The Red River Catfish Experience (Best In The World)

[@brooks6098]

Love the red River

[@eduffy4937]

I'll be up on the drayton/Pembina stretch for 5 days starting Friday. My favorite trip of each year

[@irrationallyexuberanttv7269]

Excellent video. We’re neighbors! I spend most of my river time digging bottles and bones or magnet fishing. No better way to spend a day.

[@forstersoutdoors]

Great vid! Thanks for sharing

[@robertrodz9112]

Awesome video Brother , I'm a retired Texan dude living in Mexico now , i remember when I was a kid back in the 70s we went down to visit an uncle of mine to help him out on his beet farm up in Perley, Minnesota , The Red River was like 1/4 mile down the road and while we were up there ,i never lost an opportunity to fish the Red River an much as possible, it's probably been the best cat fishing experiences I've had in my life !! ✌🏻👽🍄💚😚💨💨💨💨💚🍄👽✌🏻

[@TheRiverAddict]

I appreciate it Robert. Perly area has some great fishing

[@bobbates6597]

Awesome video! As an Ohio resident don't know if you've heard of Sandusky Bay? Gets alot of hype like the Red River for channel cats. I've been there a hand full of times starting this year and have pulled out two close to 20 pounds. Which is very common there

[@TheRiverAddict]

Haven’t heard of it, but sounds like a place I wouldn’t mind fishing! Thanks for watching

[@eduffy4937]

Lay your goldeye on salt and cover with salt for 12 hours. Makes them pretty tough on the hook.

[@TheRiverAddict]

I have never heard of this? But it makes perfect sense that salt curing a fish would toughen it up. Will definitely be giving this a shot. I’m curious if it would toughen up frozen goldeye. I’ve had issues with previously frozen goldeye getting pretty mushy after a couple minutes in the water. Thanks for the tip 👍

[@eduffy4937]

@@TheRiverAddict I typically salt cover them 12hours then freeze. With previously frozen I'd think you could saltwater brine them to toughen them up. Another great bait I use a lot on the red is whatever cheapest canned catfood I can find and I wrap them up in women's pants hose material. I buy the boxed socks you see at stores for women that don't have socks to try on shoes. They're cheap and you get a lot of bait balls that way. Just like a big spawn sack for salmon. Lay it out put a big dobb of catfood into it, then tie it up with 10oe 12 wraps of magic thread. I prepare a Rubbermaid lunch tote full of them and freeze them. Run a 5/0 big cat circle through the bag just under the know in the bag and chunk it out there. Try it. It's hard to beat.

[@wadecook5429]

Hey this was a pretty good video. I live in Sioux City, Iowa, and we’ve been coming up to the Red for years and years. That’s a pretty good spot your fishn!

[@TheRiverAddict]

Thanks wade

[@MrBlackbeltj]

Nice!!

[@bozleyangling]

this is absolutely awesome! i’m a winnipeg local and love to watch this kind of stuff. the production quality at the start there was very good too man! subbed!

[@TheRiverAddict]

Thanks Bozley I appreciate it

[@Jack-e5q4i]

Im just 13 and live just outside of fargo, i want to fish the reds but my brother who is an avid fisherman finds them "gross" because of bullheads. So im trying to convince my dad too. But he also hates catfishing because of all the snags. So im at a standstill here😂

[@TheRiverAddict]

Yeah man that’s unfortunate that they have those opinions. It’s one of the hardest fighting sport fish in the world. When I was your age I just rode my bike with a wagon attatched to the back to the river. If I were you thats what I would do!

[@Jack-e5q4i]

@TheRiverAddict have you fished the Buffalo River in MN and if so how was it? That is within biking distance from me! And I haven't got to experience it yet but I'm going to soon!

[@TheRiverAddict]

@@Jack-e5q4i I have, you can find some nice fish in there. Walleye, pike, bass, catfish, carp, suckers. Try finding some bridges, dams, woodpiles, deeper stretches of the river. Things like that. Good luck

[@matthewhawn9070]

Awesome video! I really appreciate the intro with what your set up is. Going to be trying this out in Winnipeg this week! Thanks for taking the time to do this!

[@TheRiverAddict]

Thanks Matthew!

[@matthewhawn9070]

@@TheRiverAddict update: wow, this video is the best for a beginner like me! I followed what you did, and landed a channel on my 3rd cast! Another one after another 3 casts! Total bonus is that the Red is about a half mile from my door! Thanks so much!

[@TheRiverAddict]

@@matthewhawn9070 wow, this is great to hear! I’m glad I could help man. The Red river has a lot to offer. You have some huge ones up where you live too. I appreciate the kind words friend!

[@matthewhawn9070]

@@TheRiverAddict hi again! So I’ve gone all in a couple rods from Madkatz and was wondering what size that BG is? Any other spinning reels you’d recommend? And thanks again for this video, made my summer more enjoyable!

[@TheRiverAddict]

@@matthewhawn9070 I use the Bg 3000 series reel! I love it. On my other rod I use a diawa crossfire 3000 series reel. The Bg runs about 110 bucks and the crossfire runs about 30 bucks. I’m pretty biased to Diawa reels, I think they just make a quality product for the price. Any reel that can hold 30lb-50lb braid or mono would work fine though. The Penn Fierce is also a very popular reel for catfishing. That one has a bait clicker on it.

[@Castro_on_castro]

Where is this spot? I've had horrible luck in the fargo area this year!

[@ghostoflizzyborden]

Great vid, buddy! I can see how much work and effort went into this one. Absolutely loved that intro, felt like I was watching a saturday morning nature show. Keep up the great work.

[@christophersmithsr.5900]

Can you pin that exact spot, I live in Moorhead MN and love fishing off the river but it’s hard for me to find good places to fish with few snags.

[@northernbassalliance1442]

Anywhere on the red is full of cats. I stuck a 13, 15, 16 and 21lbr yesterday. Find a hole, cast some goldeye out there and bam fish on.

[@Dakota_lighfoot]

what is the song in this intro of the video

[@umoua9125]

Awesome video. Just moved to fargo and looking to take the kids out. Any chance you could give me some good locations?

[@TheRiverAddict]

Yeah all the parks and dams in town are pretty good fishing! I like Lemke park and treefoil park for the dams

[@F.U.andS.T.F.U]

How wide is the river is where you are fishing

[@TheRiverAddict]

Rough guess I’d say 30 yards

[@F.U.andS.T.F.U]

@@TheRiverAddict 👍

[@Justin-p1s]

Hello, where is this?

[@TheRiverAddict]

The red river of the north lol

[@Justin-p1s]

thank you bro@@TheRiverAddict