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now if you want to catch catfish specifically, there's no substitute for meat. go to the store and buy the cheapest cut of the most gristly meat you can get. set up a trot line or put some 25 lb test on your ugly stick and a heavy weight reel, and post it up hardcore at a reasonable angle so it won't be under a lot of bending force.
you can use a milk jug for a bobber if your'e ghetto and trot linin' but on a rod i'd buy the biggest bobbers you can find. i used to have some the size of a tangerine just for this. fish medium to deep depth. use a treble hook or better yet, two treble hooks since this isn't some pussy ass catch and release BS. the more hooking surface the better.
get that cut of meat all tangled up on those treble hooks and let it sit overnight.
similar method for turtles but fish with the meat/hooks literally just under the bobber, inch or two under water at most. turtles are pretty low on the IQ scale since they think they're fucking invincible with their shells and shit. personally i don't and won't eat turtles so hunting them is for the kill, not food.
