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blakeb

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blakeb Proficient

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Hello to all i have been a lurker on these boards for quite sometime, finnally figured out how to sign up, (my wife did it for me).

I have been passionate for fishing since my grandpa taught me how to catch fish, I used to chase pike, mostly interested in catching the biggest fish that swims in a given water STRICKTLY CPR Then i discovered how to find and catch cats.

i need to thank steve and d-tro (among others) your tips are excellent. i started fishing cats last year on the Mississippi river, without a clue i might add.

With the tips you guys post i was able to have a very good catfishing year.

I caught 28 over twenty five LBS 11 over thirty LBS and 2 over fourty LBS.

I feel like i owe alot of these fish to the tips you shared.

And hopefully i can place in your KOTC contest!

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DTro Grand Master

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Welcome aboard Blake!

Glad to hear you had some success last year. It only gets better smile

Next you'll have to learn how to post some pictures for us. Good Luck this season, and now it's time to start sharing some of your own tips.

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DTro Grand Master

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Jesus, with numbers like that, you should take first place no problem in the flat category.

Welcome to the site!

One might think so....

But 3 over 40 (with one being a high forty or fifty) was a prerequisite laugh

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I feel i had a great season givin the facts, I didnt know diddly when i started.

i was fishing 65 lb Power pro no swivel no leader material just a sinker and a kahle hook. All i knew that would work for bait was cut sucker pieces.

Later on in the begining of july i started to apply the tactics employed by some of these boards cat gurus.

I never had a clicker till september when i bought a Okuma 65 abf avenger (love it). I lost a ton of strikes last year, i belive mostly due in part to the lack of a clicker. I just got another, the Okuma 50 epixor.

I am also so stoked to try the new baits i have aquired, i located a pond last summer teaming with bullheads in Prior Lake, And this winter i came accross an isolated river opening that had thousands and thousands or threadfin and gizzard shad. I harvested about a thousand and froze them for this summer.

I got a feeling these stinky things will work excellent.

I am ready as soon as the water warms a bit its on!

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blakeb, I'm sorry to have to tell you this but we're at the quota for catfishermen on this site. Until further notice, you'll have to hang out on the bassfishing thread until there's an opening. You'll have to discuss spinnerbaits, floating plugs, and other wussy stuff until someone on this site dies or becomes an obama supporter and gets kicked off.

Welcome to the strangest group of Minn. fishermen.

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Blakeb,

I am also a new-guy to catfish. Went to the CoolCats outing in March and loved it. I would love to find the tips you mention in this post as i want to fish them in soft water as well. I understand the smoke well too...I currently only smoke jalapeno peppers and venison jerky, so this will be a treat.

Thank you in advance for any and all assistance you can give a fellow fisherman hooked on cats.

the FishLocker

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Well welcome from another HSO newbie! Here is the link to the excellent compilation of info, the thread contain several tips from a member SteveD.

Catfishing Tricks, Tips, Pics, Secrets, and Hot Topics its in the cat forum.

Good luck this season, Blake

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