Unreal! WOW! Oh Ma Ga ! WOW! WOW!

[Boar]

HEY! Wow! Just got back from Lockport, Man unreal, I dont' know where to begin. Fri, hit the shoreline about 10 pm 3 of us caught some fish, I cant, keep it straight in my headI'm still shaken. To indepth to cover it all. Total Cats caught, 23, lets see I caught in pounds, 17 1/2, 19 1/2, 20, and my personal best, two fish a 24 and a 26lb er. justin caught a 23,20, 16, 16, 19. 10, 17, 14, 15, 16, 16, buckley caught a 14, 16, 18, 18, 18, 18. in the neighbor hood of 400 pounds of catfish wow wow wow! Sat. is wheb we nailed em up tight against the damcast into the spill and the water took your bait down a shelf where these cat were just stacked up like cord wood we had non stop action for about 3 hrs took a break and whent out and got kicked out of there cause they where opening the spill a bit. Goldeye worked, but the favored was frozen creek chubs, dipping them in bloody flavor amino powder stuffy. Awsome time. Nice to meet ya stu, see ya next june. Later, Boar

[Catmendo]

Hey Boar, it was my pleasure meeting you as well!
I can see by your post that you were pleased with your results on your first visit to the Lower Red. If the truth be told, this World Class channel cat fishery defies description. One simply has to experience it first hand before one can truly fathom the raw physical power of a large catfish!
Anyway it was nice to meet you, see ya next year!

Fish "Hard" Forever!

Stu McKay
www.catsonthered.com

[CANOPY SAM]

Jeeezzz Man! That's great. Your new personal best? Holy Cats Boar... You hadn't ever caught one over 10 before, had you? Now you've got a 26 under your belt! That's a huge channel cat.

Man I wish I could've been there with you. I know we'll be planning that trip for next year for sure! Did you get pictures of your big fish? You should see if you could post em' on line for everybody to look at. I'd love to see your mug posted here behind a big fat cat!

Good job on those fish buddy! I can't wait to here the stories and see the pics!

[Boar]

Thanks Stu, definately see you in june 04. Sam I know we were tip'n a few but dont ya remember the 18 out of oslo before my wife called me back? remenber? I got to go now, right now! Took an 18 on that trip and we had probebly 70lbs of cats to boot. Anyway, yea justin took 54 digital pictures and's gonna burn a cd for me, I have some regular pics but only one of the 26, film ran out on that one and did'nt want her to lie in the bottom of the boat till I spooled onother roll of film, Hope it turns out. Call me late, boar

[Guest]

Eh Boar, so tell me, are them Sumo Cats strong, or what?

Now your completely gut hooked, your a sumo piggy addict, for life!

Send Rick a couple of them pics so we can see them piggy's, and them piggy smiles.

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Ed "Backwater Eddy" Carlson

Backwater Guiding "ED on the RED"

[Boar]

For sure Ed, I've been fishing cats for awhile now but have never experienced anything like that. I dont' expect that to happen every time, but no doubt I,m headin' to stu's on a yearly pilgramage. We had a tripple header on in the boat, I got tangled and had to fight this fish which happened to the 26, and go under this guys rod and line to get free, did so and we landed all three fish with a combined weight of 58lbs. Sounds crazy but it happend. One guy took 54 digital pictures and is going to burn a disc for me,could I send a copy to someone to post some picts. on the forum? Lockport is where there should be a gathering, I know I'ts a ways for you southern boys but what fun, Hit the dam or down river in the daytime and sittin by a fire freinds and suds on the shore at night. Later, boar

[DARK30]

A great northern cat gathering sounds real inviting! I sure would try to make that one....Might have to spend a few days.

Any of those monster walleyes getting caught?

WET NETS!

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[Guest]

Definitely need to get you and Fishhead up there Dark30!

I know a spot, just for you...perfect!

How does knee deep in water with Sumo's circling you like sharks Eh? Point blank Piggy's!

I plan to do some up close and personal piggy action on my next trip, toe to toe sumo's.

Bet ya would go for that, Eh Dark?

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Ed "Backwater Eddy" Carlson

Backwater Guiding "ED on the RED"

[DARK30]

Twist my arm.

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[Boar]

Nobody was catching eye's but it'd be fun to get in on some fall walleyes up there but just aint gonna make it. Next june I,m up there, I made res. at stu's for me and canopy the 11-12 04, It'd be great to get a few more of ya up there, I know a spot across from stu's where you could probebly throw out a tent, and hardley anybody fishes past dark, ya'd have the entire shoreline to fish without abruptous interuptous. It'd be a great time. later, Boar

[CANOPY SAM]

Hey Buddy,

I was thinkin' about your terrific success up on the Red at Selkirk, and something occured to me. When you come down here to fish for flatheads at the beginning of August, you're gonna be really bored!

Sorry Bud, but there ain't no way we're gonna even come close to that caliber of catfishing down here. Unless we can find a nice school of small channels and you just pretend they're 20+ a piece. We could put a handful of 3 oz. no-rolls sinkers on your line - then at least they'd feel bigger!

Sounds like the river is still kickin' out a coupla nice flatties every week, so we'll still have a good time tryin' to find a couple.

Say, about that 18 lb. channel we spoke of earlier. Wasn't that the fish that I caught on your rod off the deep end of a break, just after you grabbed my rod with a smaller fish on? I remember how disappointed you were that you had hastily picked up my fish, only to see your rod go and me catching a much larger cat on it! Or was that a different river trip? Anyway, give me a call and we'll discuss plans for your weekend on the Minnesota river, and possibly neighboring muskie lakes?

[Boar]

Sam, no that was possible the same trip, but a different snag. I set into one fish, then your're rod was dublin' over , you were doing something so I grabed with a free hand and set, then handed you the rod. I pulled in a sheepshead and you had a nice average channel. I wasnt dissapointed but I would've rather given you the rod with the junk HA! Now Sam, I even remember the rod I caught it on, I know you're losing sleep over this fish but its not worth it, you need to except this and move on. It's just a fish. hee hee. I'll call ya. Later,boar