Any Tips For Catfish At Alamo?

[thegunsmith2506]

The wife and I are getting away this weekend for a trip to Alamo Lake. We are mostly interested in trying to catch a few catfish. I am not a very good fisherman, and have never fished this lake before. I have looked at a few maps but I don't really know what I am looking for. Anyone willing to offer any advice on this lake? We will be stuck bank fishing since we don't have a boat this trip.

 

 

 

Thanks in advance.

[Joe Kauffman]

gunsmith,

 

Perfect timing! Alamo is actually doing very well on catfish right now. I have several friends that have caught a bunch of smaller, 2-5 pound cats in the past couple of weeks. If you take any of the roads that are east of the main boat launch you'll get into good cat country. They cruise the whole bank right through there so you really can't go wrong. Although I've never tried them, they used the soaked sponges the last trip and had some luck. But from what they said, just about anything they threw was working.

 

Good luck!

[COOSEFAN]

I actually just blew the dust off my bowfishing bow, wrapped some new braid on my fishin' reels, and by 10:00 AM tomorrow I should be launching the boat at Alamo! My buddy and I will probably be there till Friday. Bass is our priority, Tilapia and Carp are secondary, and I doubt we'll fish for cats, but maybe I'll try. Alamo has always been the best lake for me for cats. The best catfishing I've done there we were using shad that we caught with a throw net. I've also done well with shrimp and the normal stink baits. There's a ton of catfish there, you won't have a problem catching em'!

 

Also, like Joe said, east of the main launch ramp (I beleive it's called Cholla) there is lots of accessibility and perfect banks that the catfish will cruise along. Best of luck! JIM>

[Heat]

My favorite baits for channel cats are chicken livers, chunks of mackeral or sardines, or nightcrawlers. Hardest part of fishing with livers is keeping it on the hook but it sure does work well. Treble hooks can help with that. Use an egg sinker on your main line and about a 2 foot leader with your hook attached to a barrel swivel. Good Luck!

[couesdiehard]

My favorite baits for channel cats are chicken livers, chunks of mackeral or sardines, or nightcrawlers. Hardest part of fishing with livers is keeping it on the hook but it sure does work well. Treble hooks can help with that. Use an egg sinker on your main line and about a 2 foot leader with your hook attached to a barrel swivel. Good Luck!

 

Wrapping the livers in a piece of nylon webbing or piece of nylon stockings then running a hook through the whole mess, keeps the livers on the hook pretty well.

Lee

[thegunsmith2506]

Thanks for the tips guys! I can't wait to get out there and see what we can do.

[Joe Kauffman]

Jim, we were just there...have a blast! Fishing is pretty good, most of the bites came from slow presentations. They're definately spawning so you should have some fun. Actually slow rolled some spinner baits like we used to years ago at Pleasant and caught several, reminded me of some good times!

 

Good luck!

[thegunsmith2506]

Thanks for all the tips! We didn't catch any catfish, but we did catch a few others. The wind was pretty crazy on Saturday which made for some tough fishing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tjhunt2]

You still did pretty good by the looks of the pictures. That looks like a carp coming out of the water in the first picture. Perfect timing if it is. Thanks alot for sharing with us.

 

TJ

[thegunsmith2506]

It was a lucky picture, there were carp jumping all over for part of the morning.

 

You still did pretty good by the looks of the pictures. That looks like a carp coming out of the water in the first picture. Perfect timing if it is. Thanks alot for sharing with us.

 

TJ

[firstcoueswas80]

That crappie has a nice battle scar!

[tgaab]

My favorite baits for channel cats are chicken livers, chunks of mackeral or sardines, or nightcrawlers. Hardest part of fishing with livers is keeping it on the hook but it sure does work well. Treble hooks can help with that. Use an egg sinker on your main line and about a 2 foot leader with your hook attached to a barrel swivel. Good Luck!

 

Wrapping the livers in a piece of nylon webbing or piece of nylon stockings then running a hook through the whole mess, keeps the livers on the hook pretty well.

Lee

 

I've tried the nylon and it works decent but you can't beat Atlas Mike's Spawn Nets! Recommend the 4" roll it holds a nice fat piece of liver. Grab some Magic Thread as well to tie em up, never need to tie a knot. Rarely lose my liver off the hook and fish can't feel it. Cheap too. Worth a try if you like catfishing!

 

http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/sportsmans/Atlas-Mikes-Spawn-Net-Roll/productDetail/Bait-Accessories/prod50017/cat101710

 

http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/sportsmans/Atlas-Mikes-Magic-Thread/productDetail/Bait-Accessories/prod50011/cat101710

[COOSEFAN]

That crappie has a nice battle scar!

 

That's not a Crappie Casey!

 

Looks like you had a good time! You were fishing in a good spot, we caught a bunch of Crappie and LM on beds right out in front of where you were sitting and further East. It helped being in a boat so we could bounce jigs off their noses.

[Joe Kauffman]

Cool pics, glad you guys had some success! Largemouth and crappie are better eating in my opinion anyhow . Glad to see you were able to get on some fish either way!