@@MrJustin0919 this is a good question. I will do my best to explain it for you and in my next video I will do a visual example to better help you understand. There’s various factors that I take into it. I use sinker slides for my weight that provide little resistance to the fish. The rod tip action you’re seeing is actually the line pulling through the sinker slide when the fish has the bait and it’s going to bend the rod tip the same amount every time. What you want to look for is the rod tip going down a little more than normal on those soft bites. The big key is reeling too early. I’ll give it a 8-10 second rule if there’s continued movement in the rod tip on a soft bite such as in my video. A visual of the line also helps with noting what direction the fish is moving. If it’s going left or right the fish should have the bait in its mouth. Straight away is the best take down because 90% of the time with circle hooks the rod and hook will do the work. With the fish running towards you is a little more difficult because your weight is still out where you casted it and it’s a matter of reeling up and catching up to them. Count a few seconds and reel down. If it’s missed then you need to downsize baits to a smaller piece. Those fish aren’t fully taking bigger baits at times. If you hook up then you know you can start developing a pattern. You can never perfect a soft bite hook up ratio. You just watch and do the small things that increase your hook up ratio.

Excellent! Thank you!!! I like to educate anglers on different methods I use and share them. That’s a positive way to grow the sport. Thank you for watching and subscribing from the Philippines!

Glad I can help you get through the cold weather! Hope the spring brings some big fish to ya.

Yes sir! There’s more coming buddy!

@@jamesoosterbaan556 exactly how is this ruining the fishery when 100% of every fish that comes over the sides of my boat gets released back healthy?

When you learn how to fish with strength by volume it’s easy. Essentially every catfish angler in VA, NC and SC fish exactly as I do. I rarely ever get tangled. I have no issues with it. If all I gad to fish with was 4 rods I’d be pissed

I’m anchored up in this video but I do use spot lock with a drift sock out the back in current

First off it’s spelled Disease. Secondly I can fish with 1 or 100. Everyone that’s reputable tournament anglers in NC,SC and VA fish exactly as I do. We were bought up and taught like this by our grandpas. Strength by volume. You clearly have no education on “disease carriers” as you call it. A very large population of people eat catfish from these waters daily and haven’t been placed 6ft under pushing daisies for eating contracting a sickness. This is the south.

Just the way I like it

Yes sir, you can fish at any ramp area on high rock

It is pouring here in Missouri

As many as I want. There’s no rod limit in NC

I prefer to keep natural baits without scent. I have tried scents in earlier days but only caught channels and smaller blues

I do drop baits suspended down when I fish deeper water. Usually 15-20ft or more

These were already filleted out for the grease so I only had alittle rib meat and heads left over

I only use them on blues. They like to bite down and twist and will rip your hands up. The bigger blues not so much. Anything over 30lbs I dont use fish grips on because the weight of the fish put alot of pressure on the jaw. I try to support the bigger by the belly as well

@@infamouscatfishing awe cool that answers that up here in Europe we have a species of catfish called a wels catfish I've only had them to mid 60lbs but in places like the river Po in Italy and Ebro in Spain they grow over 200lbs we use gloves to chin them out because their teeth are like the world's most aggressive sandpaper it dosent so much cut you it more rubs the skin off you so a good set of gloves are the way to go.

I’m very familiar with the Wels! That’s a bucket list fish for many anglers here in the states including myself! Our record blue here is 127 in my particular state but that holds no weight to a Wels!

In NC we have no rod limits so we grew up fishing with multiple rods and learnt how to cast and fight fish without very many tangles. I can count on one hand how many times I’ve been tangled into another line in the last 5 yrs.

There’s more on the front of the boat 😂

It’s a Ranger deep V vs1882

Yes!! I live on High Rock but a lot of different lakes and rivers around the east coast

I’m actually sponsored by Madkatz so it isn’t too bad but here in NC essentially everyone that catfishes runs 12+ rods

Here in NC everyone that catfishes tournaments uses 12+ rods. We have no rod limits here. Fishing with anything less isn’t enjoyable for me. It feels awkward

It’s a custom design by Fishbite Rodholders. I took him my boat and told him what I wanted and he nailed it!

Oh it’s happened lol. Not often but it has happened

Crazy

Look for shallow water with mud churned up. Use night crawlers on the bottom. If you use red worms and float em above the bottom then regular gills will take it.

@@infamouscatfishingin current or back water?

Back of feeder creeks

The deep V and and windshield is a game changer in our tournament season since we run September to May

Thank you

It’s the 6000

Thank you!

It was a blast! I believe the bigger fish are on spawn now

It actually made for a more stable ride being as it was a 16ft boat. It cut water much better

I see what you’re saying. I went back and looked at the video segment. It’s through the front however I think what you’re seeing is the tag line. I use my tag line the attach the second hook instead of clipping it