My experience differs from yours. I caught lots of CC while retrieving hard bass baits.

"DIET: Channel catfish feed primarily on small fish, crustaceans (crayfish), clams and snails, aquatic insects and small mammals. There are even reports of channel catfish eating small birds."

https://www.fws.gov/fisheries/freshwater-fish-of-america/channel_catfish.html

I think your situation may have been specific to CC that are fed routinely.


Last edited by RAH; 09/05/19 12:35 PM.