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Red River Weekend with Wiskers

Ihateriversnags

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Hey everyone,

Just thought i'd post a few pics from our weekend fishing with Rusty. This was the first time that my brother and a friend of ours had EVER fished for cats. Granted the fishing was SLOW but we all got a nice size catfish and i'd have to say that it was one of the best fights they have ever had.

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I do believe that we have some more catfisherman to add to the ranks courtesy of Wiskers Guiding service. Thanks Rusty for a great weekend!! Rieberscatting4.jpg

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I would have to say that these are not bad at all for the FIRST EVER CATFISH caught by the new guys. Fish were 15, 17, and 19 lbs.

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First off, I want to send out a big "THANK YOU" to Rusty for the excellent time this weekend. It was nothing short of an amazing trip. The Cats did not really cooperate all that well, but we made the most of the trip and each and everyone of us caught a nice fish.

For anyone that is even remotely considering going cat fishing... DO IT! I was thinking that it would be an "OK" time at best. Turns out, this trip was a mind blowing experience, who would have thought that a fish could fight that hard?!?!?!? Rusty was bound and determined to get us into some cats, this man is HARDCORE and knows his game. The cats did not want to play as much as he would have liked, so we put miles and miles on the boat looking for them, which I did not mind! This brings up a whole another topic. RiverPro boats... WOWOWOWOWOW I fell in love with that thing. We had a blast, and my mind was blown more than one time on how well it performed. We went into places that no other boat would dare to go through! What fun it was. We looked like 3 little kids at the carnival!

When the weekend was all over, we ended with the 3 cats you see above, and a smile with all the memories that we created. Excellent weekend overall!

Rusty, THANKS AGAIN for an excellent weekend! You truly are a blast to fish with. We are hoping to come up for another weekend this summer to hopefully get into some more PIGS, but will see how things turn out with my overly busy schedule!

This year or next, we will definately be up for some more fun, and I can not wait!

Eric grin.gif

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Those cats are an absolute riot! I'm a pretty diehard cattin' guy now but that wasn't the case 2 years ago.

We fished the same spot you guys were fishing (well... I can see the snag we were sitting by in the 1 photo) over Memorial Weekend and pounded the dump out of those channel cats. We had over 600lbs of fish in the boat for 2 days of fishing. Rusty was on the water as well on Friday and fished next to us for part of the evening.

I'm not sure if you wandered across my report but check out this link.

The Amazing Red River of the North

Lots of photos from my trip and you will definitely recognize the scenery in the background. wink.gif

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I had read that right before we left to go up there. If that article did not get the blood pumping, nothing will. On the way up, Nate and I were talking about what we wanted for this trip. We had decided if we each pulled in a nice fish we would consider it a success... Well, with all the laughs we had in the boat, on top of the fish we caught, it far exceeded my expectations of a fishing trip. We will be back up there yearly. I guess we have been "Bitten By the Cats" so to say!

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NOt only did they get into some nice cats but the exploring of the sand bars on the Red Lake River was a blast also. We found every thing from fossils to play ground equipment.. LOL.. Awesome drift wood for mounting fish and all sorts of cool stuff. These fellas were an absolute riot. My stomach still hurts from laughing. The fishing was very slow and they understood that. We fished and visited, jumped some rock dams, then just went exploring in the down time. This river is nothing short of beautiful. The wild life and scenery are awesome.

Thanks again fellas.

Hanson.

Yeppers that was the same spot. No fish there now though. The first cat we got was up by the bridge, and a fight it was..... First cat I ever had to boey off and chase it on the Red River, not counting Canada. It was a fight like I have never seen.. We thought it was submurged log at first and off it went then we saw head shake. It just kept pulling line so we tossed out the boey and started to chase it down. When we got it to the boat we discovered the cat had slapped the bait and hooked it's self by the side near the tail... LOL... wow was that an experience for a first timer catter. I was just telling them about how cats can taste with their whole body like a tongue and how they slap the bait some times and walla.... Them cats are just showing off.. LOL..

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Rushing.. nice cat.. Maybe Dennis transplanted one for ya down there LOL.. Just kidding..

Now that bending rod pic is a true test of a good cat rod.. That is an Ugly Cat rod. As you can see it is bending all the way to the handle... good advertisement for that one for sure...

Dennis, That Cat's Incredible Torney is calling your name buddy...

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Deitz,

You're the guy I need to hook up with one of these days. Would be helpful to have a die hard bass guy show me all about soft plastics. I had some time to try it during opener and was successful but I need to learn the true ins and outs of plastics. Perhaps one of these days our paths will cross.

Jason

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Die hard Bass guy??? Bass??? are they the fish that will eat anything that moves in the water, easy to catch and a big one is a wopping 5#? LOL LOL LOL just had to do that.. could not resist. Deitz,, he is a #1 fella.. just over look all that garb you hear about him. wink.gif

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Dan,

You saw one show featuring Rusty. We see that show every day of our lives!!! The scripting is improv but we all get a laugh. He's just like our own Chris Farley (only not as fat, and looks totally different LOL)

He got me hooked on catfishing which makes him alright in my book. I don't believe there is any greater joy than sharing one's true love of the outdoors with another and expanding their horizons. Rusty does this on a continual basis.

(ok Rusty that'll be $50 for that one LOL)

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Dan-

I'm willing to bet you saw the episode with Ed "Backwater Eddy" Carlson. There is a "We Live Outdoors" episode featuring Ed up at Lockport that has been playing pretty regularly.

Afterall, I think Rusty still has all of his front chompers. grin.gif

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