07-06-2002, 03:19 PM
John we live in East Texas about 30 miles south of Tyler fish mainy Texas State Park Lakes. We dont catch monsters from 2 pounders to eight pounder channel cat we fish with night crawlers and catalpa worms. We usualy drift fish till dark then fish in a cove at the mouth getting them when they come in to chow down. That amber globe on our lantern really works good we also put sheets of fabric softner in our shirt pockets and belt loops that help keep skeeters away. What magizine article are you working on? I grew up in Illinois and even back then in early fifties as kids we used to fish the Rock River in Rockford Illinois at night for cats with bells on our poles we had no lanterns just a flashlight. Everyone raves about bass but I think that catfish are cool and have their own personality. Raypaw<br><br>Cant change yesterday<br>cant change tommorow<br>can change today so lets get busy