King of the Cats 2007 Team Cat Scratch Fever

[hanson]

'Spose I better put my money where my mouth is, photo to be posted later... its late.

(edit) Alrighty... Here it is.

38" x 24" and tipped the scales at 27lbs.

9:28pm, Minnesota River, Bullhead, 10/0 Gammi Octopus Hook, 4 oz No-Roll Sinker

Game On Boys!!

[PierBridge]

your boat?

[DTro]

That's en effin hilarious pic

Way to go Hanson!

[hanson]

Quote:

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your boat?

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Yeppers... 1st Flathead in the new boat.

Also had 2nd Flathead in the new boat a little later with Flatheads #3 & #4 lost at the hookset and unbottoned halfway in.

[Papa Grump]

NICE fish Chris! I think though that you should hold the fish with your teeth and the paperwork with your hands

[Dan Thiem]

Congrats Bud!

[Big Dave2]

Nice fish. We're on the board!

We went from the team with no name to the team with the coolest name all of a sudden. Uncle Ted would be proud!

[Tyler Holm]

Nice work Captain Hanson! That pic is worth 1K words. (At Least)

[hanson]

Sorry guys... Just a tad short of being an upgrade with this one.

32lbs, 40" Length x 25" Girth

But I know Tyler got a Flathead in the boat last night! Atta boy!

[Tyler Holm]

Flathead Catfish

32" long x 18" (14lbs & change)

5/12/07

Caught on the Minnesota River at 12:30am on a 5.5" yellow bullhead

[Tyler Holm]

Hanson, Let's see the traditional KOTC logo in your mouth hold on this last cat. If its half as good as the first one, you’ve got to share.

[Big Dave2]

Well guys, I'll be registering a channel as soon as my buddy who took the pics on his cell phone e-mails me the pics. Its not much but it gets me on the board. I hope my make-shift control item is visible on the pic. I had to write it on a piece of cardboard because I forgot to take the printed copy with me to the hoseshoe chain this weekend. The channel was 22" long with a 10" girth. Like I said, not much but its the biggest one I caught this weekend.

[PierBridge]

...were on the board BIGTIME....personal best Flat tonight...

Pics coming!

[PierBridge]

After 6 Flats this year none of which weighed more than 8 pounds we hit pay dirt Weds evening.

No arm extension on a fish this big you actually have to rest the fish on your body and arch your back to support it. Pictures are great but you really have to see a big fish like this in person to truly appreciate it.

My net weighs 3 pounds 7 oz's Dry I'll have to weigh it wet I may have to bump it down to 41.

Hurry Manny it's getting real heavy!

42 1/2 X 28" Caught and released on the Upper Mississippi using a bullhead and a 10 Odd Gamakatsu.

Minus my net weight of 3 pounds 7 oz's "dry weight" she tipped the scale at 41 lbs 15 ozs....I'm calling it 42 for now if thats OK with you guys..

I wasn't even going to go out tonight and Manny called at 7:45 and said he had a vibe on a Spot that he wanted to try I even tried to talk him into another spot but he said NO Way!

Thanks Manny and nice work on the net job and pics....

[DTro]

Good god.....that's a hog!

Congrats!

Looks like another Safari Fish

[Ralph Wiggum]

Wow, that thing is think head to tail! Very good job, Gary.

[PierBridge]

Thanks Ryan...as you know better to be lucky then good.

[Ralph Wiggum]

LOL!!! I have lots of luck...bad luck!

[hanson]

Thats who the text message came from!

Not sure what to say Gary but that fish is awesome!!!

And you are right, seeing them in photos is one thing, personally holding one is something else altogether. Awesome, awesome fish!

That should put us up in the standings a little ways.

[harvey lee]

Very nice fish Pierbridge.

[Shack]

Nice fish! Goood location! I know the spot and maybe see ya down their some time. It is getting to be a good time of year for those hogs down their.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Shack, you can tell where he was fishing from those photos? I know where he was fishing and I can barely recognize it in the photos!!!

[Dan Thiem]

Congrats Pier Bridge! Nice one for sure.

[The J-Man!]

Great fish! Thanks for the pics! They really help those of us out who can't get on the water as often as we'd like. Kind of vicarious thing.

[Shack]

When catfishing from shore ("MPLS" or St. paul), all you have to do while waiting for the strike is to look around at skyline. "East" bank or west. Looking "South" or North. I love the skylines. Also you look at ground alot during your waiting game of fishing .