>>793896>Nah I'm using dip bait with trebles Catfish have a tendency to "mouth" their food and swim around as they slowly eat it. This can take several seconds. If they feel significant resistance, they'll just drop the food and keep moving. They're foragers.
If you have a heavy weight tied to the line directly to the hook, the bait will just be pulled from the fish's mouth as it swims away. If you use a lighter weight (just light enough to get the casting distance you want), then the fish is more likely to just keep going.
Also, keeping your bail open, setting the drag really light, or just using some slack and watching your line, you can feed the fish line without it feeling any resistance.
A Carolina, Fish Finder, or Knocker rig is also great, as it allows the fish to take line and not encounter much, if any resistance from the weight at all.
>>I'm kind of enjoying the more passive style of fishing, compared to cast, reel, cast, reel, ect. It's my favorite. Not constantly moving/casting lets you slow down and realy soak in nature, talk, listen to music, etc. My wife prefers it because I can get all set up, then we have a little picnic by the water.
And once you get your first big cat, you'll be hooked.
Catfishing knowledge also translates well to a lot of other kinds of fishing. I found carp fishing, trout fishing, and salt water fishing very easy to get into because it was all just minor variations on catfishing.
