How to fish

Channel Catfish

The Red River below the Lockport Dam is one of North America's premier trophy channel cat fisheries, with 20-plus-pound fish common and 30-pounders attainable.

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Techniques

▸Slip-sinker bottom rigging behind an anchored boat
▸Slip-bobber float fishing along current edges
▸Anchoring at the head or edge of holes and casting rigs downriver

Baits & lures

▸Cut goldeye
▸Cut suckers or ciscos
▸Frozen shrimp
▸Chicken livers
▸Nightcrawlers
▸Leopard frogs
▸Stink baits

Best seasons

Late May-June prespawn bite in tailwaters is the peak; fishing stays strong through summer and into October.

Where to catch channel catfish

📍 Lake Winnipeg · Interlake

Lake Winnipeg

Interlake

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