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Red River Cats

nwmnman

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DTro Grand Master

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Nice Vid Ed!

I got the fever, no doubt about it...and it's only January.

I'm going to try my best to finally make it up there this year. I know conditions change from year to year, but if you were a bettin man Ed, what is the best time frame to be up there? June?

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I wish I could catch piglets too. Those Lockport cats are something to marvel at. I'm just a shore fisher by Drayton, ND. Usually we catch some nice cats but not compared to Lockport. My biggest on camera was about 18 lbs.

How do you put up a picture?

Oh and it sounds like its gonna be some high water up north here again. Like usual wink. Thanks to the Berkley Glowstik I can be out there all night in no light.

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Ed Carlson Grand Master

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Nice Vid Ed!

I got the fever, no doubt about it...and it's only January.

I'm going to try my best to finally make it up there this year. I know conditions change from year to year, but if you were a bettin man Ed, what is the best time frame to be up there? June?

This year...Mmmmmmm...Ahhh...may be mid to late May?

I expect serious water, so it may take a bit to ramp down to a mild roar for the opener in May.

High water pulls all the sumo's in, and it can be crazy on the opener.

Lots of if's up in the air yet....Ask me again about April 14th.

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It is good, just not the average size as the far North. You get 39" fish from time to time, a 38" is a very good fish on this central section. Lots of 22" to 34" fish to play with.

If'n you search'n for fun by da ton..from the St. Andrews Dam at Lockport to the big lake Winnipeg is the best place on earth for sumo channel catfish.

It starts in May and just get crazy from there on tell late October at times. Last year we were on serious sumo cats in October, most years it slowed down by then..not last year...man was that a blast! Lots of 30 # pluss kitty's late last season...sumo sows!!

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Originally Posted By: sparcebag
since people said OH GEEZE what do ya want them for.

Not a whole lot has changed smirk

Ya people yet say that.But I now see catfishing taking place in many places I never saw before.Right here in my area it was all eye fishing the shore on Foot & Willmar lakes now 1/4 of the fishing people are goin for cats.
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Man lockport is awesome. My uncle and I did a canoe trip on a river dumping into Lake Winnepeg and were catching channels on crankbaits while walleye fishing. Decided to stop in at Lockport on the last day before we drove back.

Here we are next to the locks, sitting in frothing water in a canoe with a rock for an anchor, and 7' medium action spinning rods with 8 pound test. And we had the dog in there too. People were looking at us like we were nuts, and they were probably right. Boy what a blast... we landed a 31", a 35" and a 36" channel cat. Can only find a pic of the 31", my uncle must have the hard copies of the two big ones. This must have been about 6 or 7 years ago... what a great expression I have.

RedriverCat-1.jpg

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Here we are next to the locks, sitting in frothing water in a canoe with a rock for an anchor, and 7' medium action spinning rods with 8 pound test. And we had the dog in there too. People were looking at us like we were nuts, and they were probably right.

Nice pic!

Wow, you guys have got cajones bigger than mine, taking a canoe with a dog and catching channels that big next to that much current! you can count me in with the other people who would have looked at you like you were nuts smile

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