Hello all I was just wondering if anyone on here is from the northwest Ohio area? I generally fish in the auglaize river(Defiance Area). I was just curious if anyone knows of any good catfishing holes in the area. I know Power Dam and Independence are pretty good, but I am kind of looking for something new. Also The biggest channel cat I can seem to catch out of the Auglaize is about 2 lbs. The river is 12-14 feet deep throughout. Are there any tips or pointers to catching the larger ones? I am using shad and a bottom rig but the really big ones seem to elude me.
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Do you use a bottom rig in those areas or a float rig? Also how big is small live bait? I usually use about two inch shad, do I need to use a little bit bigger or is that ok? Also if you use a float rig how deep should I go? Thanks for the feedback WV.

I definitely do not need the trash fish . What kind of sinker rig do you use? I have tried both the three way and the slip sinker rig. I have used the three way all of my life and just tried the slip sinker rig recently. It seems to me that the three way works best on muddy bottoms. What do you think? Also what kind of hooks do you use? I usually use an offset 4/0 hook but recently bought some circle hooks and opened the mouth up a bit and they worked great. I cant seem to catch a thing with an unmodified circle hook. I know that you are not supposed to set the hook but that doesn't seem to help either. What works well for you?                     
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yep I use sliding sinkers almost 100% of the time,,,I also use what is called sinker slides on my line as this allows the line to glide thru the plastic tube without hardly any resistance.  So that is my basic rig for flatheading and blue's,  For channels it's generally just some pinch on split shot or a bell sinker on the bottom with a dropper loop in the line.