09-18-2010, 12:19 AM
[quote klahon]The understanding it works only on wels catfish maybe comes from the fact that clonk was invented in Europe. Although it is used for wels in Europe we discovered it works on American catfish too. Actually this is not surprising because they are just different species from the same family and they have same instincts.[/quote]
But what type of catfish does it attract? I would think that it would only work on large flatheads and blues. Even then, my guess is that it wouldn't work in areas with alligators, because the fish would have to either compete with the gators, or, more likely, have to consider the risk that the splashing is either a gator or that it would attract one.
I don't see it working on channel catfish because they aren't top predators anywhere. A splashing noise to them could be a threat, such as a heron, egret, osprey, eagle, commarant, snapping turtle (though snappers don't splash), a larger fish (such as a Muskie, pike, gar), or even a mammal such as a bear, otter, fisher, raccoon, bobcat, cougar, anything, really.
I will be surprised if it works in areas with those listed predators.
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But what type of catfish does it attract? I would think that it would only work on large flatheads and blues. Even then, my guess is that it wouldn't work in areas with alligators, because the fish would have to either compete with the gators, or, more likely, have to consider the risk that the splashing is either a gator or that it would attract one.
I don't see it working on channel catfish because they aren't top predators anywhere. A splashing noise to them could be a threat, such as a heron, egret, osprey, eagle, commarant, snapping turtle (though snappers don't splash), a larger fish (such as a Muskie, pike, gar), or even a mammal such as a bear, otter, fisher, raccoon, bobcat, cougar, anything, really.
I will be surprised if it works in areas with those listed predators.
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