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We have had a lot of email the past few weeks wondering about Stick!It and how the guides use the bait most effectively.

This new bait has many advantages; but, the biggest one is that it attracts catfish and it says on the hook. Stick!It can be use to both cast and to vertical fish into chum.

When vertical fishing, it is best to use a 1/2 oz. bullet weight about 10 to 15 inches above a VMC 9626 4X STRONG TREBLE HOOK #4. These hooks can be purchased at Academy and are very strong. You can use something like a stick of aluminum stick 1/4 X 1/16 that can be purchased at Low’s or any other hardware outlet and cut into 12 to 14 inch sticks. This allows you to punch the hook down into the bait and pull it our with a nice large marble sized ball of bait around the hook. Then drop the baited hook down into the chum and real the slack out of the line so the line is tight. Lay the rod down on the edge of your boat so you can see the tip move. If it dips, set the hook. In the cold weather the bite will be ever so slight and if you don’t watch the tip, you will miss the bite.

When casting, rig the line the same as you do when vertical fishing only this time leave a slight bow in your line after you cast so the fish can pick up the bait without any resistance. When the line begins to straighten out and get tight, set the hook. Then the fight is on. Click here for more information concerning Stick!It

I just wanted the people of Conroe to know that this past weekend a group of avid cat fishermen from www.FishingAcrossTX.com braved the cold and jugged Lake Conroe hoping to land a big catfish. We gathered at Castaways Campground and RV Park on Weirs Creek, north of FM 1097. The fishermen came from all over the state with the majority from the Temple/Belton area north of Austin. And the furthest angler pulling his boat six hours from the OH Ivie Reservoir area.

It was quite an event with the cold front blowing through Friday and dropping the temperatures to the low 20s. Although the number of fish weren’t counted we, as a group, caught over 400 keeper catfish with the biggest weighing in at 73 pounds on a certified scale. It was caught by anglers Morris Taymon of Katy and Michael Dominguez Of Temple. The second biggest blue catfish was no slough either as it weighed 63 pounds and was caught by Alvin Brown of Conroe. There were also several fish caught in the 30 and 40 pound range. In keeping with conservation and maintaining the great catfish population all large catfish were photographed and released.

Conroe is one of the best if not the best catfishing lake in this great state of Texas. Angles come from afar to catch the catfish in our local lake. And not only is Lake Conroe known for its great catfishing but it is quickly becoming a premier bass fishing lake with four Share Lunkers entered into the Texas Parks and Wildlife Sharelunker program last year, which included the years largest entry at 15.93 pounds by Conroe Angler of the Year Ricky Bearden. Ricky’s sharelunke bass was a new Lake Conroe record. Donald Piper