reply :

I've caught some big catfish on jigs and plastic worms it's a big rush thinking i have a huge bass then a big cat shows up ;D.

basser89 reply :

I've caught two bass on crankbaits and one (this year) on a Strike King Rocket Shad while smallie fishing!

Grey Wolf reply :

I've caught cat fish on spinners and cranks.

Other. reply :

I have caught 5lb channel catfish on buzzbaits in Seria trophy bass fishing ;D

jake reply :

Just this past weekend my partner caught a catfish on a plastic worm. He first spotted this fish and made several casts. We ended up spooking the fish. He swam up under this log facing the bank. As I was laughing, he makes one more cast to the other side of the log and that cat just nailed it it took us 10 minutes to get him untangled from the log.

The last two years we have had more catfish hit bass lures than I would have ever imagined

bassmaster_jr reply :

I have caught a few catfish before while using spinnerbaits and crankbaits. I caught a nice 10lber on a wiggle wart in a crawdad pattern last year.

jake reply :

Caught another one on a crankbait this weekend.

Vekol reply :

I've had two catfish caught in my boat on spinnerbaits in the past two months, one by me and one by my son. I've caught dozens on small crappie jigs, and a few on crankbaits. White catfish seem to really go for lures.

Troutfisher reply :

My dad's friend's daughter who I was fishing with caught a dandy little 3lb channel cat on a beetle spin while fishing for bluegill.....

bassmasta7 reply :

Today i caught a catfish on a zoom lizard. I hate catfish. >

Other. reply :

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Today i caught a catfish on a zoom lizard. I hate catfish. >

Im sure they hate you to.

Valascus reply :

I caught a 19 lbs channel cat while trolling a spinnerbait under some docks at the Lake of the Ozarks. Fought like crazy and absolutely demolished my spinnerbait. He was tasty...

basser89 reply :

I can add another catfish hitting a spinnerbait to the list. Was out musky fishing this evening and was throwing a 1oz spinnerbait and had about a 20" channel cat hit about 10' from me. I almost launched it into my chest on the hook set! LOL! I had just lost a small musky shortly before and I wanted to land what ever hit next! ;D

cpvenom reply :

I got a cat on a jitterbug last week. I couldnt believe it!

paleo reply :

our state record was just broken by a man using a plastic worm it was a 35lb channle cat

Koikus reply :

Hey, cpvenom, I caught a channelcat on a topwater also! This was several years ago, and I was throwing a Rapala Ripplin Red-Fin. I hadn't even moved the bait yet, and WHAM! I thought I had one BIG BASS. That was one fight I'll never forget and a suprise toboot.

prlim2000 reply :

Here in Chain'O Lakes in Illinois, we have been catching 3-7lbs channel cats on spinner baits while fishing for large mouth bass. That goes to show you how versitile these lures are! They catch anything.

weebrio reply :

San Antonio Texas, I caught three that day, two on a rebel crawdad and one on a strom shad, soon as the lure hit the water the catfish lunged at it, two days later I caught another on a Rapala minnow.

The rapala catch was while I was relling the lure back in.

rdneckhntr reply :

I saw my lil bro catch one one a roostertail. We were slayin them on t-rigged tubes about a month ago.

Ky_Lake_Dude reply :

My dad caught a 17lber in a treetop on a black culprit worm. I've caught a few on crankbaits.

Taliesin reply :

We have a pond here on base that has some starving catfish in it. I target them with a Rooster Tail.

Caught three the last time I went (about an hour trip).

I've caught them from 1/2 to 8 pounds.

jake reply :

Shoot, I'm havin a hard enough time catching bass on bass lures lately let alone catfish ;D ;D

paulc reply :

Caught a 7.7lb castfish on a 1/16 oz curly tail jig on a lead head using 4lb test line.

Fought him for 10 minutes and when we got him in the net the jig was on the tip of his lip and fell off.

[[J4cks0n.Shr3dd3r]] reply :

I caught a catfish on a rooster tail 2 days ago in Illinois...

phase5supply reply :

I caught one on a black/blue senko, it was only about 2 lbs. I would love to catch a big 20 lber while bass fishing, that is until I got to the boat and seen it was a cat not a big lunker, lol heck I would still be happy I caught a fish!

armesjr reply :

Yeah i have got one on a spinnerbait and one on a black tube. Both times only to realize it was a catfish. The catfish i caught on the tube, i caught using 6lb test and it took like 10 minutes to reel in, i was pretty livid when i saw that ugly thing istead of the monster bass i was expecting.

FivePoundBluegill reply :

I have caught 2 catfish on small yellow/white colored spinner baits. Both were around 4 pounds.

Vyron reply :

I got a 12-14 pounder on a big spinner bait . Fought like crazy.

fishing=life reply :

i caught a 6# on a zoom fluke

Sam reply :

Deadeye,

Add me to your list.

I have caught catfish in lakes, rivers and ponds on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and plastics.

I also nailed one on a Chatterbait.

Why I remember that cat was that the Chatterbait hook actually broke in half when I tried to get it out of the cat's mouth. That was one heck of a surprise.

I have also caught Pike and Bowfin on spinnerbaits.

Go figure.

dgquail reply :

I have caught catfish on crankbaits, grubs, jigs, spinnerbaits, shakey rigged finesse worms..

David P reply :

Caught a 5lber last week in a tournament on a Suspending Jerkbait..

jeremyt reply :

I know it may sound funny, but I have known people to troll spoons for cats on Kerr lake in NC/Va

deerhuneter02 reply :

I've never caught a catfish while bass fishing but they are pretty stupid and will go for anything that looks life food.

rondef reply :

I have caught catfish on spinnerbaits in the Potomac river at Belmont Bay.

Bankbeater reply :

I've caught them on Rat-l-traps and spinnerbaits. More on Rat-l-Traps.

bass109 reply :

I never caught a catfish on spinnerbait, 8-)

BassFishingMachine reply :

Ive caught catfish on a Spinnerbait, a Plastic Worm, and a Jig, atleast they give a nice fight heh.

slomoe reply :

I caught this guy on an inline spinner. :-?

granadethrow reply :

i caught a nice bullhead on a GULP! worm.

Also got a crayfish on one.

rondef reply :

I caught this 34 inch, 25lb plus channel catfish on a Booyah Boogie Bait.

Sam reply :

I have two Shimano Bait Runner spinning reels that I use to catch the big catfish out of the James River.

I use 25 pound mono and 50 pound mono leader attached to a powerful swivel. The 3/0 circle hooks work great. The sinker is on a slide that can move up and down the line.

These reels cost in excess of $100 and they are excellent. I strongly suggest getting the Bait Runner reels if you want to catch catfish on a spinning reel.

That is, large catfish.

Really large catfish, like over 20 pounds and up.

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

Catching cats on spinnerbaits or ratltraps is a heck of a lot better than catching a @$#&%n snapping turtle

FishTank reply :

I smoked a Shimano Sahara 750 and a All Star Rod last year using an inline spinner bait when I brought in a 40+lb catfish. I was fising for smallmouth and crappie but for some reason this monster decided to jump on a silver Mepps #3. They will eat anything when their hungry.

fish-fighting-illini reply :

I've caught catfish several times on spinnerbaits usualy crappie type spinner and onece on a beetle spin. I've also caught them on swimbaits quite a bit

A couple of months back I caught right in a row a crappie, a small bass and a 2.5 lb catfish on a 1/8oz crappie spinner

Tokyo Tony reply :

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I smoked a Shimano Sahara 750 and a All Star Rod last year

Wow you must have been faded

The only freshwater cat I've ever caught was on a little marabou jig with a slip bobber

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