How To Make A Trotline For Flathead Catfish

This will prevent tangling of your line.

How to make a trotline for flathead catfish. These will help to prevent a large fish from getting off the hook by keeping them from tangling the. Dec 28 2007 With a hook leader a drop set every several feet along its length at say four or six foot intervals the trotline will be presenting baits to a huge number of fish at every depth and location in the waterway. I prefer 9 in green and I cut it into 6-foot lengths with a loop at one end.

We like hooks from 80-140 depending on bait size. First tie a short line on the end of your jug opposite the hook line and make a small loop in it with an overhand knot. May 14 2012 Part two of my step by step tutorial on making a trotline for flathead catfishing.

Unlike channel catfish flatheads are not scavengers and prefer live bait. Along these sections you should make drop lines that are around two and a half feet long. Including how to make trotlines the right fishing hook for your needs and a delicious catfish recipe.

Catching bream and crappie and running trotlines amid what are arguably some the most robust blue and. Some lines zig zag between several trees. Use heavier line similar to the size you use for a main line on a trotline.

For example flathead catfish thrive in larger water bodies and prefer to bed down in deep holes with a slow-moving current. For big catfish I use number 6-0 hooks and the nylon staging. Especially trotlining for cats is favoured in the South where the huge Flathead Catfish normally found in the deepest sections of the river will come up into shallow water to feed at night and so are often caught on a trotline.

Photo courtesy Graham Montague Channel catfish were more likely to be caught on circle hooks but flathead catfish and gamefish were equally caught with circle and J-hooks. Small concrete weights work well as anchors. Jul 15 1984 A trotline should lie along the bottom hooks attached to the main line with line 18 to 24 inches long.