9-17-03 Lockport Report

[shefland]

Just returned from the mighty Red River of the North at Lockport Manitoba, Catfishing was Exceptional! the river is low, but there is no trouble navigating about. 4 guys fishing, 2 days, 200 Kitties, in excess of 3,200 pounds!Sound unbelievable? believe me! we did not weigh every one, my partner Mike and I have a pretty good idea of estimating weights,, we only weight the very big ones, of which 56 of them were HUGE! Can it get any better then that? A good way to go into winter and dream about the next trip up there next June.

[Canuck]

Sorry I missed getting on the water with U or at least giving U some of the tackle that I use. At least we met on shore, it was nice to put a face to people on this bb. Real glad U got to play with the kitties and somebody else can see we aren't bsing about them at this time of the year. So many people give up on the kitties in Sept and go for the eyes when the kitties are putting on the feed bag. See U next year eh.....

[fiskyknut]

Heck yes Shefland I believe! September is my favorite month for Catfishing on the Red.

Sounds like you guys had a most fun trip.

Fisky

[Wiskers]

Howdy howdy howdy... Wow that was a good time... The water was cooling off and very low however the Cats had an mission of their own.

Floats were the trick. Nothing caught on slip bottom rigs. Floats in 1.5 - 3 feet of water were just crazy. We boated 265# of fish in a 40 min. span. Smallest fish was 12#. Largest was 27-29#. My scale said 26.11# but it has been proven to be off by about 4#. It was 34 inches with a girth of 24".

Fishing was on and off like a light switch. You just had to keep moving and you would find them again.

It was great to meet the faces to the FM names. It is a must that we try to get a FM gathering up to Lockport and swarm Stu with fishing stories and talk. Each group should bring at least one person that has not catfished and let them feel the deep belly addiction we all come to love.

Loved the cabins Stu. I have to find out how you got them huge pics on the walls.. We will be back more often. That fella I had with me is now addicted also and will start his monthly visits to Catters Annynomous this week. lol....

Keep an eye on that float and slack to a minimum..................

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Red River & Minnesota RIver Channel Cats, Flatheads & Walleyes
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[This message has been edited by Wiskers Guiding Service (edited 09-18-2003).]

[Boar]

Howdy ya all sound like I'm missin the boat, but my attention has been turned to bow hunting for awhile. Unbelievble whats happenning at Stu's. Crazzzzy. Rusty I totally agree that a rendezvous should be in order at stu's I have res. for june 11-12 of 04 and plan on bringin a green horn along. It would be fun to see a bunch of others up there too. Later, Boar

[Guest]

Odds are very good I will be up there the first week or so in June next spring.

See ya there guys!

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"ED on the RED"
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