Over looked Catfish Rig 

Awesome man! Glad to hear your gonna try this rig out. You will love it when u catch a big flatty or even a blue on some live bait with this rig.

Awesome man! I'm so glad I made this video then! Hope to make more videos That u like as well

Once u get used to it, u will like it. Especially for flatheads using live bait.

Thanks man!!! Appreciate that

Thanks!!! I love them. You can take a glow stick to it and use it at night with live bait as well

Thanks man! I really appreciate u checking out the video and glad to hear u liked it. Thanks again!!

Yeah I don't use them much but when I do I use the pole float rig aka slip float lol. Thanks man

Yeah it's a good rig for flathead but I've caught alot of blues on it too

Awesome to know u use it too!! Thanks man

@@reelcatfishing4479 Welcome,thanks for your support

Thanks Ralph!!!

Thanks man!!! Appreciate it

Yeah. When they are chasing or eating high in the water column it's deadly

Thanks pal!!!

It's a great rig for flathead catfish especially fished with live blue gill!

Lol I appreciate that brother!!!

That's awesome man thanks. So when ur fishing bottom what rig are u using and then how does the pole float compare to ur bottom rigs as far as fish count. I'm asking because I think it would be cool to maybe do a video comparing the 2 side by side some time

Awesome man. Thanks and yeah being able to see what ur baits doing because of the visible float helps save a ton of tackle when fishing trees! I love fishing hard bends in the river too!

@@reelcatfishing4479 Them Hard River bends is some good fishing, always catch fish when I fish them. Always lots of structure on the outside edges of them, and that's where them big flatheads like it.

U are absolutely right!!!!

@@reelcatfishing4479 why did you not tighten the bobber stop and why did you tie to the wire on the float?!!

Thanks buddy! I appreciate that

Thank you! I appreciate that man

They are fun to use because u can play around with it and u get to watch it all go down

Speaking of never for cats...When u coming catfishing lol

@@reelcatfishing4479 when you invite me hoss lol

Lol u can come anytime u want....I'll start letting u know when I'm heading over there and u can ride over with me when u want to go

sounds great man!

Yes that’s what I do

I got a better tip, take a LED diode and a watch battery. Slide the battery in between the legs of the diode and electrical tape it together then tape it to the top of your bobber. So long as you take it apart and let it dry it can last up to 20 hours +

I’m late but you should be able to move the string with some force. But it’s strong enough to stay in place when casting

Awesome Man! I love watching them go down. I have another video on using glow sticks with these at night and it's really cool watching the glow stick through the water when it gets hit.

@@reelcatfishing4479 I saw that video. I just discovered your channel and have been loading up on your channel after work.

I appreciate that alot!

I haven't used any led lights yet. I bet they would be brighter. Which ones do u use?

@@reelcatfishing4479 i use red blue green they last longer and easier to use u put a battiery in it and take tape tape it so the things will stay even tho some has rubber that holds the battiery i like to.use tape to make.sure it stays inn. and then take the tape and tape it on to ur bobber i take the tape couple times around to make sure its on there good and then when. the fish takes the bobber under sometimes u can see the light under water some times

@@reelcatfishing4479 but u did for get to put the straw that has the ball at the end on before the bobber i mean some dont use it i do

Never used the straw before

@@reelcatfishing4479 some people uses the straw but some dont

U can't use a sinker with it because it's already weighted. It will submerge with an extra sinker on it. And not sure about using it with a Carolina rig. Do u mean like making it into a Santee rig pretty much?

@@reelcatfishing4479 you can use a sinker on it. I have been using this rig for almost 30 years. I put a 3\4 oz sinker on under my weighted corks. And a 1oz under the unweighted. I done a vid on the cork set up. When I first started RU-vid. Never finished it cause I have never seen anyone but muddy river use a bobber for cats. It's super popular here in Ohio especially when fishing live bait for flatheads.

@@reelcatfishing4479 what keeps ur bait from floating up if no weight ? If in current using a float an no weight your bait isn't going to sink Only thing that makes a Carolina rig a Carolina rig is just a swivel with a leader line

I guess it may reflect on the weight of ur bait and hook. I added a sinker once on a windy day to see if I can slow it down a little more but it sunk. I was using an 8/0 hook with about a 3 inch peice of cut shad.

I guess I should refraze that...it would depend on the weight of the hook u use and size of the bait. I use 8/0 hooks with cut shad and 3 to 4 inch live blue gill and when I added a sinker it was too much weight. How ever if u are using smaller hooks and bait then a small weight shouldn't sink it. As far as adding a Carolina rig to it i would say it's possible but would be hard to get the exact depth measure out for the sinker to be on the bottom and then the float still able to stay afloat and I say this because I don't throw less then a 3 ounce weight on my Carolina rigs because of casting distance with big line. I do think it would be cool for u to try it though and do a video on it! If u can get it to work then u could be onto something pal!!!

To be honest, I haven't tried it. I don't fish for channel catfish much so I don't really use alot of punch bait but I would say it would work great.

I've been thinking about doing that just to see how cool it looks lol. I bet it's very noticeable!

@@reelcatfishing4479 it is lol, no problem seeing it thats for sure

Awesome thankyou and sounds good!!!

Do you fish yourself

Victoria, do you like to fish....you look like your active at something....fishing can be good for staying in shape! Just was curious. Mark

You can add a small amount of weight to help slow the travel in current but if no current then I prefer no sinkers

Reel Catfishing awesome just picked one these up going give it a go

Awesome man!! Right now is a good time to use it for big flatheads

U definately need at least a 1/2 ounce sinker. If theres a lot of current u may need an ounce to two ounces of led. I use braid mainline and i have a mono leader tied on with a swivel. Leader is about 16 inches long and i add the weight about halfway down the leader

That's odd. I just tried it and it let me. Idk why it would be doing that to you for. Maybe try closing out and then opening it back up. Is it only that video like can you watch other videos right now?

@@reelcatfishing4479 I got it to work on my TV thank you so much

Awesome!!! Thanks for checking it out

Yeah it hard. If you get to much it sinks but not enough and it wont cast far and travels to fast. I used clamp on sinkers when I had a non weighted one years ago. I can't remember what size right off though. You can take them off and on fast so it was the easiest for me at the time

I agree to a point. There are alot of companies trying to sale things that don't work and you don't need. However this rig works great. I have a few jug fishing videos with pole noodles that aren't fished on the bottom and I always catch a ton of cats in a little bit of time...this rig is the same concept of jug fishing and is awesome for live bait.

@@reelcatfishing4479 nice bro