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By the way – along with the bait hatch came a serious cruiser hatch – darn things are everywhere and throwing some serious wakes.
The scurge of the St. Croix. Argggh!
June 24, 2009 at 2:29 pm
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Dragging for Cats!!
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June 24, 2009 at 2:31 pm #786283
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By the way – along with the bait hatch came a serious cruiser hatch – darn things are everywhere and throwing some serious wakes.
do they make a spray or thermocell to repel those too?
June 24, 2009 at 2:38 pm #786290Steve could mount a cannon. I personally would go with paint ball guns with permanent marker ink.
June 24, 2009 at 2:43 pm #786292I’ve got a few potato guns laying around the garage
June 24, 2009 at 3:33 pm #786305The other part of the problem is that the things are full of thong bikinis. Kind of breaks the concentration on fishing.
June 24, 2009 at 3:46 pm #786312Quote:
The other part of the problem is that the things are full of thong bikinis. Kind of breaks the concentration on fishing.
Oh, so you saw me
June 24, 2009 at 4:07 pm #786316
June 24, 2009 at 4:07 pm #786317Luckily I did not see you. That would have probably caused me to have a stroke. Why did you have to destroy the mental images I stored from last night – now all I see is that vision of your photo in the thong. EEWWW!!
June 25, 2009 at 2:11 am #786448Ah thongers! I am trading in the paint gun for binocs. Only when Ralphy is not on the water.
June 25, 2009 at 11:46 am #786508Quote:
Ah thongers! I am trading in the paint gun for binocs. Only when Ralphy is not on the water.
But how will you know when I will show up???
June 25, 2009 at 12:24 pm #786521Mike is on the board catching two cats while dragging cut baits. Not close too the double digits yet but it was a pleasure taking a picture of these kitty’s at 20 and 22 inches.
The first came out of 6fow and the second was found under a bait ball in 20fow.
Being a Wednesday evening followed by a work day we were off the water at 9pm, prime time, come on weekend
As for the boat traffic on pool 8, we seen the sheriff boat and maybe 4 other cruisers and that was it. They must have had a good hatch on your waters Steve
June 25, 2009 at 12:28 pm #786425
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They must have had a good hatch on your waters Steve
They use snow plows.
Nice fish Mike!
June 25, 2009 at 2:01 pm #786525Quote:
But how will you know when I will show up???
I’ll go by the blood curdling screeches of women and children as you make your way on the river.
June 25, 2009 at 2:58 pm #786538They’ll be screeching…for joy
June 25, 2009 at 4:59 pm #786573Quote:
They’ll be screeching…for joy
I knew I left the door open on that one.June 25, 2009 at 5:46 pm #786586Who is Joy?
Is she related to Ms.Delight?June 25, 2009 at 5:48 pm #786588I thinks she works at the purple palace
June 26, 2009 at 12:45 am #786686Steve is just the innovator when it comes to thinking outside the box on new cattin’ techniques. That rattle bobber trick sounds like its putting fish in the boat.
Anyways… I’ve been doing a bit of thinking on the dragging technique and wondering how I could apply it (or IF) to live bait and flathead cats. Seams like as the summer moves on and water levels and current drop, the cats spread out, yet we still fish them spot on the spot from an anchored position.
Now I’m thinking outside the box here and the technique has not been attempted but what I’m thinking is SLOW trolling some areas to cover water sort of handline style but with a rod, so 3-waying. Sorry about the walleye references but they are effective in the river. Handline weights are heavier than we ever use for live baiting cats but you could put a lively bullhead on a 2-4′ leader behind a handline shank and slowly move your way around the river. I could think of quite a few areas on the Minnesota where it would allow you to cover the area rather than wonder if you are anchored or casting to the right place.
I’ve been doing more thinking than fishing lately but I think this “May” work.
Thoughts?
June 26, 2009 at 5:20 am #786747I was just thinking of trolling for cats on Tuesday when we were out. I think it is doable under certain conditions in certain spots. I think one could just throw like 10-16 oz of weight on and go with a 12 inch leader as usual, then drag it around like you are lindy riggin.
June 26, 2009 at 5:52 am #786753Quote:
Thoughts?
I think it sounds like a new and exciting way to lose tackle if done on the MN river, but perhaps on the Croix or Miss it might work…and it does sound like work.
JordanJune 26, 2009 at 1:10 pm #786774The day I start “hand lining” for cats, is the day I take up Bass fishing.
There’s a reason I like Cattin and it has nothing to do with hanging over the edge of the boat bouncing 2lb weights off the bottom while trying to concentrate on the GPS trail and then cranking them in with a winch.
June 26, 2009 at 1:25 pm #786777There’s a post in the Mississippi Cat Forum about drifting with live bait for flats.
There’s a fella on the Ohio that was talking about this 3-5 years ago. I tried it on the Croix. Didn’t work too well….mostly because I couldn’t wait that long for a bite and started drifting with cut bait.
I’ll see if I can find it.
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