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Fish'n guy

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Fish'n guy Proficient

Fish'n guy

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Well we made it out last night t the river and man were we in fr a surprise. It was only my second time out cattin for the year so I had yet to get on the board for the year. We were fishing an area where the current pushed up along the bank and scoured a pretty nice stretch of deep water. I would have to say somewhere around 9-12' deep right off the bank. We placed out bullheads close to the bank maybe 10-20' out max. The first run came at about 9:30 and I missed it of course! tongue.gif The next run cam on my rod again @10:05 pm and I finally lodged the ol 7/0 Gamakatsu circle hook into a good flattie. That one ended up tipping the scale at 32lbs, my personal best.

A very heathly looking 32lber!!

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A side view!

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A perfect release to fight another day!!

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Then from 11:00pm to 1:00am we had very consistant action with a few swing and misses,and a few short hook ups with lost fish of which all felt like they had some good wieght to them. Then at about 1:15am Joe hooked up with a good fish. He worked on trying to move the fish away from the cover but that was very difficult to do. There was a 2-3 minute period where he couldn't move the fish at all. He stuck it out and after ten minutes and several big runs the fish had tired out and Joe had his personal best 41 lber!! laugh.gif He was pretty pumped as was I!

Joe proudly holding up his 41 pound trophy!

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A different angle shot!

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Look at this fishes belly!

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This catfish was not gonna stick around for the release shot. Camera shy maybe? grin.gif

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A good night for both up us. These were the only 2 that we caught but the size sure made up for numbers!! I noticed that clipping the 2 side spines and the top spine on the bullhead made a difference as far as the fish hanging on aa little bit longer. Another thing to not is that these big ones weren't smacking it hard, it was a very slow steady pull. I also want to add that bth fish were released unharmed and happy! Any way hope enjoy the pics!!

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harvey lee Grand Master

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Looks to melike I should have hooked up with you Andy. Congrats on the very nice fish. You are da man. We caught some fish last night but they were all rather small. Were you where I think you may have been?

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Nice fish Mates!!! Looks like you guys an awesome night for Monster Flats.

I commend the CPR.

If I could make one small recommendation. To help the fish out in the future. Shy away from the gill holds if possible. Usually the fish can take it but it is hard on them. Your shot with you holding them by the jaws and bellies are a lot more fish friendly.

Again, Nice FLATS Mates,

thanks for sharing.

LFC

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"Well we made it out last night t the river and man were we in fr a surprise."

-Your telling me man! I did pretty good too

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41 inches long, 27 inch girth!!!

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It was slow coming back, don't know why, I didn't have her out of the water that long.

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And there she goes!

Fun Night! Anyway though, I need to invest in a scale to see how much these hogs weigh. Where would be a good place to get one with a high max weight? I didn't see any in town here, maybe I didn't look hard enough confused.gif

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Great fish, those numbers put it at 35.5lbs. That fish is exactly one inch shy of the one I just caught that was 38.5.

Nice!!

I'm almost to the point of ditching the scale and putting less stress on the fish. We caught 3 fish the other night. The formula was dead on with the 15 and 17 and about 1lb off of the 38 (scale was bouncing).

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Hey Tom I don't think that is where you think I was. Although that spot is looking more fishable every time I see it. Thanks for the compliments as well!!

I know where you were wink.gif Nice fish!

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