Easiest way to catch Blue catfish on the Ohio river

all right guys we had our key spot that i want to focus on this evening or one of the spots and we're just going to pull a simple control drift down one of these ledges and just see what happens see what unfolds today using skipjack chunks and we're going to be fishing in about 35 to 45 foot of water it's going to variate there's a current scene that kind of kicks around this little deal and we're going to kind of follow that ledge around that current scene we don't get any bites on that one we'll probably pull them back up run up here again and drift one more time before we leave and go to another one the current's running about a mile an hour so that's kind of good that's a good speed all right guys here's the first fish [Music] all right here's the first fish didn't get a barge bike bars hadn't even came up here yet so this is what's happening today right off the bat we're gonna bring him up slowly he's in uh 40 foot of water we've got fish all around us but when you come out in the evenings like this you just have a certain amount of time to fish pick you some good spots that you can really work over don't try a puddle jump and find all your best hoes just work a good spot over here it comes ain't gonna be that good but he's gonna be a nice one [Music] come on large is pushing there got to get back around here i want my other lines to get all hung up [Music] [Applause] that's a nice fish guys all right here's here's a perfect example of why i come up with this neck caddy i'm trying to fight fig [Music] got my hands full and that cat is right right in my reach grab [Music] get in there maybe we'll get us a hard fight too maybe we'll miss a barge fight all right these bars are moving me around here we're getting shallow it'll get back get back out there all right not so bad first fish of the day guys and like i said we're just you're seeing it as it's unfolding uh it's always good when you catch a fish this size right off the bat [Music] control now really hooked good in the corner of that [Music] [Applause] jaw got one in the bottom of the boat another one just hit it ain't been a bad day i don't guess all in all that sure is a nice fish too yeah i'm gonna get this big one back in some water it's been out for a little while so i'm gonna stick them in this live well there's the second one kick my other one on all right i'm gonna shut the lid and get myself situated again we're rigging it with a carolina rig but i'm using an eight ounce and the reason i use a heavy weight like that is to keep control of my bait uh up and down and actually you know sideways with the flow of the of the curve but it doesn't necessarily have to be a no-roll sinker but that's what happens sometimes when you get excited forget stuff and i forgot my rod my rod was still out and i ripped up to the top of this hole and i heard something now i gotta re-rig fish seem to be uh in this little area so we're gonna we're gonna drift this one more time i've got another big fish spot down the river about two miles if this one doesn't produce another fish we're gonna rip down there right quick let's see if we can grab something else as long as it's action that's all i worry about i'm not really worried about big fish i just like a decent fish but i like action we can't catch big fish every time i come out well i can't now we let that sink to the bottom and begin drifting again we've got another fire's coming we're going to get out of his way before he starts honking guys these catfish like to live on the edge the edge of anything they like structure change into the deeper water that's where we're gonna so we're gonna do a little drift we're gonna drift around this ledge that's what we're gonna do i'm gonna run this ledge around through here [Music] all new fresh frozen bait i don't ever throw the gut pockets when i'm drifting there's really nothing there the guts fall out of them then you just got some skin so i use big chunks with the spine in it i feel like it gives me a little bit better scent trail [Music] we're gonna follow this 45 35 to 45 50 all the way back down we're just going to kind of zigzag all around okay when you're drifting these ledges like this you've gotta constantly keep your baits at a certain area and if you're unsure of where your bait is in the water column if you can't actually see it on one of the depth finders or if you don't have a depth finder the easiest way i've thought to do it is find your bottom again first boom right there we got the bottom i'm gonna reel it three four cracks up and i'll do it to every one of them you found bottom if your bottom hits you know if it changes 10 10 foot that that may cause you to go over top fish and not get it around the fish close enough so if you have any doubts of where your bait is in the water column always drop to the bottom quickly first and then reel it up three or four cranks and you know you're gonna be three to five foot up off the bottom and you're good to go [Music] but all we can do is put our baits in the best possible spot we can so that we can catch a fish but we can't always guarantee [Music] that a big fish is going to be down there [Music] we'll find that ledge and then maintain our little course all right here's fish number four on this ledge well i can't tell [Music] took quite a bit of drag he looks pretty big on the depth finder here that's all he is pretty decent [Music] he ain't really got no fighting he's playing he's playing like oh i ain't gonna show you nothing [Music] well this place number four fish number four he's not bad at all he just didn't put up a fight crazy i never seen anything they hit it he hit it hard and took drag [Music] we're going to continue down this ledge and see if we can come up with another one catching a fish man it gets you in your blood you want another one boys i'm telling you it's hot in this summer heat yeah we're at 41 foot now we're going to kind of zig back and forth we probably have to stay way i just put him out too just put him out number five it's a good day on the water running behind me barge is coming at me fish jumping on the line and keep remote control here i don't want to get in hard way well i feel fortunate to catch that one big one i did already today these others these are fun yeah let me see where i'm at all right [Music] come on you ain't that bad he's still decompressing i'm gonna i'm gonna play him as long as he wants to blow them bubbles that'll just save me a long time there ain't nothing wrong with playing these fish i think that's what we're out here for guys yeah he's still blowing all right he's coming in the boat another nice fish look at five all right so what we've done today is uh pulled a couple controlled drifts along the ledges uh using a carolina rig and suspending them three to four three to five foot up off the bottom and following the contour the contour dropped down we'd let our baits down if the contour come up we'd reel them up it's a constant constant battle when you drift fishing but it can really pay off as you can see started about six it's going on about nine right now this is what we've got live well full pretty nice fish we're going to turn loose right now [Music] first one he's a real nice little that's a solid little fish right there [Music] lost in the current that's number one number two another nice fish fun to catch that's two he's gone [Music] the river's full of these size fish and some good eater fish there if you wanted to everybody's fun to catch and if you don't eat him he'll grow up to be a big boy one day oh and he got a mean one he's got a mean one here he's the one and that's fighting down got some good teeth on him oh he's mad all right that's number four but that's the second one we caught he was that mean one all right kind of dreading this last one but it is what it is this live well apparently doing pretty good because he is frisky [Music] there he is guys a nice fish and i feel fortunate to catch a fish when you come down here on the spur of the moment like this oh he's a good fish now hope he don't do the death row on me if we gonna let him loose

Channel: Steve Douglas The Catfish Dude

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Length: 19min 34sec (1174 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 11 2020