Flats moving to Spawn??

[SteveD]

Skunked again tonight. Had a couple of short runs but I am pretty sure that is was gar. They were all around the hole that I was fishing - pesky critters. Beautiful night but a fish or two would have made it a perfect night.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

I had a 74.3 water temp tonight, boated 4 fish, lost a nicer one and missed 3, all fish boated were under 10 lbs. Do the smaller fish spawn later/not at all? In the past the locations I was fishing haven't held many fish but have held nicer ones, but not so tonight.

We had the same water temp with 3 Flats boated and all under 10 lbs.

[nsnutter]

Originally Posted By: riverrat56

I had a 74.3 water temp tonight, boated 4 fish, lost a nicer one and missed 3, all fish boated were under 10 lbs. Do the smaller fish spawn later/not at all? In the past the locations I was fishing haven't held many fish but have held nicer ones, but not so tonight.

We had the same water temp with 3 Flats boated and all under 10 lbs.

Yes sir! Great time, thanks a lot Bob ... good meetin ya!

[PierBridge]

Similar night for us with 3 around 10#'s and a nice 30-ish fish that was not scarred up at all!

[gooseby10ga]

It was the same for us many fish boated with all being 10 lbs or less. Last night was one of those night I just seemed to have the fish gods smiling down on me. I can't believe how perfect eveything was weather was great, boat travel was ok, with NO fog! I did however shell the prop beoynd repair on the way back, but was able to limp back to the landing. Well time to start looking for a new prop.

[Kyle B]

lastnight was a great night out! We only boated one fish and it was not scuffed up at all. It was a personal best for dsm95's other half... and the best part is that Brent now has to live with the fact that his wife has a bigger personal best fish than he does!

MNwild there was a Hook in this fish... Ill show it to you... you might find it to be a hook you lost in the past!

[aanderud]

Wow, congrats on more PB-ification. Gotta love that!

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Kyle man I still am so angry I didn't get that fish in the boat but glad to hear that Brents wife got it.

[aanderud]

So, how big are we talkin here? Brent his picked up some big ones in the past, interested to see how big the better half's fish is.

[Dutch55406]

Caught this channel cat down at blackdog tonight, he was pretty beat up

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv190/dutchfish/beatupcat.jpg

[SteveD]

Skunked again on Sunday, 21 June. Weather was wet and wild - storms with lightning finally ran me off at 2230. All I had to show for the night was one big softshell turtle. I had one rod rigged with a large dead sucker I was using as cut bait and that turtle just couldn't resist it. I found out my Cat Bait Harness works good on turtles too.

[DTro]

Turtle Rig

The storms were all around us tonight, but no direct hits. We had pretty consistent action most of the night.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

So Steve does catching a turtle count as a skunk then?

[Slowhand]

1 turtle = 1 skunk

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Better than nothing I suppose

[Slowhand]

Better than nothing I suppose

What if, while fighting, unhooking the turtle, a fish swims by where his previous bait lay...think about that . Im more dissapointed in catching turtle than I am gar.

[nsnutter]

Originally Posted By: MinnesnowtaWild

Better than nothing I suppose

What if, while fighting, unhooking the turtle, a fish swims by where his previous bait lay...think about that . Im more dissapointed in catching turtle than I am gar.

Haha thankfully, myself and MNWild have yet to hook into either this year ... we'll see how long our 'luck' lasts though

[ec30_06]

turtles fight harder than gar

[SteveD]

Just got in - skunked again. Water temp was 81 degrees at 11:00pm tonight. This warm weather has really heated up the water and today is the longest daylight day - I'm thinking spawn. I tried new spots and some different sized bait tonight but still no luck. Sure was a nice night for cat fishing.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

I agree Steve we were out for over 5 hours with only one small Flathead to show for it and lots and lots of turtle bites and gar. Had a few suckers come back in pieces. Spawn is probably here.

[Gordie]

yep just got home and we got one channel 10 flats from 2lbs thur 30 lbs most of which were the smaller ones. water temp is at about 79 degrees

[nsnutter]

I agree Steve we were out for over 5 hours with only one small Flathead to show for it and lots and lots of turtle bites and gar. Had a few suckers come back in pieces. Spawn is probably here.

Oh yeah buddy those turtles were lovin' the free dinner! Glad we got Pat hooked into his first cat though! Couple more fishermen hooked on cattin'

[MinnesnowtaWild]

yep just got home and we got one channel 10 flats from 2lbs thur 30 lbs most of which were the smaller ones. water temp is at about 79 degrees

Nope I don't believe you...pics or it didn't happen haha.

[Gordie]

one pic of the sons channel and no pics unless over 40 for flats I woulda had to line up4 or 5 of those little guys to get 40 inches but man did they have an appitite for 6-7 inch bullies

[DTro]

We had 77 degrees last night on the MN. I think I've used one bullhead in the last 3 nights and caught 5 flats. That one bullhead is still swimming in the tank.