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Catching Cats


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Hey Ralph glad to hear there getting a little bigger. Did you catch that yesterday in the rain? Ishould have come out to play. I will probably get out tonight for a couple hours. Right now im charging the batteries up. Just got the floatable out of storage yesterday. And am changing the fuel line right now. taking a break to check in. Man I have two full tanks of fuel 6 gal. that I dont trust. it hurts to have to dump 12 gals. right now with the cost of fuel. Hey did you check out that Wels Cat url at the end of my last post. it sure would be wild to have some cats like that in the old Mississippi. HAVE YOU FED YOUR KTTY TODAY? grin.gif

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Last night i had the greatest catfishing night ever, 40 CHANNEL CATS! YES I SAID 40 CHANNEL CATS ON THE CROW RIVER. CAUGHT THEM ALL BETWEEN 4:30 AND 8:30 SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY SO COULDNT STAY FOR THE NIGHT BITE BUT ILL BE OUT THERE TONIGHT FOR SURE. SMALLEST ONE 4 POUNDS LARGEST 14 AWSOME IM STILL IN SHOCK TO CATCH THAT MANY A NIGHT

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thats great PS70 - I have been out twice and I have caught zero catfish, but I guess its good that someone is catching them. I'm probably not getting any because you are getting all of them.

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HEY GUYS, DARK30,DRAGON FISH II,BLACKSPORTSMAN..

HERE'S THE LATEST ONE I CAUGHT WITH FISHER DAVE..

30 INCHES.. ABOUT 15LBS.. MANNY IF YOU SEE THIS POST CALL ME

2-3 AM..THE PROFILE PICTURE IS MY BIGGEST MONSTER TO DATE..

BUT THE FLATHEADS ARE COMING SOON... grin.gifgrin.gifgrin.gif

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nice fish! yeah me and the buddies were out last night but ended up way shy of 40, i guess we caught aboutt ten cats and 4 suckers. the water is high now and our best spot where we caught the 40 is flooded out

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I was out this weekend trying for cats as I was sick of chasing and not find crappies, but I had the same luck with the cats. I tried crawlers, and Powerbait catfish blood and liver balls. I just tried in an area where I had caught some last fall when trying to catch eyes, but I don't know if thats where I shoudl have been. Where are the cats holding up at now? What types of structure?

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Pout,

Look for eddies adjacent to the main channel. Drop a night crawler or cut bait (smaller chunks) right in the seem between the fast current and the dead water. I usually cast into the current and let the bait drop untill it lands in the dead water.

Hope this helps.

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We tend to move a lot. If we don't get a hit on the crawlers in 5 minutes, move to another eddy. Almost all of the holes have plenty of depth right now. I look for feeding areas close to the eddies. We managed a 7.5 pounder last weekend, I managed to catch a decent 17 incher this past Sunday.... so they are there. Persistence pays.

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THIS MONSTER FLOATED UP TO BLACKSPORTSMAN AND I ON THE MISSISSIPPI. I GRABBED HER AND TOOK A FEW PICS.FISHER DAVE SAID IT WAS DEAD, BUT MANNY PUT IT BACK IN THE WATER AND IT DOVE DOWN. MAYBE SHE WAS TAKEN A BREATHER FROM A PREVIOUS CATCH...HERE SHE IS [image]FLATHEAD.jpg[/image]

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as per fisher dave he says they get bigger than that. im 5ft4 165lbs. we didn't have a tape measure, blacksportsman says about 4ft long. 40-50- lbs. he caught one a few seasons ago and it was 35lbs. he said this was bigger than his..fisher dave has pictures of monsters...talk to him..

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