if you have to be on shore then try the canal at the west end. east end stinks for big catfish. there used to be a spot on the north shore of oneida but it since, like everything else, has been posted up heavey. please release the big ones, it takes about 20 years to grow a fish like that. keep a few and that will dwindle the fishery down i can garantee that. everyone who fishes oneida is all about walleye, walleye, walleye, wich is oneidas premeir fishery, but many quality fisherys are on oneida besides just walleye. i have caught some bruiser pike in oneida too. dont hear about many people catching them but oddly enough ther are many many huge pike in oneida. its odd nobody fishes for them either. 35-45 inchers are very common. i would expect at least a 40 incher every day out while targeting them. the old perch under the bobber trick works everytime.