Seneca River Catfish

[T-Rok]

Hello, my son has it in his head that he wants to catch catfish. He has not caught any yet. I am planning on taking him to the seneca river either launching out of montezuma or port byron. Can anyone tell me what area would be better? It's a 60+ mile long river. I am mostly a troller, so not a very accomplished catfish person. If anyone knows any good areas on that river this time of year, I would appreciate any info. I am assuming that the catfishing scene is not as secretive as most other types of fishing. Lol. 

[Sk8man]

We used t catch a lot of them at night at Mays Point (between Savannah and Seneca Falls) near the Montezuma Refuge. As a kid I caught a Blue Cat there that was 9 inches between the eyes (didn't have a scale) Fished from shore though.

Edited May 17 by Sk8man

[Traveling Circus]

I'm not familiar with the Seneca River, but if you ever want to fish the lower Genny let me know for some details. Lots of cats, and a great place to take a young person for lots of action. We usually use cut fish for bait..... lakers, salmon scraps, etc....... and hang chunks hooked through the skin under a slip float. A surprising number of cats in the Genny are not bottom oriented but are up off bottom and are structure/current oriented. Seneca River cats probably aren't much different. 

[Gill-T]

PM “Chowder” on this site if you want a guided trip for cats on the Cattaurgus. The run has started