Thanks for the 43-pounder BrianK!

  • wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    June 6, 2006 at 8:45 pm #1219741

    Brian gave me a hard time for not stopping by the cat forum more often. Cat forum? I didn’t know we had a cat forum! Well, I’ll be stopping by a little more often now.

    Thanks Brian!!

    P.S. My back still hurts, but it was worth it! Aint she pretty!!

    sliderfishn
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 5432
    June 6, 2006 at 10:19 pm #451758

    Great fish Wade,

    Might that become your new avatar??

    Ron

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    June 7, 2006 at 2:05 am #451915

    It was nice to spend some time with you in person without the use of and electronic aid (email)!

    She gave you a bit of a fight didn’t she? But as the Lock Master said “you must be patiant” and it paid off…all 43 big ones.

    …and she came just like your locators, gps’s and trolling motors…free shipping and no tax!

    Thanks again Wade and Joe!

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    June 7, 2006 at 2:21 pm #452051

    That’s a beauty Wade

    ryan-hale
    NW Ia
    Posts: 1548
    June 7, 2006 at 3:24 pm #452072

    Nice fish Wade-very cool dude!!!
    But you had to fish with a golfer who is a bass master to get her.
    Ryan Hale

    Jack Naylor
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 5668
    June 7, 2006 at 10:56 pm #452204

    Wade,
    Great Flathead !!!!!
    Ron, I really don’t think you replace (avatar) which is obviously an over 5 pound Smallie with a 43 pound Flathead. Maybe a Cat over 55….
    I’d leave the Smallie pic on there a little longer. Can’t beat that Fish…
    Jack..

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    June 8, 2006 at 2:11 pm #452348

    No, I’ll have to leave the avatar as is. I don’t want to use a pic where the fish is better-looking than I am!

    Any of you guys that haven’t battled a big cat like that, you have got to try it. If you don’t have the equipment or any cattin skills just do what I did. Open up your check book and give Brian K or one of these other Cat guides a call. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

    For now, I just hope my back recovers by Saturday. My wife’s making me go fishing for some sissy bass and walleyes again.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    June 8, 2006 at 2:24 pm #452355

    Wade…we don’t say

    Quote:

    sissy bass and walleyes

    ’cause it gets the bass and eye guys all upset…

    We just say that we’re going fishing for bait!

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    June 8, 2006 at 9:49 pm #452477

    After a fish like that he won’t be able to handle bass and eyes as his back will still be hurting. VERY nice fish Wade.
    Thanks, Bill

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    June 9, 2006 at 1:17 pm #452621

    I agree with Bill. From now on trying to fish for fish that weigh less than 15 pounds will seem like you are wasting time.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    June 9, 2006 at 3:55 pm #452684

    Think of it as putting donuts on your baseball bat when you are in the on-deck circle. The only problem with that analogy is it is more fun in the on-deck circle!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    June 9, 2006 at 7:51 pm #452760

    Whisker…I would agree with you…but Wades a bass guy…at heart…

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    June 9, 2006 at 8:22 pm #452769

    My buddy was a bass guy too. Know what he wants to catch now?

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    June 9, 2006 at 8:41 pm #452778

    Quote:

    My buddy was a bass guy too. Know what he wants to catch now?


    I changed my Avatar this year.

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    June 15, 2006 at 8:09 pm #454065

    I consider myself a multi-species angler. I can get skunked fishin’ for eyes and bass just as easy as I can while fishin’ for cat.

    It was strange going back to bass and eye fishin’. It took a full three days to get that little voice out of my head… “we’re fishing for bait… Oh wow! This one would make great cat bait!!” But I think I’m back to my old self again. The back pain is gone, and mentally I have accepted catching fish under 10 pounds (and can do it with a smile). Yep, this catfishing is life-changing stuff…

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    June 15, 2006 at 8:23 pm #454071

    Ya know Wade…I was thinking….

    T1blonie always out fishes you….the proof is in your photo gallary….

    So…next time, you should bring her along…as I would love to stand beside her while she’s being interviewed about her MN’s state record flathead

    There’s Flatheads…everything else is just bait!

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    June 15, 2006 at 8:32 pm #454079

    I hear ya BK. When she fishes for bait, she fishes for BIG bait…

    Ya, I think we’ll leave her on shore for now…

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    June 15, 2006 at 8:53 pm #454083

    I’m going to need a bigger hook than a 10/0!

    audemp
    Wi
    Posts: 721
    June 22, 2006 at 12:09 am #455386

    You should have a graphite replica made to hang on the wall, that is if the wall is big enough!!!

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