Lots of cats

Headed out the morning after the storms on Wed. on the miss up by the coon rapids dam and the cats were very active. Started fishing at 8:00 and hit a coupel of big snags off the islands south of the dam. Not five minutes after getting in place we had two cats in the boat, nothing huge but with the strong current the fight was great. Fished till noon with great consistent bites at almost every snag that we tried. Had a line snap on a hard bite that I was easing up towards the boat, must have gotten caught on a limb.
At noon it got hot as hell and the bite slowed down til we moved to the shade and were able to coax a few more kitties to take our bait. In all 25 cats were caught, most of them were little eaters with a few of them over 25″. Hate all the rain that we have had but love being able to get the boat up river without worrying about the lower unit, 12 ft. of water in a lot of places still.

Craigrbox…

Are you using cut, stink bait or chicken livers with maggots up there?

A frozen carp from the last time out that we cut up once we got out there, went through the whole thing. Will have to bring some crawlers to catch more next time out. Have not had any luck with Stink bait really, the cut bait seems to produce a lot more fish, plus my fingers only smell like [censored] for an hour after I get home with cut bait not all night. Stink bait is great for putting in the rod lockers on my brothers boat or under the back seat of his truck after a day of fishing, that will get you a call a couple of days later.

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Stink bait is great for putting in the rod lockers

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Why didn’t I think of that!!!!? PUTZ…whanna go fish’en!?