Natalie's first catfish

It was hot as hell but my daughter and I were determined to go do some cat fishing.  It was over 100 degrees when we got to the Snake River around 7:30pm and the sweat was dripping off us just standing around.  The water level was down a lot more then the last time I had been in this spot a few weeks previous.  I had caught some cats here last time I was here so I knew they were in here...unlike the previous place I had gone with my dad when he was down for Father's Day.

The first place we set up at didn't yield any strikes.  We were using some herring bait that we had gotten at the store.  It worked ok last time we used it, but for some reason it wasn't being productive this time.  So we decided to move up shore about 25 yards and try it out.

I also decided to try something new...I had bought some bait hooks and some dipping bait the last time I was at Cabela's.  This stuff is some serious nasty, disgusting, sticking, stinky stuff, so in theory it should be exactly what I need!  I was skeptical of course because it was something new, but I'm always willing to give something a chance cause really...you just never know!

We had three poles out, and I only put this stuff on one of them.  It wasn't five minutes before I got a strike on it and hauled in a smaller cat.  I still wasn't a believer, it could have been luck that there was a fish right were I had thrown out.  So I baited back up and threw it out.  Within 15 minutes there was another one on.  This time I let my daughter get it.  This bad boy was really giving her a run for it, and this was her first cat she's ever tried reeling in.  It took her a little while to get it in, but it was worth it.  She was so excited, smiling ear to ear.

We ended up baiting up the rest of the poles and caught some more cats throughout the night.  I can say without a doubt that this bait dipping works!