Catfish, even Channel Cats and Blue Cats love muddy water, they’re right at home in it(no pun intended).

There’s just something about muddy water that turns Catfish on, and it makes them bite like there’s no tomorrow.

The only changes I can see in how they behave during high/muddy water periods is they feed ferociously, and they’ll move in closer to the shore usually, I think because they’re trying to avoid the large rocks that get moved along the channel of a river during high water.

Also the bait fish that they feed on are doing the same thing and moving close to shore, so that’s where you’ll tend to find/catch them when the water is up and muddy.

As for muddy water affecting catfish in a negative way, I really can’t see any evidence of it, in fact they behave as if the opposite is true.

Anyway,

Thanks for letting me share my thoughts here, and till next time.

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