Stocker Trout Fishing News

Tried for another big Catfish like the one caught last week. Took three quick trips but did get another nice Catfish on the EmmRod Kayak King! First try had a big one but the line broke. Then, sidetracked with a trip to OK for an awesome airshow. Then, back to TX and a second go at a Catfish. Struck out but did see someone else catch a fish… a Bass. Tried the following day and was able to connect. This one was about the same length as the Catfish caught last week but seemed fatter! Fun stuff!

On a whim bought an EmmRod in their Kayak King Spinning Rod model to use for kayak fishing. Put the order in while on a cruise last week. Rod arrived while we were having fun in the sun and ocean. On our return, rigged up an old spinning reel that we managed to get working again… 30+ year old reel, and then mounted it on the EmmRod. Took it to a local pond and free-lined bread “mashed” around a circle hook. After about 15″ caught a nice Catfish! Not bad for the first cast, first fish on the little rod. Cannot wait to try it kayak fishing! EmmRod Kayak King Spinning Rod

Fun time fishing Bethany Lakes yesterday morning. Caught four Catfish using bread for bait. Below is the video of the action; added some details on how we rigged our fishing rod, chummed the area, and baited our hooks. Gotta love a simple grocery store bait like bread… even better, if the fish aren’t biting and you get hungry, just have a slice or two! Log Book Entry: 1/16/17 Location: Bethany Lakes – Main Pond (Allen) Time: 10:30 – 12:00 Weax: Clear, “Hoodie Jacket”, Calm Rod: Berkley Lightning Rod Medium Light – 6’6″ Reel: Pinnacle Tiny Dead Bolt DUL20 – 4lbs Test Trout Magnet SOS Mono (later added shock leader)   Comments: Catfish were readily biting at first but bite slowed down after about 30″. Had chummed the area near the “pavilion tree” with bread. Used 7/0 Mustad circle hooks – same one used for jug-lining last year on Lake Lavon. Free-lined the bread with an open bale and allowed the fish to pick-up a...

More fun with the Water Wolf Camera and being able to observe the action underwater. Fished Celebration Park this evening and managed to get one nice Catfish using bread for bait. Did have several others take our bait but was not able to land them. Missed hook sets as well as setting too early. No worries, still lots of fun. Murky water but still able to get some video. Also, was interesting to see an underwater current that we suspect was coming from the run off from a rain storm that passed a half-hour before. Current from the surface was not noticeable.

Decided to try getting an underwater video of a Catfish taking our bait yesterday. Headed to Bethany Lakes, rigged up the GoPro for the shot, baited a hook with Bread, and set the rig out. Shortly after setting the rig in the water, had Bluegill in view despite the murky conditions. Soon after,they (or maybe something bigger) took the bait. Re-baited and had more Bluegill pecking at the bread but in the murkiness did see a Catfish come by several times and eventually it took the bait. Reeled in a skinny 17″-18″ Catfish! Later, lost a bigger one that broke the hook; was not able to get the underwater shot of it though. Oh well… Fun stuff still!

Received a question about how we used cheese cloth when fishing with bread as bait. Below is a brief summary of what how we do this: Form a bread ball with the bread, Then, place it in the middle of a 4″ x 4″ piece of cheese cloth, Next, take two opposing corners of the cheese cloth, pull them together and thread them on to a Circle Hook. Do the same with the remaining corners of the cheese cloth. With all four corners threaded on to the Circle Cook, twist the bread ball covered with cheese cloth around to tighten the cloth. Finally, pass the hook once through the bread ball, not in the middle but more on the side. This will keep it from twisting off. That’s it… Good luck!

Fished Celebration Park East Pond yesterday using bread for bait and the Daiwa Sealine Surf Casting Rod and Penn Squall 15 Reel. Made a change in how we normally fish bread; instead of forming a bread ball around a J Hook, wrapped the bread in cheese cloth and then secured it to a Circle Hook. Had a number of strikes but no hook ups until we removed the weight we were using and free-lined the bait. Good thing the surf casting rod/reel combo had no issues casting a weightless baited hook! Soon after started getting strikes and hook ups. Unfortunately, it was well past dark, so we were unable to get a video of the action and the cell phone battery was low so no pictures either. One Catfish was a Bruiser; the other Catfish went about 17″ in length. Decided to go back tonight and see if we could get another Catfish before it got too dark for filming. As it turned out, the fish were picky this time… we managed to catch only one. It went about 28″ in length but was smaller t...