A Guide To Catfish Season - When And Where It Starts

Catfish fishing requires that you have some patience. It's very seldom that you will throw out your line and get a bite right away. At the same time, you don't want to sit in the same spot and wait when you're not getting a bite.

It's suggested that you spend about thirty minutes or so in an area and if you haven't gotten even a nibble by then, it's time to move to another location.

Just like all species the catfish will act different, eat different foods and respond differently to your offerings during each season. What works in the spring will not work out so well in the winter and vice versa.

You need to understand the effect that the weather has on the catfish in order to know which tactic to use, when to go fishing and so forth.

This guide to catfish season will help you have a better understanding of how the catfish respond during the different seasons. This will help you to reel in more fish each time you go out.

The catfish will be more responsive during different times of the day depending on which season you go fishing. Therefore, it's important to know a little something about how the catfish responds to the different seasons.

Catfish Fishing In the Spring

The spring is the best season to go catfish fishing. This is the time of year when they are feeding aggressively after the cold winter months. They will eat just about anything and they're ready for what you have to offer.

Any technique that gets the bait to the bottom of the water will work fine and you will most likely have some very successful fishing trips.

In the spring the catfish can be found almost anywhere and they're usually closer to the banks and in the shallow water than at any other time of the year.

You can use most any kind of bait with great success so you can use whatever you prefer. Keep in mind that there are always more anglers out on the water in the spring than at any other time so be prepared to have some competition.

Catfish Fishing In the Summer

In the beginning of summer you can use the same techniques you use in the spring. This is an excellent time to go fishing and the catfish are still fairly aggressive. As the summer begins to heat up the catfish can be found in deep holes where the water is cooler.

Be careful what you use in the summer months because some bait will not work very well in the hot water. For example, you don't want to use cut bait in the middle of summer. The water will be too warm and the smell will be intolerable.

Catfish Fishing In the Fall

When fall first begins the water may still be warm so catfish will most likely be hiding out in some of the same locations where they congregate in the summer months. When the water starts to cool down they will begin to move further downstream.

Look for them where the current is slow moving and the water is deeper. By the time the water temperature drops below fifty degrees they have settled down in the deepest holes they can find and will remain there until spring begins.

The catfish will be more active on days when it's warmer than normal and slow back down when it returns cold again.