Mr Justin Merry Christmas sir , thank u for ride u take me on ,on all ur videos, I'm a 62 year old man two bouts of brain cancer and I still learned a lot from u ,thank u for the awesome videos , come on 2020 I'm ready for more awesome videos god bless
Old timers around, always said crappie was the best flathead bait around. I've never used any tho, I like black(green) perch, skip Jack's if I can find them, and creek chubs. Love your videos.
Kayak Catfish Sizing Definitions Dink= 31" and under Fun Size= 32" to 36" Good Fish Ya'll. 37 to ??? GOLLYWHOPPER ?????? TO ???? Please fill in the blank
I hang my cutting board in the water, more scent in the water and helps clean it off a little. Here in Arkansas crappy for bait is a no no, I'm jealous lol. Really like your videos, Merry Christmas!
Well I have enjoyed the video awesome fish very cool especially the blue cats I love catching blue cats flatheads are okay but I love a blue cat I love a good Channel cat to thanks for the video I have enjoyed it have a good evening
Hey great video pal I'm watching on Christmas morning I missed Santa Claus but I never miss one your videos lol merry Christmas man and a happy New year
Merry Christmas! Beautiful fish--you make it look so easy! I have a water 40 minutes from me where I can bank fish and catch blues in the 5-20 lb. range. If I get a decent day, I might just make a trip down and see what I can get into!
Have you ever fished the Cumberland River / old hickory, I bank fish a lot and I'm still searching for that big one, I use the right bait just have to just have to wait it out I guess. Merry Christmas
When you say sitting out on a point . I know I’m learning to read my depth finder. Do you have any videos showing what you mean by point . Just wondering thanks
You may want to check out the Buck Perry structure fishing book series or the Don Dickson RUclips channel. Both are excellent resources on learning how to read a contour map and understanding how fish will use structure.
@@KayakCatfish stupid question, but is there a simple definition for structure? Didn't don say a change of water depth? I would ask him but I don't think would reply
Jon Doed Structure is the bottom of the lake that is different in some respects than the surrounding bottom area. All bodies of water will have some type of structure. If you are serious about learning, the Buck Perry book series is going to be your best resource.
great video.I was watching avideo on catfish rods, they said that the ugly stix wasn't good for fish over 20lbs. I thought they haven't seen your videos lol. stay safe.
Finally found a place out in Oklahoma that sells frozen gizzard shad. down in the part of taxes I live they are so scarce it's hard to find them. going to be trying them out day after Christmas.
If gizzard shad are scarce, then they aren't the mai. Food source for your cats and you probably won't have great success with it. Figure out what bait fish your cats are eating and present that to your fish
I notice all you use is the ugly stik catfish is it really a good rod?? I had two and the reel seat on one came unglued or something but I noticed i have a chad Ferguson whisker seekers rod and it looks like its built exactly the same plastic reel seats and everything.
There are certainly better rods on the market but for $40, ugly stiks are hard to beat. I have a couple that are over 15 years old and still going strong after hundreds of trophy size fish.
Kayak Catfish i paid almost a hundred dollars for my whisker seekers rod but, the one uglystik i have has caught fish the same size and bigger. do you use the 7 foot 1 piece or 8 foot two piece? Btw just got introduced to your channel and I absolutely love it!
Always great videos but had a question I love suspend fishing, but up here in west Virginia kanawha river water temp is around 40 s .. seems like they quit hitting on suspend any tips
nice water conditions, glass smooth........best laid plans of men and mice......darkness bites never materialized....so goes fishing.....Merry Christmas!
Great trip for you, congratulations. I went out a yesterday and got shut out. Having trouble getting bait so I bought a 1/2 pound of live goldfish but no takers. We can't fish with game fish here so I need to find some gizzard shad to fish with or maybe crappie fish instead
Do you really need to be that deep? I just recently started kayak fishing for cats. I’m used to paylakes and do a lot of solo fishing and don’t feel comfortable anchoring out in the deep open water because of boat traffic
Them cats where huge! I'm super jealous and wish I could land some that size! I guess I need to go get me some gizzard shads, and knock off the dust on my heavy action combos. Go big or go home right?
The fish is saying, anytime you get a hook in your mouth and don’t get to eat.... it’s a bad day. Lol. (Except for that blue that got your bait anyway). I can’t believe you are using crappie for bait and not eating them. Tell me you at least kept one crappie to eat? Lol.
James Jones I live here. I know that. We still eat the crappy. LOL. Kidding. I am more upstream from him, so I think it is a little safer up here, but still not sure about that.
Thanks again for taking my mind off my troubles for awhile. Fun Fun
As a Texan I can never get used to seeing Crappie as bait 😂
Same in KY... as much as I love bluegill they’ll get tossed out for some catfish but crappie go in the fryer
Arkansas to crappie r to good to use for bait gotta go to creeks to catch them little bream
I’d rather eat the crappie than the catfish.
you aint lying. crappie is gold down here
kayak, shore, fishing from a dirigible......total enjoyment!
Thank you!
Love the video angle. Felt like I was sitting there with you. Merry Christmas and tight lines my friend.
Thanks! Merry Christmas
I'm still watching your older content, learn something new each video!!! Keep dropping lines bud!!!
Mr Justin Merry Christmas sir , thank u for ride u take me on ,on all ur videos, I'm a 62 year old man two bouts of brain cancer and I still learned a lot from u ,thank u for the awesome videos , come on 2020 I'm ready for more awesome videos god bless
Thanks Jessie! Merry Christmas to you as well. Hope you have a great year in 2020.
Thanks Justin for all the information great video and merry Christmas
Thanks Bobby! Merry Christmas
I have learned quit habit from you my good sir. I appreciate your knowledge.
Thank you! I am glad you find the videos helpful.
Old timers around, always said crappie was the best flathead bait around. I've never used any tho, I like black(green) perch, skip Jack's if I can find them, and creek chubs. Love your videos.
Thanks Chris!
Skipjack is my go to bait. Large heads and body gut chunks
Thank you Justin.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Thanks! Hope you have a wonderful new year
You make it look so easy Justin.
Thanks!
Kayak Catfish Sizing Definitions
Dink= 31" and under
Fun Size= 32" to 36"
Good Fish Ya'll. 37 to ???
GOLLYWHOPPER ?????? TO ????
Please fill in the blank
Dink-10lbs and under
Fun size-teens-20lbs
Good fish-25-40lbers
Gollywhopper-50lbs and up
Good fish y’all 37-42”
Golly whopper 42”+
@@KayakCatfish🤣💪🤣💪🤣💪🤣 your the best man
Lol
Fifty pounds and over are Atleast twenty five if not thirty years old too now that's what is amazing about it too have a great day now and keep it up
Great video. Merry Christmas Justin.
Thanks! Merry Christmas
Awesome video. MERRY Christmas to you and all the viewers.
From Happy Valley North Carolina, GOD BLESS you all.
Thanks Mark! Merry Christmas
The legend himself, Kayak Catfish
Thanks Bob!
I hang my cutting board in the water, more scent in the water and helps clean it off a little. Here in Arkansas crappy for bait is a no no, I'm jealous lol. Really like your videos, Merry Christmas!
Thanks! Merry Christmas
What kind of kayak is that? I have a journey Sun Dolphin SS I fish off of but I'm worried it's a little too wobbly for catching the big catfish
Another great video! Thanks for your efforts to educate and entertain! Merry Christmas and tight lines for the new year!!
Thanks Will! Merry Christmas
Putting this on an old RUclips on purpose .. tried drum bait last week, worked great.
Thanks Tom!
Merry Christmas Justin, hope you have a great one.
Thanks Jeff! Merry Christmas
Just what i needed on Christmas Eve. Merry Christimas Justin!!
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Thanks! Merry Christmas!
I thought that last one looked like a flathead bite. Hope you gave a merry Christmas Justin. Always enjoy the videos. tight lines
Thanks Tom! Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas my friend. Great video and thanks for sharing with America.🇺🇸
Thank you! Merry Christmas
Justin
I enjoy your videos. A lot more than the fish I'm thinking. 🤔😉😉
You have a Merry Christmas.
Thanks Michael! Merry Christmas
Great video. Really liked that flattie!
Thanks Don!
Another nice flatty keep em coming
Thanks Brian!
Nice day of fishing. Merry Christmas and a wonderful happy new year. Tight lines great video sir
Thanks Huston! Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas buddy tight lines and catch a monster!!!!
Thanks James! Merry Christmas
Great video. Merry Christmas 🎄 and a happy new year 🎊
Thanks Sheryl! Merry Christmas
Great video as usual. Merry Christmas, buddy. Go Vols!
Thank you! Merry Christmas
Well I have enjoyed the video awesome fish very cool especially the blue cats I love catching blue cats flatheads are okay but I love a blue cat I love a good Channel cat to thanks for the video I have enjoyed it have a good evening
Thank you!
Another great video. Merry Christmas and stay safe out there
Thanks Matt! Merry Christmas
Looks like watts bar! I'm right down the road just moved here recently and can't wait to get me a biggin!
Merry Christmas! Great video!
Thanks Joe! Merry Christmas
Hey great video pal I'm watching on Christmas morning I missed Santa Claus but I never miss one your videos lol merry Christmas man and a happy New year
Thanks Brian! Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Justin
Thanks Travis! Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! Beautiful fish--you make it look so easy! I have a water 40 minutes from me where I can bank fish and catch blues in the 5-20 lb. range. If I get a decent day, I might just make a trip down and see what I can get into!
Thanks Joe! Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas!!!
Thanks Chris! Merry Christmas
Good educational video
Thank you!
Very nice thx again for the videos
Thanks Michael!
Merry Christmas!
Thanks Richard! Merry Christmas
It is what you make it!!!
Thanks Chuck!
Nice catches!
Thanks Bill!
Great video again.I'm always looking forward to the next one. Isn't there an app that shows the layout of the bottom of bodies of water?
Thanks Lynn! I use the Navionics app. I believe it is now called boating USA in the App Store.
Have you ever fished the Cumberland River / old hickory, I bank fish a lot and I'm still searching for that big one, I use the right bait just have to just have to wait it out I guess. Merry Christmas
Thanks Ricky! Merry Christmas. No, I have never fished on the Cumberland
We can't use game fish as bait in south Carolina , but chicken breast works very well. Got that tip from one of your older episodes.
Glad the chicken breast is working out for you
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Merry Christmas Justin! Hope you have a great one! May all your catfish be fat and jolly!
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too
Merry Christmas We are at 99, only one more flaty to go!
Got number 100 today. Merry Christmas
Kayak Catfish congratulations! It has been a fun ride keeping track of the count with you this year! Let’s do again next year😀!
Merry Christmas brother
Thank you! Merry Christmas
When you say sitting out on a point . I know I’m learning to read my depth finder. Do you have any videos showing what you mean by point . Just wondering thanks
You may want to check out the Buck Perry structure fishing book series or the Don Dickson RUclips channel. Both are excellent resources on learning how to read a contour map and understanding how fish will use structure.
Cool thanks . I had an idea but never explained.more curious on the lake areas . I have an idea on the rivers when the currents going good
@@KayakCatfish stupid question, but is there a simple definition for structure? Didn't don say a change of water depth? I would ask him but I don't think would reply
@@KayakCatfish is it possible for a lake to not really have deep structure and just be a big flat?
Jon Doed Structure is the bottom of the lake that is different in some respects than the surrounding bottom area. All bodies of water will have some type of structure. If you are serious about learning, the Buck Perry book series is going to be your best resource.
And oh yeah, if you fish with crappie and have bait left at the end of the day you can take it home and fry it up lol! Those chunks look tasty
great video.I was watching avideo on catfish rods, they said that the ugly stix wasn't good for fish over 20lbs. I thought they haven't seen your videos lol. stay safe.
Haha! I always laugh when I hear people say that.
Great video sir.
Thanks Bill!
Merry Christmas buddy
Thanks Ralph! Merry Christmas
That's "spell choke" for ya. Haha. Merry Christmas.
Haha! Spell check gets me all the time too
Do you downsize baits during winter?
I always like to have a bigger size bait out but I do tend to get bigger fish on smaller sections of bait once our water temps dip into the 40’s.
Thanks!
Love the channel man. What part of the Tennessee River are you fishing?
Thanks Josh! I fish Fort Loudoun and Watts Bar.
Are there any decent large catfish in the Tennessee River?
I only catch small fish here.
his fun size fish is bigger than my pb lmao been fishing for a week only caught one coby
Thanks for watching!
GreAt video! What are your go to hooks?
Love your videos. Can you tell me more about your gear? Pole, real, size line. Thank you.
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Great cats my friend Merry Christmas
Thanks Charles! Merry Christmas
what size sinker justin?
I typically use 8oz when I am suspend fishing. Keeps my baits directly under me in 0.5mph current that we usually have here.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas!
Thanx for sharing
Thanks Keith!
Also what are the best hooks to use for catfish mine seem to get stuck in pretty good and I can't get all of them out even with the pliers
!!!!! USE THE CRAPPIE!!!! 😝 😆 Love it!!!
Haha! Thanks!
Another great video do you ever fish Cherokee 🤔
Thanks! I have done some bass fishing on Cherokee but never targeted catfish there.
Merry Christmas Justin! May all your fish be whoppers.
Thanks Dana! Merry Christmas
Finally found a place out in Oklahoma that sells frozen gizzard shad. down in the part of taxes I live they are so scarce it's hard to find them. going to be trying them out day after Christmas.
Now i know it's not as good as fresh but it's best we can do.
If gizzard shad are scarce, then they aren't the mai. Food source for your cats and you probably won't have great success with it. Figure out what bait fish your cats are eating and present that to your fish
Main^
Good luck! Hope you catch some big ones.
Who in Oklahoma is selling it?
Which rods are you using?
Ugly stik catfish rods 7’
Ive been very tempted to buy those instead of these 70-80 dollar rods. They obviously perform very well
What is egg sinker weight you use to get down deep?
I notice all you use is the ugly stik catfish is it really a good rod?? I had two and the reel seat on one came unglued or something but I noticed i have a chad Ferguson whisker seekers rod and it looks like its built exactly the same plastic reel seats and everything.
There are certainly better rods on the market but for $40, ugly stiks are hard to beat. I have a couple that are over 15 years old and still going strong after hundreds of trophy size fish.
Kayak Catfish i paid almost a hundred dollars for my whisker seekers rod but, the one uglystik i have has caught fish the same size and bigger. do you use the 7 foot 1 piece or 8 foot two piece? Btw just got introduced to your channel and I absolutely love it!
Thanks. I use the 7’ one piece model
What kind of anchor system do you use?
Merry Christmas Justin .
Hopefully Santa brings you a golly whoppers if you’ve been good, or channel cats if you’ve been bad. Stay safe.
Thanks Chris! Merry Christmas
Always great videos but had a question I love suspend fishing, but up here in west Virginia kanawha river water temp is around 40 s .. seems like they quit hitting on suspend any tips
Thanks! I catch them on suspended baits year round although our water temps rarely go below the mid 40’s.
@@KayakCatfish yes I love fishing Tennessee river system
I know you mentioned this in a previous video, but what's the names of the rod and reels you use on the kayak?
Ugly stik catfish rods and Abu Garcia c3 6500 reels
Thanks.
@@KayakCatfish An you use 7 or 8 foot rods?
7’
@@KayakCatfish that's what I thought you use. Next summer, you wanna fish together sometime?
Prefect👌👌👌
Thanks!
one of them fun sized fish. I could fish a decade in my area and not catch a fish over 30"
Thanks for watching!
nice water conditions, glass smooth........best laid plans of men and mice......darkness bites never materialized....so goes fishing.....Merry Christmas!
Thanks David! Merry Christmas
Im trying to have fun with my buddies i been trying to work on a fish tournament i think i can pull it off its a two day tournament
Good luck with it!
Also Merry Christmas
Thank you! Merry Christmas
Does this work for channel cats?
Yes
The way you can catch catfish, I was thinking you was gonna show off and catch one out of that 5 gallon bucket.
Haha! If it could be done, I would try it.
Great trip for you, congratulations. I went out a yesterday and got shut out. Having trouble getting bait so I bought a 1/2 pound of live goldfish but no takers. We can't fish with game fish here so I need to find some gizzard shad to fish with or maybe crappie fish instead
Clark Breen Shut out = baseball. Skunked = fishing. It happens. 🤷🏼♂️
Thanks Clark! Hope your next trip goes better.
How would one find catfish without a fish finder? Thanks
You can just look for obvious places like river bends, creek mouths, points, and flats. Those are always productive areas.
Come on down and try some west Virginia cats
Maybe someday
Do you really need to be that deep? I just recently started kayak fishing for cats. I’m used to paylakes and do a lot of solo fishing and don’t feel comfortable anchoring out in the deep open water because of boat traffic
Them cats where huge!
I'm super jealous and wish I could land some that size!
I guess I need to go get me some gizzard shads, and knock off the dust on my heavy action combos.
Go big or go home right?
The fish is saying, anytime you get a hook in your mouth and don’t get to eat.... it’s a bad day. Lol. (Except for that blue that got your bait anyway). I can’t believe you are using crappie for bait and not eating them. Tell me you at least kept one crappie to eat? Lol.
Saline Scott water in Tennessee river is contaminated
James Jones
I live here. I know that. We still eat the crappy. LOL. Kidding. I am more upstream from him, so I think it is a little safer up here, but still not sure about that.
Haha! I don’t even eat the crappie. I don’t trust anything in this water.
Think I'm first
Thanks for being #1!
I wish you'd start weighing , just for reference.
Great Video Justin. Merry Christmas.
Thanks James! Merry Christmas