Catfish In The Great Lakes

[Frank]

Does or Has anyone here ever go fishing for Catfish in Lake Erie or Lake Ontario??

I know some HUGE!!!!! buggers are in there but I can never catch them..lol

Anyone else have any luck?

[upland]

I have caught them off the pier in port dalhousie at night or when the salmon are spawning.

[Frank]

Does it cost any admisssion to get on the pier at Port Dalhousie?

[upland]

no it's free and well light at night .At night you might even tangle up with a few walleye,s

[Frank]

Awesome.

Thanks for the info Upland.

[Kim]

lol i went off the pier last summer with my nephew, and i had the wife drop us off, It was nice and sunny warm, and lots of people, seen a guy get about a 8 pound brown, Wow was that nice, Then in a matter of ten minutes the skies were black, water surging over the wall and hail the size of golf balls, Me being the nice guy i am i stuffed my nephew in the portable so he was out of the hail, and then 10 mins later it was sunny again, Man was that a trip lol

[redneckmcculloch]

there was small catfish at lockerbee(between chesley and paisley) last year but i dunno bout now because the dam gave out i guess and a pilliar gave in so its flowing like crazy

[redneckmcculloch]

is it true that the whiskers i guess ill call em that coming outa there face can sting you?

[Kim]

NO, just the side fins can sting you, the top one can cut you but not sting as the side can, The wiskers are just that

[bottombouncer]

every spring a few of us head out and do some cat fishing.for the most part we fish erie tribs since they are close to home.we set up shop around dinner,light a fire,cook some dogs/burgs and fish till the wee hours of the night.cut bait,rotten or fresh works best.theres many ways to cure it.from my experience,everyone has there own secret recipe but in general just leave pieces of meat in a bucket for a few days out side in the sun and just simply freeze some fresh stuff.we bring both and let the fish tell us what they want to eat that night.

in the dead of summer,when were board of the norm.we wade out to a sand bar,set up chairs and cast out raw shrimp.you get alot of sheep head as well but who cares,were just out there for fun anyways..over the years ive seen channel cats caught as big as 25lbs but heard of a 30lber or 2 caught.my personal best is a 21lber but in recent years we havent broke 20lbs.

for you that are concerned about being "stung" the smaller ones are the fish you have to worry or watch out for.the bigger guys are softer spikes(almost bendable) and less likely to flop about and "sting" you.theres an old wives tale as well.if you do get stung,rub where you got hit on the belly of that fish...not to sure why,ive been stung and rubbed it on the fishes belly but it still hurt like hell..and make sure you clean it good,infection is almost garunteed.