Benson Marina

[Panfish]

I usually get out 3 times a year for cat-fishing and now I know why I don't get out more often for them. Went to Benson Marina today for 2 hrs and nothing. Headed to the Benson church house and nothing there either. Is there a cat fish farm pond around the Cache Valley area that I can try my luck for cat fish?
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[SkunkedAgain]

The cats are in the shallows now and they like minnows and carp or sucker chunks for me. It hasn't been fast but when you catch them they are 20+" I don't know of a local catfish farm, but up west of Smithfield there is the trout farm at Mt Valley I think its called. Good luck. J
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[Panfish]

Thanks, I guess it would help if I had the right kind of bait. I was using hot dogs and beef livers since I couldn't find any chicken livers available. I have never tried carp meat is there a secret way to catching carp?
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[IdahoPHANTOM]

Get a bowfisherman to stick one for you and trade him a beer! I would recomend beef liver over chicken liver any day.
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[SkunkedAgain]

Carp like worms best for me under a bobber. There will be the big carp fest at the Benson marina this weekend so lots of bow fishers with extra carp I reckon. If you aren't catching cats where you're fishing try moving to a new location. Sometimes even 10' can make a difference. The cats seem to be feeding now so if they don't bite, try something different. I don't have much success this time of year in the river channel, except for small ones, but in the shallows the fish are scattered and I pick one up every here and there. I typically don't find a hot spot in the shallows that I can sit at all day or night and keep catching them. But I also don't have time to try that either so I move on and usually find other fish. Good luck you'll get them. Later J
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