riverrat56 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 So if we take a walleye guy fishing for cats, then what happens?I'll say this, although I was excited about the fish the fight left something to be desired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTro Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 WWG and his daughter tag teamed this one to the boat Thursday night. It was just shy of 30" and caught in the same place as I caught the 29" in original post. Wasn't the same fish either as this one had warts all over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aanderud Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 That was on a barely-legal bullhead. And after watching the lackluster fight that it put up on the ugly stick tiger with the okuma 60 series reel, I'll reiterate what I said about pulling in walleyes on catfish gear....less than thrilling, even if they are almost 30 inches long. I think the words out John's mouth as he was fighting it were something along the lines of "I think it's a sheephead". The same walleye would have been a superb fighter against a medium-light lingy-riggin rod. Also, this was a great chance to remember how good a fight a channel cat will put up, pound for pound. A 30 inch channel cat would have been a much more exciting catch, methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott K Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 That was on a barely-legal bullhead. And after watching the lackluster fight that it put up on the ugly stick tiger with the okuma 60 series reel, I'll reiterate what I said about pulling in walleyes on catfish gear....less than thrilling, even if they are almost 30 inches long. I think the words out John's mouth as he was fighting it were something along the lines of "I think it's a sheephead". The same walleye would have been a superb fighter against a medium-light lingy-riggin rod. Also, this was a great chance to remember how good a fight a channel cat will put up, pound for pound. A 30 inch channel cat would have been a much more exciting catch, methinks. I agree, but I get excited about big fish no matter the species. I get excited when I catch a 30 lb flat, 10 lb walleye, a 2 pound sunny , or a 1.5 pound perch, or even when I hook into a 14 inch creek chub. Fighting a 2 pound sunny on a cat rod makes about as much sense as fighting a 50# flat with a sunny rod. Just no practicle. I would also like to add, in the last 2 years, I have only fished for cats, or bait for cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott K Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Here is a 28" bait thief my wife caught from Sunday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierBridge Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Nice!... I mean bummer... those darn bait stealers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here-Kitty-Kitty Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 27x13 Had no clue that I even had anything on my line till I pulled the thing out of the water lol, BUT WHAT IS IT? I heard people call it saugeye sauger and walleye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBuck Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Here's a tough little bugger my buddy caught last night. Now I can honestly believe the claims of "oh I got a few bonus trophy walleye while out fishin' for cats." 29x15....CPR'd followed by a few brag calls to some walleye buddies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aanderud Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Nice walleye JimBuck's buddy. Is that a team catfish rod you have in the boat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBuck Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Good eye aanderud. It's a 3/4 ton spincast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierBridge Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Great Picture Jim! You even got the girth on a Walleye never heard of that one... Catfishermen Rock!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aanderud Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 That walleye JimBuck's buddy got is about twice as thick as the one WWG got above. Interesting. You'd think they would all have spawned long ago, and all be hungry again. Wonder why John's was so skinny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTro Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 I was looking more at the powerball in the sky in background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpope Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 JimBucks buddy here, all true what was said earlier about catching one of these on a 50lb test cat set-up...just not the same but a blast either way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBuck Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Jpope, I probably should have asked you for permission to post but I just couldn't help myself. Hawg's do that to me, even if it's a roughfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpope Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 on your rig, with your net...id say you had a hand in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowblazah Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Hotpocket wasted a perfectly good bully on a 30" roughfish last night as well. Pesky things is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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