Best rigs for shore fishing?

What are the best catfish rigs for fishing from a shore/bank?

Also, to bobber or not to bobber?

thanks!

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What are the best catfish rigs for fishing from a shore/bank?

Also, to bobber or not to bobber?

thanks!


What a question,, there are many best, here are just a few

The rig most use is a Slip weight rig,,, weight, then swivel, leader
then hook, The cat never feels the weight as the line slides through it
when the take the bait, one of the best on the bottom rigs, especially
for Blue cats

Also some use a drop weight rig, three way swivel, with a short leader
to the hook and longer one to the weight, this is fished "tight" lined,,
great for moving water.

In still water where you don't have to throw very far, nothing beats a
circle hook baited with a chicken liver, and no weight (wrap, don't tie,
about a foot of sewing thread around the liver baited hook, this keeps
the liver on better than any other method, (it's fast, it's cheap, and
it's easy)

Now my personal all around best rig is two StandOut hooks (see this web
page http://ezknot.com/SUHooks.html ) 12 inches apart tied to the main
line, with a 1 OZ or bigger weight 6 inches below the bottom hook, then
a "small" bobber a foot or more above the top hook, this keeps both
baits off the bottom, although the float is carried underwater by the
weight, it is there only to keep the bait off the bottom. (this rig can
also be used with a floating "slip float", for those who like to watch a
float, just set you float stop knot at the water depth)

At night , in the summer time, the cats come in close to shore to feed,
the later in the night, the closer they come in. I have caught many huge
cats in 2 to three feet of water, close to the bank, late at night.

In most cases just a weight, hook, and bait is all you need to cat fish,
you can catch "some" cats (if there are any cats there) just doing it
any old way :-)

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Mojo SpecTastic "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread,
Nutri Shield insect repellent. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, and the EZKnot
http://www.ezknot.com

We do our catfish fishing in the Ohio River. Our usual rig consists of
either 14 or 20 pound test yellow mono line threaded through an egg sinker
or bank sinker to a large swivel. About three feet of twelve pound test mono
is attached to swivel. we use 4/0 to 8/0 wide bend hooks. The larger hooks
are used with whole bluegills or shad for bait. If we cut the live bluegill
or shad, then we use the smaller hooks. I have seen chicken liver mentioned
on here for bait. If you want the big cats, forget the chicken liver and use
large bluegills, suckers, or shad for bait. Sometimes, they like the bait
cut and sometimes they like it live. If you cut it, it has to be very fresh
or it won't work. Change cut bait often. There are no blue cats in this part
of the Ohio River. We get channel cats and flatheads. Some of them are very
large. When we fish from a boat and don't need to cast as far, we use the 20
pound test main line and a 14 pound test leader. You can land a very large
catfish on the 12 or 14 pound test leader if you have the drag set right and
are patient. We use 9 and 10 foot catfish rods. We like the white colored
rods because they are easy to see at night! We hit the river around dusk and
come home around midnight. It seems like the cats stop biting around 11:30
or so on most nights!

Nick

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What are the best catfish rigs for fishing from a shore/bank?

Also, to bobber or not to bobber?

thanks!