Pool 6 Mudcat Trip

  • VikeFan
    Posts: 525
    August 16, 2005 at 3:13 pm #1219471

    I’ve been lurking on the catfish forum for a while, but I decided I would wait to post until I had something to report.

    I made a late-night mudcat fishing trip to the Winona area last night, and had decent success. Fishing from shore, I got two flatheads–one off a live creek chub, and the other off a live sucker. I wish the flat cats had been bigger (22″ and 28″), but it is better than sitting out all night and catching nothing. I hope to make it up there one more night while I am back in the area, but we will see.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 16, 2005 at 3:41 pm #378526

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    better than sitting out all night and catching nothing.

    You are so right Vikefan! And that is exactly what I did…Not a run…and it sure wasn’t for the effort! 15 minutes…move…15 minutes…move….15 minutes…move…15 minutes…move

    Glad you got into some fish…got any tips for me?

    fisher sherry
    Minneapolis
    Posts: 487
    August 16, 2005 at 4:24 pm #378545

    Good for you, VikeFan!
    Ya did better than we did too. One guy with us got a little Flat early in the evening, before I got there.
    Only thing I saw caught was Dave’s net… after Ralph lost it in the river.

    VikeFan
    Posts: 525
    August 18, 2005 at 1:40 pm #379011

    I went out again last night around Winona, and pulled in a 27″ mudcat on a live sucker. From my experience when I lived around there, when the water is this low I hit current breaks on the main channel itself, which is where I got my fish this week. The rain stayed to the south of me until after 2:00 a.m., so I got a decent amount of fishing in.

    Jake
    Muddy Corn Field
    Posts: 2493
    August 18, 2005 at 2:48 pm #379041

    Hey VikeFan,

    You didn’t take off from the landing in a really BIG boat around 11:30ish did ya?

    VikeFan
    Posts: 525
    August 18, 2005 at 4:17 pm #379063

    Nope–I put my really small boat on the trailer at sundown and fished for mudcat from shore. When I fish by myself after dark, I don’t much care for fishing from a boat–not so much a safety issue (there is that too, though) as it is a boredom issue. On shore waiting for a flatcat to show up, I can walk around, poke along the shoreline looking for stuff, throw rocks, chase coon away, and otherwise keep myself awake and amused. Sitting in a boat by myself in the dark for hours drives me crazy or puts me to sleep.

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