04-09-2013, 12:01 AM
Welcome to the site cecho. You'll find some avid cat-hunters. We don't have the Blue and Flatheads over in Utah, but we do have some quality Channel cats (especially in the North!!![:p]). Sure would enjoy chasing some of those monster cats!
I know this time of year our channels are moving shallower to stage for spawning. For the next couple months I expect to find them in shallow arms, inlets - in as little as 2-3 ft of water. Later they will move back out to deeper pools and eddies.
They do like structure. So if you can find logjams, wood piles - try fishing in, around, under. Can be a challenge to pull 'em out, but that's part of the game.
At ice off they are likely to be scrounging up loads of winterkill of minnows, shad, anything else that might have died under ice.
I have read how flathead are likely to go on nightly excursions. Maybe holding up on bottom in deeper holes during the day, then travelling their feeding paths. So if you can intercept - you're in for some fun tugs!
We've got a [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Utah_Fishing_Forum_C55/gforum.cgi?forum=100"]Catfishing contest[/url] just starting up on the Utah Board. You might find it entertaining.
I know this time of year our channels are moving shallower to stage for spawning. For the next couple months I expect to find them in shallow arms, inlets - in as little as 2-3 ft of water. Later they will move back out to deeper pools and eddies.
They do like structure. So if you can find logjams, wood piles - try fishing in, around, under. Can be a challenge to pull 'em out, but that's part of the game.
At ice off they are likely to be scrounging up loads of winterkill of minnows, shad, anything else that might have died under ice.
I have read how flathead are likely to go on nightly excursions. Maybe holding up on bottom in deeper holes during the day, then travelling their feeding paths. So if you can intercept - you're in for some fun tugs!
We've got a [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Utah_Fishing_Forum_C55/gforum.cgi?forum=100"]Catfishing contest[/url] just starting up on the Utah Board. You might find it entertaining.