MNDNR Metro Catfish Meeting April 10

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Could barely hear anything there either with the loud refrigeration units down there. I was hoping maybe Joel will have those slides available since I'm going to be writing a paper for an ethics class about conservation.

[Loose]

Very interesting, That fridge was ridiculous! That thing ran more than one would think it should.

[Gordie]

sounds like a good time I just got home from work. I hope to catch up with what went on.

[Shack]

Ah the fridge lol! I did not get a mic up to Joel in time before the meeting started and I had to improvise to drown out the noise form the fridge (never did happen ). I am not sure about Dtro's, but I had a week internet signal (3 out of 5 bars), and the room was just not setup correctly to get a straight ahead shot. I did not want to setup shop on prime viewing area for the ones who were able to attend.

If any interest is their, I recorded the meeting in HD and can upload some or all of it. I have not viewed the footage yet, but I am sure you will be able to make out the charts better than the live video. I did learn a ton and next time it will be better.

Great meeting for-sure! Joel is my kind of guy. I was even able to talk shop with him up stairs after. Good things to come and I am sure this means for further up the river also.

Great seeing you guys again (as always) and meeting a couple new people. I had a great time.

[Scott K]

Thanks Joel for putting this on, it was interesting for sure. My main water is the MN, but I would assume I could pretty much apply the info to the MN as well. Sorry we didnt hang around afterwards, but we had to hit the water last night, and we were anxious to go.

[Carp-fisher]

Wish I could have been there, but meetings like that aren't conducive to 2 year olds. Tried watching part of the webcast but I couldn't hear anything and could barely make out the slides due to the crazy angle of the camera.

Ha thats funny. I actually brought my 2 year there. We went early for lunch and I hoped that a full belly of burgers would get her to pass out so I could see the presentation. That idea lasted about 10 minutes....

[MDNRMetroRivers]

Too bad we had the audio issues and that fridge to deal with. Thanks to all who attended on such a nice day. I'll make the PowerPoint available too, but I need to spend some time fiddling with it to make it a little smaller by altering picture resolution. It's a little over 11 mb right now but think I can knock it down to a couple mb without changing it and the pictures should still look fine.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Sounds great, let us know when we can get that. I am definitely interested in seeing the info again.

[MDNRMetroRivers]

I don't suppose I can post the PowerPoint Show on here for people to download.

[DTro]

Is it a link? If so, that shouldn't be an issue Joel. Post away.

[MDNRMetroRivers]

No, it's not a link. I wasn't going to have it put up on our web page. I guess if anybody wanted it, they could just e-mail a request to [email protected] and I could e-mail the PowerPoint Show to them. It was made in PowerPoint 2007 and I don't know if older versions have compatibility issues or not. Might have to save another version as an older format it anyone has issues trying to view it.

[DTro]

Well, I've been trying my best to keep up with my diary. The best way I found for myself is to use my voice recorder on my mobile phone. It hasn't been too dificult so far, as very few fish have been logged.

Matter of fact personally I have 1 fish in 29hrs logged targeting cats.

Total fisherman hours so far is 58 with 4 fish. 14.5hrs/fish ouch

Maybe it's time to start soaking some cut bait to bring that average up a bit with some channels.

[MDNRMetroRivers]

Water temps still pretty cool out there. I have been out electrofishing twice now to tag cats to see how they would respond in cooler water. Got 4 flatheads and one channel tagged the first day, got skunked the next day, and missed one small flathead each day. Not very productive for shocking, but shoot, it's May 4.

[Scott K]

I have been out 6 times, and have kept track of my time so far, I havent tallied them up, but the fish count is at 1

[DTro]

You just made my day Scott, thanks

[Loose]

I been keeping track also I still have yet to tally up the time to fish ratio though. I just have a little day planner that I write all the info down in. Gonna be pretty crusty by the end of the year but owell.

[dan z]

Havent tallied time either, But I have only caught 4 fish. Seen some others caught during that time so It has been a pretty good time out so far...

[Larry FlatCaster]

14-15 hours = 0 fish....

Man... I'm gonna be pumped when I get the first one.....

[TruthWalleyes]

Somewhere in the 35-40 hours, 3 channels, lost 1 pb.

[howellcanufish]

22 hours w/one 24" flat.

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

I'm around 40-50 hours and I'm at 1 flat and 3 channels. not the best of luck, but its early so not to discouraged. Plenty of time for the ig girls to come out and play.

[Shack]

6/7 hours (4 trips) and about 5 channels and no flats. Flathead waters dedicated hours are 0 though. They are being caught but looking to hit it when we have a good 2-4 week crazy stuff. This weather has not sparked my interest, but some nice ones have been caught the last week though.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

I'm over 50+ hours and only have 1 Channel Cat to show for it...

Not a good start.

[DTro]

Ha, I discovered that if I stay home, my numbers don't get any better, but they don't get any worse either.

[blakeb]

i dont know if im doing any better, i have caught (without looking into my log book)about 45 channels, 10 lb max ZERO flats with abot 15 hours of bullhead soaking time,I have however caught a 29" 28 1/4" 27" 26" walleyes.

Going to try a new area today, and some old ones!