Best time of day to catch catfish

The best time of day to catch catfish is between 10pm and 3am.

Catfish is a nocturnal fish, visual function degradation, all rely on the sense of smell and tentacles to hunt for food, during the day to hide in deep water, rocks, mud holes, culverts, bridge piers, or under the roots of the tree, and at night to find food, from the seasonal point of view of catfish fishing is the best season is the late spring, summer and early fall, from the point of view of the day to catfish fishing is the best time is from 10:00 p.m. to the following day, the best time is from 10:00 am to the next day, the best time is the 3:00 am.

Catfish is a warm fish, the optimal survival temperature of 20 to 25 ℃, feeding critical water temperature of 8 to 38 ℃, in the night after 10 o'clock in 25 ℃ range of catfish feeding enthusiasm and temperature is proportional to the temperature, the temperature is lower than 20 ℃ or higher than 25 ℃ feeding enthusiasm gradually decreased, the temperature is lower than 8 ℃ or higher than 38 ℃ to stop feeding.

Fishing tips

1, hand-rod fishing: hand-rod fishing catfish line can be a little thick, hooks with medium and large Marusei hooks, floating with a vertical drift, a little heavier lead, the first will be the nest in the fishing point to attract fish, then loaded with bait under the rod fishing, bait should be bigger than small, the floating black drift when the rod.

2, sea rod fishing method: sea rod fishing catfish can be used ordinary sea rod or iso rod, loaded with bait thrown to the bridge abutment, underwater piles of rocks, there are fallen trees in the water and other locations, and then install the fish alarms or in the rod hung on the bell, you can also observe the action of the rod to determine the fish news.

3, plug rod fishing method: plug rod fishing method is a common method of fishing catfish, fishing rod with bamboo, bait with live loach, will be the hook from the loach back through the hook tip, without falling and drifting, the evening slanting inserted in the bank, so that the loach affixed to the surface of the water struggling to lure the catfish to feed.