So with the circle hooks, that is why you reel in some slack and it brings the hook into the side of the mouth? Then you set the hook as opposed to the old way with typical hooks where when the hit is happing you just grab the rod and set the hook? i have never used the circle hooks yet. Another question, we do alot of bluegille fishing, I have some real small circle hooks. Think they would work for them. we used crickets to catch them. Typically we use a #4 eagle claw hook for them.
Yes, by reeling in the slack, reeling down on em, sweeping the rod to the side, all of those hooksets are to pull the hook into the corner of the mouth. Bluegill I use circle hooks from time to time. If they are aggressive enough it should work!
@@TheFishinMagician20 Thanks, Dad uses long shank #4's for them I do not like the long shanks, the small circle hooks i have I just didnt want to go to wast to be honest, im gonna try this year and see Ill let u know. good luck on your travels, be safe
I would say yes and no. More often than not no, because it’s so cold that regardless of tide, the fish won’t be moving much. But, if you get that warmer streak, or that day bait happens to be moving you could get up on the incoming or outgoing 👍🏼 you just never know. Thanks for the comment!
@@Uglyduckfishing 👍🏼 berreyessa anytime in the spring to summer, fish the coves. Winter time you’ll have to fish main lake at the mouth of the coves 👍🏼
I was thinking the same thing. Shit. When the snows flying the trout's dieing as the old folk will say around here 😂 but seriously when it's winter that's trout fishing. Learned that with a 25" 9 pound female brown trout. Was my first ever brown trout ever I had no idea what I had caught till my buddy's showed me there pbs. And my one friends brown trout fished for 10 years has only caught a 23".... Was crazy. So as much as I wanna Catfish, I do have a deep section of water I can go catfish in but we do not have numbers me and my buddy's have set up and spent 300+ hours last summer alone Catfishing with a boat and a fish finder. We'd go catch our live bait blue gill suckers whatever was legal. Go find the classic catfish holes on timber big rock piles or even the shallow to deep holes where they'd sit. We'd target spots for 45 minutes each as it'll take about 15 minutes to pull anchors find the next spot and set anchors so new spot hourly. Fresh bait each 30 minutes. Half cut bait half live bait. 3 people on the boat which allowed a 9 rod spread. 3 rods on each side of the boat and we sat at the front watching. My buddy's boat is designed around catfishing and musky fishing so he has full track system for rod holders. Abu Garcia ambassador reels on some pretty nice big cat fever rods will blacklight LEDs so we can see the line and the rods as they're hit without headlamps (helps with bugs and night detection) all that being said. I only said all that to explain our set up it's pretty much based off a guide boat for flathead fishing the sesquahanna. They travel to the sesquahanna and hit 40-50 pound catfish every 20-30 minutes on that river. But round here we just don't have catfish in numbers unfortunately.
That winter fishing gets tough. Thanks for the tips. Can always use those. 👍👍
It sure does man, never a problem 🙏🏼
GREAT video mark make sure chunky watches it 10times
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Who knew, Mark CAN grow facial hair! 🤣
Good video Mark, well put together 🤘
😂😂 I’m workin on it!
Thanks Mark great information God Bless
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Great informative vid bro…well done!
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Awesome video!!
Thanks Doug!
So with the circle hooks, that is why you reel in some slack and it brings the hook into the side of the mouth? Then you set the hook as opposed to the old way with typical hooks where when the hit is happing you just grab the rod and set the hook? i have never used the circle hooks yet. Another question, we do alot of bluegille fishing, I have some real small circle hooks. Think they would work for them. we used crickets to catch them. Typically we use a #4 eagle claw hook for them.
Yes, by reeling in the slack, reeling down on em, sweeping the rod to the side, all of those hooksets are to pull the hook into the corner of the mouth. Bluegill I use circle hooks from time to time. If they are aggressive enough it should work!
@@TheFishinMagician20 Thanks, Dad uses long shank #4's for them I do not like the long shanks, the small circle hooks i have I just didnt want to go to wast to be honest, im gonna try this year and see Ill let u know. good luck on your travels, be safe
Thanks for the info.
Absolutely 👍🏼
What about tides in winter, do you consider them much of a factor? Much appreciate the info!
I would say yes and no. More often than not no, because it’s so cold that regardless of tide, the fish won’t be moving much. But, if you get that warmer streak, or that day bait happens to be moving you could get up on the incoming or outgoing 👍🏼 you just never know. Thanks for the comment!
@@TheFishinMagician20 and thanks for the helpful response!
Would you know where's a good place around Sacramento California to catch big catfish
Sacramento is hit and miss with catfish, knights landing has a few good spots. Also try the sloughs around grizzly island and Rio vista 👍🏼
@@TheFishinMagician20 thanks been looking for awhile and only finding catfish that i was use for bait back home lol
@@Uglyduckfishing 😂 yes CA isn’t really known for big cats. Also try out beryessa, and clear lake. They got some good channel cats up there
@@TheFishinMagician20 clear lake is where i go to catch big catfish never tried berryessa don't where to go there
@@Uglyduckfishing 👍🏼 berreyessa anytime in the spring to summer, fish the coves. Winter time you’ll have to fish main lake at the mouth of the coves 👍🏼
Love the thumbnail!
Thanks!
Great tips 👌
Thank you brother
Nice beard!!
Trying! 😅 thanks
Hookset 🪝
indeed set that hook
You call that winter? Thats cute.
For here yes, that’s winter lol. Water temps from 35-33
I was thinking the same thing. Shit. When the snows flying the trout's dieing as the old folk will say around here 😂 but seriously when it's winter that's trout fishing. Learned that with a 25" 9 pound female brown trout. Was my first ever brown trout ever I had no idea what I had caught till my buddy's showed me there pbs. And my one friends brown trout fished for 10 years has only caught a 23".... Was crazy. So as much as I wanna Catfish, I do have a deep section of water I can go catfish in but we do not have numbers me and my buddy's have set up and spent 300+ hours last summer alone Catfishing with a boat and a fish finder. We'd go catch our live bait blue gill suckers whatever was legal. Go find the classic catfish holes on timber big rock piles or even the shallow to deep holes where they'd sit. We'd target spots for 45 minutes each as it'll take about 15 minutes to pull anchors find the next spot and set anchors so new spot hourly. Fresh bait each 30 minutes. Half cut bait half live bait. 3 people on the boat which allowed a 9 rod spread. 3 rods on each side of the boat and we sat at the front watching. My buddy's boat is designed around catfishing and musky fishing so he has full track system for rod holders. Abu Garcia ambassador reels on some pretty nice big cat fever rods will blacklight LEDs so we can see the line and the rods as they're hit without headlamps (helps with bugs and night detection) all that being said. I only said all that to explain our set up it's pretty much based off a guide boat for flathead fishing the sesquahanna. They travel to the sesquahanna and hit 40-50 pound catfish every 20-30 minutes on that river. But round here we just don't have catfish in numbers unfortunately.
One more important tip...Oil that reel! LOL
😂😂 I actually caught it one day in the water, you shoulda heard it before I oiled it lol
Is that a beard
I’m tryin