| Selecting the right fishing rig when you go fishing for | | | | If you plan on fishing for catfish with live bait a good |
| catfish is very important. The type of bait you | | | | choice for your fishing rig would be a slip sinker rig. |
| choose to fish for catfish with will help you with your | | | | To make a slip sinker is easy. First you need to |
| decision on what type of fishing rig to use. If you | | | | select the type of sinker you are going to use. for |
| make the decision you will be using cutbait to target | | | | example if you are fishing a muddy or sandy mud |
| channel catfish or blue catfish a good choice for | | | | bottom select an egg sinker. Your first step would be |
| fishing rig would be what is called a fixed sinker rig. | | | | to slide your egg sinker up the line. Next tie a barrel |
| Fixed sinker rigs are easy to make and use. First you | | | | swivel to the line. The barrel swivel serves as sinker |
| will need to choose a sinker type for your fixed | | | | stop. Next tie the end of your leader to the open |
| sinker rig. A good multipurpose sinker would be a | | | | eye on the barrel swivel. Make sure your leader has a |
| large bass or bell sinker. The first thing you will want | | | | number 1 to a 6/0 hook tied on the size depends on |
| to do is slide a number 1 all the way up to a 6/0 | | | | how large the catfish you are targeting and what |
| hook onto your line about 12 to 18 inches from the | | | | type of live bait you are using. For example if I were |
| end of the line. The size of hook depends on how big | | | | using live bluegills for bait I would select a 5/0 hook. |
| of catfish you are targeting. Next tie The the hook in | | | | Last hook you bait to the hook and your slip sinker |
| place. Next tie a good snap swivel to the end of | | | | fishing rig is complete! |
| your line so you can quickly change weight sizes if | | | | Well folks that concludes our article about a catfish |
| need be. Then last clip your sinker in place. The last | | | | fishing rig We sincerely hope you use our fishing |
| thing to do is bait your hook then your fixed sinker | | | | information on your next fishing trip Good Luck! |
| fishing rig will be complete. | | | | |