Setting Bush Lines for Catfish/turtles????????
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Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Kentucky
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Setting Bush Lines for Catfish/turtles????????
Is live/dead bluegill better. How should I cut the bait for it? Is 20 # test mono big enough cuz that is the biggest that I have. THanks
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RE: Setting Bush Lines for Catfish/turtles????????
if thats all you can get then 20lb will do but i personally like to use surveyors string its maby 1/8" string and it holds up really well and its cheap and when i do it i just cut small bluegill in 1/2 and larger ones ill cut till there right which is uaully about a 1.5"x1.5" square and you might try useing trebble hooks i tend to catch more on them then i do a standard hook ive never tried live bait on a bush hook and i dont think it would stay alive very long but cut bait does very well good luck,sean
#3
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Bucks County, PA
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RE: Setting Bush Lines for Catfish/turtles????????
i personally use 50 pound test mono with a live bluegill. I put an egg sinker about two feet from the bluegill. I also us a 4/0 hook and hook it through the back of the tail. Put it out before it gets dark, then check it in the morning. Usually the swallow it so they dont get off. The biggest that i have cought was a 50 pound flathead..i have cought numerous 20 and 10 pounders too.
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: , Wy USA
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RE: Setting Bush Lines for Catfish/turtles????????
The biggest that i have cought was a 50 pound flathead..i
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: crawfordville florida USA
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RE: Setting Bush Lines for Catfish/turtles????????
What kind and how big of cats are you shooting for. I set bush lines and most of my cats are channels and spotted lake cats anywhere from 3 too
6 pounds. I use braided nylon line and a small weight with a #4 circle hook. I also use yo yo reels which work fantastic for fish under 10 lbs.
Bass Pro sells these automatic reels for around $22 dozen. Hang them like you would a bush hook except you dont need a flexible limb to hang them on.
6 pounds. I use braided nylon line and a small weight with a #4 circle hook. I also use yo yo reels which work fantastic for fish under 10 lbs.
Bass Pro sells these automatic reels for around $22 dozen. Hang them like you would a bush hook except you dont need a flexible limb to hang them on.
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Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Kentucky
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RE: Setting Bush Lines for Catfish/turtles????????
I used the 20 pound but something keep getting the bluegill off. My papa set one out with braided nylon string. He put one of my offset worm hooks and another long shank hook on a dead bluegill. about 5 inched(the bluegill was) The next morning I checked it and there wasn't nothing on it. Well l8er about 3:00 we was getting ready to leave. My papa went over to pull it up and when he pulled it out the offset worm hook was straightened and it looked like a regular hook![:-] I told my papa that I checked it that morning and it mustof got on during the day. STupid me for not checking it again! Forgot all about it. DANGIT DANGIT LOL
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