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jwbigtex
Age: 32
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
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What's a good Rod n Reel for drift fishing for them Big O Catfish?   |
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Bigcat Dave
Age: 46
Joined: 27 Jun 2005
Posts: 150
Location: Carrollton
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Here's my preference, I'm sure everyone has their own.
7ft medium heavy or medium action Ugly Stick. Abu Garcia 6500 c3. Twenty lb Ande line. Not much can whip this rig 
Tex has a sweet baicasting reel out now. Go to Pro Angler .com and check it out.
Tightlines
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jwbigtex
Age: 32
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
Posts: 26
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Bigcat Dave wrote: Here's my preference, I'm sure everyone has their own.
7ft medium heavy or medium action Ugly Stick. Abu Garcia 6500 c3. Twenty lb Ande line. Not much can whip this rig
Tex has a sweet baicasting reel out now. Go to Pro Angler .com and check it out.
Tightlines
Dave
Thanks BigCat Dave you have been a big help!!! I appreciate it!!! Thats pretty close to the rig that I use now , its a 7'0 All Star Tom Mann med/hvy carolina rig pole with an ambassodor 5600 reel. Thanks for the website, I'm going to check it out now!!! Thanks again BCDave
Hey BC Dave I tried that website (proangler.com) & it doesnt work, says the site is for sale for 2500.00? Is there another website I could check out those tex reels? |
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Bigcat Dave
Age: 46
Joined: 27 Jun 2005
Posts: 150
Location: Carrollton
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My bad.
Pro Angler Tackle.com
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jwbigtex
Age: 32
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
Posts: 26
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| lol thanks! |
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dwclark
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
Posts: 50
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| I use the Abu Garcia 6500 Blackmaxx with a 7ft MH Academy Tournament choice rod. reel is $50 and the rod is $12.. Dont let the cheap price on the rod fool you. thats one tought rod and the tip is sensitive enought to see a nibbler... |
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Steve-O
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
Posts: 137
Location: Richardson, TX
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| Go with the pro angler reel. It's better than the abu, more bearings, stainless, blessed by tex. |
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mountainmandrake
Age: 28
Joined: 16 Jan 2008
Posts: 5
Location: Rowlett, Texas
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I use a 8 ft mh cat maxx and the abu garcia 6500 c3 with 30 lb mono. I rig for flats with a 3-4 oz egg weight carolina riged with 100 lb graded barrel swivel I run 8 to 10 in. of 50lb mono for a leader ( so it won't frey in it's mouth) tied to an 8/0 gamakatzu octopus circular hook.  it never fails....at least not yet. |
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Fish Hook
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
Posts: 295
Location: Rowlett
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i'm using a 7ft medium heavy action Ugly Stick. I have an assortment of reels but the Abu Garcia 5600 and some of Tex's pro angler reels are good. I'm using 30lb. Ande line and a 50 lb 2.5 foot leader with a bobber close to the hook.
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garlandfisher
Joined: 09 Jan 2008
Posts: 63
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| nice fish fish hook,were did u catch him?wana throw some tips and tricks i have a tracker and donnow how to fish big ones plzz help?/ |
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Fish Hook
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
Posts: 295
Location: Rowlett
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Hello Garlandfisher,
I caught a 22 pounder in Hubbard and a 19.5 and 12 pounder at Lavon. I'm just learning how to catch the big ones myself. I noticed that there are different ways to catch the big ones but these are the ways that I have adopted. I have tried to copy these ways from successful catfisherman that I have met over the past few months.
I use a few baitcasting reels (I actually use about 7-12 rods), good medium heavy action rods, 30 lb test fishing line, 1-3 oz weights, size 6 kale hook on a caralina rig with 60 lb test mono leader. About a 3' bobber is placed a couple of inches from the hook..
I caught the 22 # north of 66 in 14 foot of water tied up to stumps and the 12 and 19.5 # in 34 foot of water barely drifting cause the wind was not blowing much. But I've seen guys catch them drifting kinda fast too.
I drift with a big 6' by 8' drift chute(looks like a underwater sail) when the wind is blowing hard. Cut shad is the bait that seems to work best but big gizzard shad heads and the smaller 4-5" shad hooked thru the eyes works good too.
Not sure of any hot spots as I am still trying to find them too. This time of year, I've been told, that the big ones follow the bait fish out to deeper water. But I think the big ones still get caught sometimes in shallow water too.
As I said, I'm still trying to figure this out myself and this is what I have been doing to catch the big ones.
Hope it helps. Let me know if you have any more questions. |
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loweman5626
Age: 54
Joined: 29 Jun 2008
Posts: 4
Location: Red Oak,Texas
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jwbigtex wrote: What's a good Rod n Reel for drift fishing for them Big O Catfish?
I just set up 2,guess could be a drifter...7' catfish ugly stik 29.00 and a penn 9m for 43.00/Good luck and good fishin |
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mcraig0711
Age: 31
Joined: 27 Feb 2009
Posts: 37
Location: Lake Ray Hubbard
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| The abu garcia reels reign supreme for quality and affordability. About six years ago started using 7 1/2 ft pike rods. They are incredibly limber and sensitive detecting even the smallest bite, but they have a solid base for landing large fish. The only one I have left is an old Eagle Claw that a 5lb catfish can bend double but I handled a 60lb dusky shark on it and it could have taken more. |
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