During the winter I constructed catfish caves for my channel cats to spawn. I used two five gallon buckets wired together at the mouth. I cut a entrance hole about 8 inches in diameter in one end as well as holes drilled throught out so that air could escape. I set a couple out about 3 weeks ago. Earlier this week I found one floating and the buzzards had started to accumulate. When I retrieved the cave I found three of my monster catfish stuck in the cave and had died. It took a while to get them out.

Two Questions.

1. Should I have cut openings in both end of the buckets?

2. I can understand two catfish in the cave, but why would their had been a third?

Patches on your jacket don't buy you experience, you gotta fish!