Pesky Roughfish

[riverrat56]

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.

[DTro]

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.

[aanderud]

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.

[Scott K]

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.

[Scott K]

Here is a 28" bait thief my wife caught from Sunday morning.

[PierBridge]

Nice!... I mean bummer... those darn bait stealers....

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

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

[JimBuck]

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...

[aanderud]

Nice walleye JimBuck's buddy. Is that a team catfish rod you have in the boat?

[JimBuck]

Good eye aanderud. It's a 3/4 ton spincast.

[PierBridge]

Great Picture Jim! You even got the girth on a Walleye never heard of that one... Catfishermen Rock!...

[aanderud]

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?

[DTro]

I was looking more at the powerball in the sky in background

[Jpope]

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

[JimBuck]

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.

[Jpope]

on your rig, with your net...id say you had a hand in it.

[Lowblazah]

Hotpocket wasted a perfectly good bully on a 30" roughfish last night as well. Pesky things is right.