Hey guys I am planning on going to Willard tonight to do some catfishing has anyone been night fishing for cats lately how’s it going what’s hot ? Any info would be greatly appericited Pms are fine. Also anyone tried catching walleye and wipers from shore at night? I will tell how I do tommrow thanks !
I was there Wed morning. Worms will work but cutbait will do too. Fished the southwest end and caught 5 bluegill, 1 wiper, and 1 channel. I didn’t move around like I should have. Reports I have read and heard are good for those with boats. I just used worms. Didn’t catch a carp for bait, oh well! Good luck and don’t forget the bug spray!
Frozen cheese dogs. I think the boaters occasionally drop some table scraps overboard. I have always had success with cheese dogs. Freeze them, so they stay on the hook better.
I fished Willard last Friday morning (July 26) was trolling in a zig-zag kind-of south-east to north-west north of the island. Within the first 15 minutes on the water at about 6:40 AM hooked up a nice Walleye, then a Cat, then a small Wiper (released), then another Cat, another Walleye, another Wiper (released), then a nice keeper Wiper. Decided to take a break, tossed out the anchor, put up the sun top, baited up a couple lines with night crawlers on bottom rigs, and in less than 30 minutes had 3 more cats. Called it a day. But with the low water level, and the hot days, the cats seem to have moved out to relatively cooler, deeper water. Deepest spot I noticed was 14 feet out in the emptiness area north of the island and just about center between east and west walls. Water temp (surface) was 77 at 6 AM and by 1 PM as 88.
slow day at Willard yesterday, 1 cat and 1 big wiper, no other bites.
warm water with less than a foot visibility.
Thanks for info guys I never did make it out well I got there one evening and it was white capping so bad I decided to turn around and go back home but I do feel like some catfishing this weekend so ill be ether at the bear river or Willard (: hope I get in to some
Hey JP1, were you fishing in your float tube or from shore?
I was in a boat, we fished a few areas with a few bites.