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Toby, it is fun. ya can use this technique from may til oct an catch many different kinds of fish at buggs.
MOFISH, yes, i've used this technique on many different lakes. the ones with multi-species (whitebass, whiteperch, stripers, cats, LMB) are prime waters for it. Bryan, we use the outboard an troll 2.5-3MPH(GPS)
I was just wandering.Have you caught any channel catfish on this setup or just blues and flatheads?Thanks for any response.
Yes we been catchin channels on this rig since we started back in the early '80"s trollin it for whitebass. have caught channels up to 14lbs this way. we used to say ya could tell when the stripers or whitebass have finished feedin, cause we would go to catchin channels then. they come in an clean up after a major bass feed.
Fish Doc enjoyed your videos. Have you ever used live or cut bait in place of the roster tail? Or trailed the roster tail with cut or live? If so did it make a difference in the number and size cats you caught? 
One more? The Shyster will they work equal? I have some that are probably heavier than the 1/4 once rooster-tail. And they also have caught many fish of different species over the years for me like you say mainly in yellow. The 1st big bass I hooked around 10 years old came on one. I had caught 1-3lb bass all day from the same spot in the upper end of a pond in the spring a long with a few bream and bull head. There was another boy fishing with me. We had a stringer full of fish in the old day's. And I made a cast and a whirlpool formed and the drag sounded. The boy with me said your hung up, a replied no it's a fish a few seconds later it jumped and you could see the Shyster in it's mouth. The fishes mouth looked like a 3gal bucket and the body was wow! It was for sure 12lb+ then my friend got exited. I fought the fish for a good while and could not get it to the bank. My friend keep saying pull him in by backing up on the bank and I'll grab him, so he waded out and I backed up. Bad judgement under excitement! Well there were button bushes a few feet out into the water. And when he went to grab the fish it made it's way around a button bush and broke the line and free it was. Neither one of us had ever seeing a fish of this size and the excitement got the best of both us and the fish free, with a Shyster in it's lip. Do they still make Shysters? Any way?
Yes, it will work with any plug that will attain your target depth. only had a GPS a couple yrs myself. start trollin with enuff speed to get the plug to wiggle...increase at intervals til the fish let ya know ya got it rite. have never tried cut bait on this rig. we use cut bait when we find a concentration of perch. use a kentucky rig then...large weight on the bottom, 2 or 3 hooks spaced above hook. Quint, they still make a Shyster an, yes it or any similar spinner works. i just think the RT works best. hope this helps y'all. FD
1) yes, we use a sampo ballbearin swivel on the roostertail 2)we use 20lb to 40 fireline or braid.3)use 17-20lb florocarbon as leaders off 3 way 4)baby brush busters, 6a, 7a bomber models'A's. any divin plug that will reach ur target depth. 5) yes, thats usually the way we fish. if ya plug hits bottom too hard or often it will foul the rig. 6)15-20 ft...hope this helps ya!!!
Buck's Baits, PO box 66, Hickory, NC...they also have a website.
you need check this post( trolling for perch/ & CATFISH it will tell you all about it.just type it in the search bar.
we use the #100 series an the #200 series mostly at this time of year. i use a 2ft leader on the divin plug an a 4ft one on the RT. off a 3 way sivel. hope this helps!
