KOTC St Croix Channel Cat Upgrade

[SteveD]

Picked up a beautiful 30" X 19.5" = 49.5 point KOTC channel cat upgrade from the St Croix tonight. Picked him up on fresh cut sucker at 2030. Got another channel at 2146 that was a beaut too at a fat 29" fish but it was not an upgrade for me. Channels are really hammering cut bait - I had a struggle getting the rod out of the rod holder when he hit.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

That sucker is FAT!

[Fisherman For a Lifetime]

Nice, SteveD!!

[DTro]

Nice looking Channel Steve. Good job on the upgrade.

[mplspug]

I see you have grown tired of catching 40#+ flatheads.

[aanderud]

Variety -- it is the spice of life, eh? Nice fish Steve! I'd rather catch a channel like that than 5 of the tiny flatheads I've been getting. Those big channels put up a fight!

[bronzeback]

how big was your cutbait and did he swallow it?? my god that thing is chunky.

[SteveD]

how big was your cutbait and did he swallow it?? my god that thing is chunky.

I got one last week on a 7" bullhead so they are feeding pretty heavy right now. The one I caught after this one was 29" and really fat too. I was fishing a chunk of cut sucker about 2" X 3" on a 5/0 circle hook and he was hooked solid right in the corner of the mouth. They hit the bait so hard that the rod just buckles over in the rod holder.

[Shack]

Very nice channel Steve and congrates on the UG. Makes a guy wonder where you will go from here on the channel side

[wooduck26]

Wow! That think hasn't missed a meal in a long time! Very nice fish!

[Gordie]

someone is one fire this year great channel steve I gotta get out on that strech of river soooon!!!