Big Otter Creek: Catfish 101, and other species?

[tweedwolfscream]

Thanks gang! Exactly the kind of information I was looking for.

Just a couple of follow up questions:

- If I'm using a rod holder, is it better to set the drag really loose so that the cat can run with it obliviously until I sneak up and set the hook, or tighter so that it hooks itself when it hits the bait?

- If I'm fishing at low light times, is it good to a glow-in-the-dark jighead or spinner blade on the terminal tackle, or are they so scent-focused it doesn't matter?

Also,

(06-07-2016 12:37 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  Frozen smelt is expensive and not “native”.

If by not native you mean not what the cats are used to encountering, I'm confused... aren't there smelt in Lake Erie that would run up local creeks like this one?

Anyway smelt do have an extra advantage... if you give up on catching anything on them, you can fry them up as an appetizer. Wouldn't be the first time.