So, moved into a community with 6 or 7 stocked lakes and ponds. Bass fishing is mediocre but everyone raves about how big the cat fish are. I've never deliberately fished for cat fish, but have caught a few over the years on bass baits. Once I caught a nice eater on night crawlers when I was actually hook and bobber fishing for bigger blue gill.
These are channel cats and blues.
What's a good setup? hook and bobber? Bottom fishing? People here keep touting hot dog for bait.
The bottoms are pretty flat. Depth around 20 feet at the middle with steep sloping rocky gravel sides. Murky water with a ton of small bluegill near the banks.
I've seen some dead cats that look to be in the 10 pound range.
