Hello. I want to catch my first catfish ever, but I don't know anywhere by me to catch a catfish. I have the rod and reel, I just need a spot near me to catch my first catfish. Is their anyone that lives by or visits by Portage, MI? If you have any spots, let me know. Thanks!

I've never been to the area, but any body of water that you catch bass at will almost certainly have catfish in it as well. Try those first. 

The maumee in Ohio is close to Michigan and loaded with monster catfish 

Just looked up portage, my suggestion might be a little too far east

Ok thanks everyone. I will check out the Maumee if I ever go to Ohio again, which I probably will, and I will try my Mom's friends house which I know has bullheads at least.

The St Joe has flatheads.  I'd soak some sort of cut bait in the deepest, slowest water, but I don't really know.  My maps of the St Joe are incomplete, but there's a lot of deep water in the section between Elkhart and Mishawaka, about an hour south of you.

 

scott

Ok Thanks!