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Ameiurus catus
How to catch White catfish
White catfish feed in 45–90°F water and bite best at 65–82°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 9 waters; in October they are at their peak in Florida fresh water, Georgia fresh water, South Carolina fresh water and 2 more.
5 pts · trophy at 18"Feeds 45–90°FBest 65–82°FIn season nowRiverCanalLakePond / pit
About
The catfish of the lakes and the brackish rivers of Florida — the St. Johns, the Withlacoochee — a few pounds, white-chinned, and the one on most Florida stringers.
How to fish it
A bottom rig with a worm or a piece of shrimp in the lake or the river at dusk.
What it eats
wormsshrimpchicken livercut bait
Live bait for it
Live shrimpUnder a popping cork or free-lined, hooked under the horn on a #1 to 2/0 circle hook; on a jig head for the bottom. The universal inshore bait.
Grass shrimpTwo or three on a #6 hook under a small cork — the bream, crappie, sheepshead and mangrove snapper bait nobody sells.What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itLeader10–20 lb fluorocarbon
Hook#2–3/0
Jig head1/8–1/2 oz
Braid10–30 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereNo size limit; bag limit applies — confirm at MyFWC.
The current rule →Where it is, month by month
PPeakSSpawningAArriving·AroundLLeaving
Fresh water by state