Just a kid from Texas looking to get into good warm water fish around Corvallis. Anybody have good recommendations on where to have good chances at catfish in western Oregon?
I'm wondering if anyone catches catfish on a regular basis on hard lures? I've caught a few catfish when bass fishing. They've been on lipless baits and chatterbaits. These lures have no odor/scent so it must be the vibrations that attract the catfish? (I don't know much about catfish)
Catfishing doesn’t have a strong tradition in Idaho, but it could. Fisheries biologist Joe Kozfkay is comfortable in saying there’s over a million catfish in the Snake River, CJ Strike, and Brownlee. To show off this bountiful fishery, Kozfkay took a couple of young anglers fishing in the Snake River near Parma.
In fact, there are so many that Fish and Game captures catfish from the Snake River and transplants them into Treasure Valley ponds and elsewhere to provide more fishing opportunity. Catfish are also available in many of the Snake River’s tributaries, including the Weiser, Payette and Boise Rivers, typically in the lower stretches.
Channel catfish raised at a Magic Valley aquaculture business were recently stocked across Idaho to provide opportunity for anglers to catch these fish and put food on their tables. Stocking locations ranged from Lake Cocollala in northern Idaho to the Rexburg City Pond in eastern Idaho, with 18 lakes and reservoirs receiving catfish. Channel catfish are a highly sought after fish by anglers ...
Congratulations to Reed Monson of Meridian on landing a new catch/release state record for channel catfish. Reed was fishing for largemouth bass on Lake Lowell on Friday, July 24 when the 33-inch catfish inhaled his plastic swimbait.
Largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie, catfish, rainbow trout, and bluegill occur on the WMA ponds and in the Payette River. Bass are the most popular game fish. Six shallow ponds on the WMA were constructed for waterfowl nesting and are closed to all human activity, including fishing, from February 1 to July 31. Three gravel ponds on the Birding Island South side of the WMA are open to ...
Ictalurus punctatus (Channel Catfish) Presence Present in Idaho: Yes Native to Idaho: Exotic