Recreational wire catfish nets

I have fished wire, wood, and netting. They all work. For whatever reason I never catch anything when I fish any of them vertically. The old guys say that's the best way to fish them. But it doesnt work for me. I'm obviously doing something wrong.

I have had the best luck fishing them in the coldest weather possible. In relatively deep water. Like 12-15 feet or the deepest holes in the lake.

Yes, they do pretty well where I’m gonna set.

K and M in Farmerville, Honey Hole in West Monroe has them . Jonesville Net carries them too.

I fish with 8 of them. 30” diameter.

Bought two on Erwinville then went to the source in Jonesville to get more.

I use cheese( bought a 400# barrel) and mix it with sweet horse feed.

Caught 75 pounds off of my dock during the last front with one trap. I went and set the new traps yesterday.

If someone would have been watching me they would have laughed. I tied my lines on the wrong end of every trap. After I fixed them ,I set them facing the wrong way.

What kind of throat do your traps have? I’ve learned that there is a finger throat and a flat throat. I have the flat throat for catfish. They tell me the “ finger throat” is better for scaled fish.

I have never set vertically. We fish these in canals with current.

The fish net company. Jonesville,La. interesting site.

Talk to Michael or Lee(owner). Very nice ,knowledgeable people.

In fact,they have the biggest net shop on the USA. They make every kind of net imaginable.



I wish Chedballz would meet me at Nocko’s so I could give him some fish.


Mudcat,are you putting your cheese in a bait bag?

I have the flat throat in my trap. I just bought it a few days ago and haven’t set it out yet. I bought the power bait blocks that is compressed soybeans and cheese. I bought a bait bag to put it in as well. I’m new at this net fishing. I’m usually mad at them crappie. I’ve got a lake about 20 minutes from my house and I’m probably gonna set it in a couple days when I’m off work. I enjoy sharing fish with folks myself. Keep up the good work Bigfishchoupique.

Just curious, is it legal to sell catfish?

It must be, as many people that I see fishing on the Amite as hard as they do.

So just curious where would one sell to? Is it fairly easy to go into a seafood store and get rid of catfish fillets? I would think it would be a tough market.

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So just curious where would one sell to? Is it fairly easy to go into a seafood store and get rid of catfish fillets? I would think it would be a tough market.

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Wild catfish are a lot of folks preference down here. Most stores sell farm raised.

You need a Louisiana Fresh Products license to sell fish to the public.

You need a Commercial license to sell to a Wholesale/Retail dealer. .

You need a Wholesale/ Retail license to sell to restaurants,institutions or if you have a place of business.

One of the guys I know filets and sells by the pack. (Avoids having a certified scale). 5 bucks a pack ( pound). He sold 15,000 packs last year. He has a large customer base.

The other man sells his fish whole. I think he moved about 4,000 pounds last week.

Whole as in uncleaned fish? Who is buying whole cats?

Also how many pounds are in the fellas pack?

Why in the world are you culling Ops?