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Catfishin: Where to Find Them on a Summer Day

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  Folks, today I called Cindee to give her an answer to the question, "What am I going to fish for on a hot, summer day?"  The answer is... catfish, and today I'm going to tell you where you can find them.

Catfish are just like us.  They like a cool place with plenty of oxygen.  This time of year, the spawn is over, and oxygen seems to be plentiful in about 22-24 foot of water.  So, you're going to have to fish a little deeper than you've been earlier in the season.

The next thing I want you to keep in mind is landscape.  You're looking for a place in the lake where a creek channel feeds in, a ledge, or a drop off.  If you can find a place where there are trees below the surface, or shade over the water, those are good spots.  

Next week, I'll be back to talk about what to look for in a bait.

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Outdoors writer, radio host and book author Luke Clayton has been addicted to everything outdoors related since his childhood when he grew up hunting and fishing in rural northeast Texas. Luke pens a weekly newspaper column that appears in over thirty newspapers.
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