In-Fisherman Record Blue

[DTro]

Anyone catch In-Fisherman on Sat? They had a segment on the record blue out of Texoma. They met up with the guy that caught it and they went out and fished the same spot with the same tactics. Was very interesting. They were using 8ft spinning surf setups. 6oz weight with 12" leader and circle hook (size 8) and whole shad.

I wasn't able to see it, but they also were going to do a segment on alligator gar!

I'm going to look around to see if there is a replay or something on this.

[Toad]

That was a cool segment alright. Got to talk to both Cody Mullinex and his buddy Jason Holbrook recently for a Catfish Guide piece. Both good guys, Mullinex and Holbrook are construction workers who hit Texoma after work several times a week from September through most of the winter. Mullinex caught the 121 pound blue (can you imagine a 121-pound blue?), while Holbrook previously held the Texas state record. Obviously, these guys are catmen to the hardcore.

And they've got a great system, too. Texas allows multiple rods per angler, and the fellas take full advantage, setting out a virtual armada of surf rods up and down the beach over shallow flats near a creek channel. Texoma is just some kind of a blue cat fishery, although ensuing fishing pressure (since the record) may begin to slow things down. If there's another record blue swimming there (and most think there is) it may very well hit the beach real soon.

Really, these blue cats offer the perfect reason for us to escape a Minnesota winter. Late fall through most of winter is the peak period virtually wherever they swim. You look at a fish like Mullinex's 121-pounder, and really have to wonder how it is that so many people would rather catch bass than cats.

-a friend called Toad

[Aquaman01]

I saw it, too. I love that the record was claimed AND the fish preserved alive! There is a good article on it (cover story) in last spring's Catfish Insider. I'm glad that the guy who caught it is being treated as an 'angler in high regard'. It's nice to see CatDaddies get some press.

[Lost]

VCR's a wonderful tools of the fishing trade. When all these shows are on, I'm in church. So I set the VCR and watch them that evening. Awesome segment on the Blue Cat and the Alligator Gar. Sure wish I could make a trip to Alligator Gar country. I need to try and catch some of the gar here in Minnesota. And a nice size cat would be great also... anything over 20 lbs is my goal for this year. Largest so far is 5 lbs.

[DARK30]

Hey Lost, We're gonna have to fix those catfish numbers of yours

BTW.... If the fish were biting Sunday morning, would they let you tape the service and watch it on Monday?

[DTro]

to heck with that VCR. My new cable box just so happened to be HD and have a DVR with 80 hr hard drive . I can spend 5 minutes highlighting and have a months worth of watching, and with no commercials .

Now we just need some outdoor programming in HD

[kwkfsh]

The Outdoor Channel 2 coming in 2006, All Outdoor, all HD.