WINTER CATFISH PATTERNS | Lake of the Ozarks

An in depth breakdown overviewing winter catfish patterns, locations, baits, and tips to help you catch more catfish this winter on Lake of the Ozarks. We cover over flathead catfish, channel catfish, and blue catfish broken down by each species. Our goal on this channel is to explore deeper and go in depth covering a variety of species and bodies of water to help you catch more fish and become better anglers.
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[@bobwarren8836]

New subscriber. Just watched first video. Excellent. really informative. Thx.

[@indepthangling]

Thank you Bob!

[@fishwithsterling2010]

Hey appreciate the info on the video. I am coming up this weekend to fish the lake. Will be my first time there. Will be targeting big blue cats. CPR fishing. Any info would be much appreciated. Tight lines!

[@indepthangling]

I haven't been out to try catfishing in a little while but I do know that others have been catching blue cats on cut shad in or near typical winter catfish "holes" on the lake. I hope you catch a bunch, good luck 🎣

[@fishwithsterling2010]

Have you ever used skipjack for blue cats. Or it a match the hatch kind of place?

[@indepthangling]

@@fishwithsterling2010 cut skipjack will work I have used it on the osage river below Lake of the Ozarks but not on the lake itself.

[@fishwithsterling2010]

@@indepthangling do y’all have skip jack in the water up there?

[@dwightnelson1358]

Thanks for the video. New subscriber and new to fishing on LOTO. Just got a fishing boat now trying to figure out how to fish LOTO. When you winter fish for cats are you still fishing, drifting, or slow trolling? Assume you are using cut shad. Does it need to be fresh or can it be frozen for blues? Thanks much.

[@indepthangling]

Drifting slowly through deeper holes or next to deeper holes mostly until I find them then I sit on top of them until the action slows down too much or they quit biting and repeat the process. Generally fresh cut shad works best but frozen will work. Thanks for the sub Dwight, tight lines 🎣

[@dbcooper692]

How are you doing with the catfish? And how do you like living in LOTO???

[@dwightnelson1358]

I switched to crappie during the spring/summer. Did well on them. Switch to cats/white bass this fall. Love LOTO. Moved here from KC. Still go back to KC and ugh, traffic is bad. Getting old I guess.@@dbcooper692

[@Falconryful]

You forgot the paddle fish catfish 😱 fact.

[@robertchapin3683]

Paddlefish are not related to catfish. Paddlefish are boneless, like a shark, closer related to sturgeon.