Pool 4 Kitties

  • Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    October 6, 2007 at 11:53 pm #1220748

    The warm weather was nice last night, so Steph’s brother-in-law and I hit the river in search of some channel cats. He’s a newbie to the cat scene, so I schooled him in the art of catching cats We were scared off the river about 10:00 by some wicked lightning, but I landed 3 solid channel cats. I started the night with a 29″, followed by an obese 31″x21″, and finished the night off with a 28″. Keith manned the net and camera for me, and hooked into his first-ever sturgeon right before we high-tailed (as much as you can high-tail it with a 6 horse Yamaha ) it out of there. I went home catching a new personal-best channel cat, too!



    david_scott
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 2946
    October 7, 2007 at 12:21 am #614116

    Sounds like a good time! Very nice cats! Thanks for the report.

    How big was the sturgeon(ignoring other heated post)?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 7, 2007 at 12:22 am #614117

    Nice fish Ryan..I was a bit worried about you staying out later than we did…but the storm pretty much missed us anyway.

    I was out today…and anchored right on top of a turtle nest I think.
    13 hits that bent the rods over all to feel the weight fall off the hook. I’ve never had that happen before. Not one fish in the boat.

    I’m thinking the FW has the same curse Pug does.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    October 7, 2007 at 12:36 am #614120

    Great looking Channel Cats

    larry_haugh
    MN
    Posts: 1767
    October 7, 2007 at 2:23 am #614132

    Quote:

    Sounds like a good time! Very nice cats! Thanks for the report.

    How big was the sturgeon(ignoring other heated post)?

    The pic states the size??? Looks like a shovel nose to me… but I could be wrong.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    October 7, 2007 at 2:57 am #614142

    Nope, it was a little lake sturgeon. The section between the body and tail is much thinner on a shovelnose.

    larry_haugh
    MN
    Posts: 1767
    October 7, 2007 at 3:06 am #614145

    I see…. I had mine covered up pretty good on a shovel nose.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    October 7, 2007 at 3:09 am #614146

    Nice fish Ralph. That one is really chunky looking with it’s belly oozing through your fingers.

    Brian, show your wife some respect.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 7, 2007 at 3:51 am #614157

    Another personal best eh Larry??

    larry_haugh
    MN
    Posts: 1767
    October 7, 2007 at 5:33 am #614170

    Quote:

    Another personal best eh Larry??

    LOL…. This little bugger was bouncing my rod tip for the better part of 20 min. He was so small that I couldn’t tell what was going on. Every time I checked…..Seemed like nothing…. When I finally reeled in it as
    WWG and I had a good laugh over it.
    PB no….. good for laughs….

    flaco651
    St. Paul's Westside
    Posts: 296
    October 7, 2007 at 6:37 am #614175

    Quote:

    I see…. I had mine covered up pretty good on a shovel nose.

    whats up with the rag?

    haywardbound
    New Brighton, MN
    Posts: 1107
    October 7, 2007 at 6:42 am #614176

    Nice fish Ryan!

    Quote:

    whats up with the rag?

    Larry, you should just wear gloves!

    david_scott
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 2946
    October 7, 2007 at 10:21 am #614182

    Quote:

    Quote:

    Sounds like a good time! Very nice cats! Thanks for the report.

    How big was the sturgeon(ignoring other heated post)?

    The pic states the size??? Looks like a shovel nose to me… but I could be wrong.


    I didnt even see that thing over there(failed to highlight the thumbnail photo)

    larry_haugh
    MN
    Posts: 1767
    October 7, 2007 at 1:36 pm #614226

    Quote:

    Nice fish Ryan!

    Quote:

    whats up with the rag?

    Larry, you should just wear gloves!

    The little dude gave me a nice cut that was painful for 5 days. That was the first attempt with out gloves and the rag.
    We really wanted the picture so I made due with materials at hand.

    Dean Marshall
    Chippewa Falls WI /Ramsey MN
    Posts: 5854
    October 7, 2007 at 4:02 pm #614246

    Realtor Ron had this one yesterday….18# if I remember correctly…..and one even bigger later in the day.The channels sure like this warm weather!Nice fish Ron!

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
    Posts: 2973
    October 7, 2007 at 5:20 pm #614256

    Nice channels guys..
    Don’t care what anyone says… they are pretty fish!!

    life1978
    Eau Claire , WI
    Posts: 2790
    October 7, 2007 at 7:46 pm #614283

    DANG!!

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