Channel cat of the year…

  • david_scott
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 2946
    March 24, 2007 at 3:01 am #1220165

    With the exception of some monsters that will come in on the Red this year..

    I will be surprised to see another channel cat larger than this pool 2 monster caught by Chris this afternoon in my boat on a quick trip dragging a white ringworm on an ultralight and 4# test.

    35″ length, 22″ girth? (if memory serves correct on girth), or 20# of channel cat!

    same fish,it shows the size a little better…

    and he also managed to hook into this *thing* on the same ringworm.. quillback? threadfin? thing? I have seen these many times over time, I just dont know what the proper name is.

    stcroixer managed to have one walleye fall off the line hoisting it out of the water, that was the rest of the *catching* for the quick couple hour trip in the 65 degree heat. That channel really made it a memorable trip.

    It was a pleasure sneaking out with you 2 for a couple quick hours this afternoon!

    gjk1970
    Annandale Mn.
    Posts: 1260
    March 24, 2007 at 3:37 am #552794

    David you are going to have a visitor soon if you keep this kinda fishing up.. I have to get on open water soon!!!!!
    Spent today swapping motors around on a couple boats and as one motor was hanging on the hoist and I was sitting in the boat I imagined it rocking in the waves..

    jeremy-liebig
    mpls
    Posts: 1455
    March 24, 2007 at 4:41 am #552814

    Quillback Carpsucker! Those things are super cool. I luck into a couple each year. My buddy got one last year that was almost 8 Lbs… Woulda been a state record had he registered it.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    March 24, 2007 at 12:23 pm #552845

    Wow, that is a nice channel cat, for sure!

    audemp
    Wi
    Posts: 721
    March 24, 2007 at 12:57 pm #552852

    Man you sure got a good poker face Dave!

    That is an awesome channel!

    david_scott
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 2946
    March 24, 2007 at 1:34 pm #552859

    Oops.. I gave some false info. It was a white paddle tail, not a ringworm, and about 21″ in girth.

    Still a huge channel!

    The water temp was a balmy 36 degrees yesterday on this outing, the fish came from a small scour hole about 75 yards downstream of a shallower rock pile. I believe it was about 16′ of water. I noticed lots of fish were stacked up off the deep break heading out towards the main river channel. Breaks that went from about 7′-9′ to mid-upper teens in depth near major structures were holding the majority of mark-able fish. It seems the water is still too cold for any specie to be concentrating towards shallow water.

    Good fishing coming in weeks to come. The fishing will probably be great when the temps reach the low-mid 40’s.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    March 24, 2007 at 2:27 pm #552872

    I am heading out later this afternoon Dave. Thanks for sharing what the fish are relating to, that’s sure to help when deciding where to go and what area to fish once I get there. I will probably end up at you know where if I don’t find them else where, but I think you know where might be a little crowded on such a nice day. Are you fishing today? (I know, dumb question). Chris and I will be heading out later in the afternoon and I have talked to Bob about possibly meeting up. If any one else fishing later this afternoon if interested, don’t hesitate to PM me or we’ll probably see you at some point.

    Kind of weird that earlier this month when it got warm, the water warmed relatively fast. Now that there is more flow, the water temp seems to be just creeping up.

    stcroixer
    Croix Valley
    Posts: 689
    March 24, 2007 at 3:47 pm #552890

    Dave,
    The pleasure was all ours
    We had a great 1st boat ride of the year, could not have worked out better!!
    A huge fish, a strange fish and the one that got away (don’t forget the tall can of Sapporo beer )
    Great start to the open water season!!
    STCROIXER

    TeamHardwater
    White Bear Lake, MN
    Posts: 6
    March 24, 2007 at 4:12 pm #552898

    Hi fisher dave,

    This is Chris here. Thanks for putting STCROIXER and I on this monster catfish. If anybody’s looking to do some serious fishing, pm Dave. He had us grinning from ear to ear 15 minutes into the trip.

    Thanks again,

    Chris

    We make fishing fun…..

    Moores Bait
    Posts: 328
    March 24, 2007 at 4:52 pm #552909

    congrats on the piggie there Chris, Dave does know where to go to find them. I take it some photo shop has the picture to enlarge it for the mantel. Good luck topping that this summer, that will keep you busy.

    fisher sherry
    Minneapolis
    Posts: 487
    March 24, 2007 at 5:03 pm #552912

    VERY nice fish, Chris!
    The video turned out really good too. Now if only we could figure out how to get it off the camera.

    Chris, if you PM me your email address I will send you the original pictures incase you want to have some printed.

    david_scott
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 2946
    March 24, 2007 at 9:36 pm #552946

    As Sherry said, we are havin issues with our video editing software.. one of those *new camera* things. I didnt get the fight on video(too worried about boat hitting shore on drift), but its a good video of you handling the fish, and us all dumbfounded by the size of the fish in the boat.

    david_scott
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 2946
    March 25, 2007 at 2:30 am #552983

    Quote:

    How’d it taste

    We catch and release the trophy cats around here… We eat bass instead.

    I do keep small cats on occassion.. great eating.

    ronzych
    Centerville,MN.
    Posts: 159
    March 25, 2007 at 2:46 am #552987

    We enjoy the smaller musky.

    landscats
    North Dakota, USA
    Posts: 360
    March 25, 2007 at 4:05 am #553012

    Congrats on one great cat. Pictures like that get me fired up to get back on the river. Ice is just starting to break up.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    March 25, 2007 at 11:10 am #553035

    Congrats on a monster channel cat

    Your taste buds must be dead Dave…..eat Bass. eewwwe They are however, great for the tomato plants

    mr-special
    MPLS
    Posts: 696
    March 25, 2007 at 10:30 pm #553165

    Holy Hanna that is a biggun.
    Congrats

    dtro
    Inactive
    Jordan
    Posts: 1501
    March 26, 2007 at 12:29 am #553201

    WOW!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59996
    March 26, 2007 at 1:20 pm #553373

    Nice channel Guys!

    Dave my battery in my phone is mostly shot…I got your text message after I charged it up…when I read it…I thought the battery must have messed up the text message!

    What a way to kick the 07 season off!

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