As a teacher....I must commend you on your presentation. You broke it down into several steps, explaining it as you went thru the procedure. Well done!!!
Double thanks. Presentation exellent and easy to follow. Exellent choice of knots, easy to do. The Palomar knot is one of the strongest knots, I've been using it for 25 years and never had the knot slip or brake at any point. Appreciate you sharing.
It depends on where you’re fishing and your rig setup. For my big catfish rods, I don’t use less than 3oz weights. If I’m fishing in rough current, I’ll use 6oz weights to hold the bait on the bottom.
You absolutely can do that. When I made this video, my intent was to show you can use a variety of knots. Also, a snell knot is my favorite when tying circle hooks for cats.
Nice, short, sweet and simple demo. I'm a bass angler looking to start targeting blue cats in my area. Do you have a rod and reel suggestion? Also, what is your main line? 50lb? Fluoro or mono? Thx.
Awesome stuff. Welcome to the addiction 😂 If you’re just starting out and not sure if you want to sink a ton of money into expensive big fish gear, starting with a lower end big spinning reel combo, like a Shakespeare spinning combo, isn’t a bad way to go. If those combos come with preloaded line, I’d swap it out with my preferred lines. However, if you want to spend a little more money, here is what I use… Ugly stik is my favorite line of rods. They’re rugged and durable without the price tag. There are higher end rods out there, but I’ve used ugly stiks most of my life. They’ve never failed me. I use a few reels but here are two of my favs. One reel I’ve had for more than 20 years and is still going strong is my Penn general purpose baitcaster. It’s not terribly expensive compared to other reels (last I checked $70-$80) but for the money, she’s a solid reel I’ve caught really big cats with. My second reel is pricier, but it is my absolute favorite big fish reel. It’s an Abu Garcia Ambassadeur C ($170-$180). It’s a beast and smooth as silk reeling in line. All of my reels with mono or fluoro have Trilene line on them. The Abu Garcia has 65lb fluoro (for those fights with behemoths). My other baitcasters have 30-40 mono. I also really like PowerPro braided line from 30-50lbs (caught a 4ft bull shark with that stuff on the Penn baitcaster last year). Sorry for the lengthy response, but I hope it was helpful!
As a teacher....I must commend you on your presentation. You broke it down into several steps, explaining it as you went thru the procedure. Well done!!!
Thank you! I greatly appreciate the positive feedback.
Double thanks. Presentation exellent and easy to follow.
Exellent choice of knots, easy to do. The Palomar knot is one of the strongest knots, I've been using it for 25 years and never had the knot slip or brake at any point.
Appreciate you sharing.
You’re welcome. I agree the Palomar is a great knot. Use it in most cases.
Nice work,Thanks
Awesome man you rock dude
Thanks!
What size weight do you have to use?
It depends on where you’re fishing and your rig setup. For my big catfish rods, I don’t use less than 3oz weights. If I’m fishing in rough current, I’ll use 6oz weights to hold the bait on the bottom.
Why not polomeyer knot the hook to leader?
You absolutely can do that. When I made this video, my intent was to show you can use a variety of knots. Also, a snell knot is my favorite when tying circle hooks for cats.
Agree. Snell knot seems the best for yanking the hook into cats.@@ShowMetheHawgs
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Does this particular rig work well for catching flatheads ? Also, can I use live bluegill with this rig ?
Typically this rig is best with cut bait. When I’m using live bluegill, a slip sinker rig works best in my experience.
Nice, short, sweet and simple demo. I'm a bass angler looking to start targeting blue cats in my area. Do you have a rod and reel suggestion? Also, what is your main line? 50lb? Fluoro or mono? Thx.
Awesome stuff. Welcome to the addiction 😂
If you’re just starting out and not sure if you want to sink a ton of money into expensive big fish gear, starting with a lower end big spinning reel combo, like a Shakespeare spinning combo, isn’t a bad way to go. If those combos come with preloaded line, I’d swap it out with my preferred lines. However, if you want to spend a little more money, here is what I use…
Ugly stik is my favorite line of rods. They’re rugged and durable without the price tag. There are higher end rods out there, but I’ve used ugly stiks most of my life. They’ve never failed me.
I use a few reels but here are two of my favs. One reel I’ve had for more than 20 years and is still going strong is my Penn general purpose baitcaster. It’s not terribly expensive compared to other reels (last I checked $70-$80) but for the money, she’s a solid reel I’ve caught really big cats with. My second reel is pricier, but it is my absolute favorite big fish reel. It’s an Abu Garcia Ambassadeur C ($170-$180). It’s a beast and smooth as silk reeling in line.
All of my reels with mono or fluoro have Trilene line on them. The Abu Garcia has 65lb fluoro (for those fights with behemoths). My other baitcasters have 30-40 mono. I also really like PowerPro braided line from 30-50lbs (caught a 4ft bull shark with that stuff on the Penn baitcaster last year).
Sorry for the lengthy response, but I hope it was helpful!
How long should your leader line be?
I make mine about 2-3 feet.
@@ShowMetheHawgs even when bank fishing ? Sorry new to catfishing trying to learn all I can.