Lake Zumbro report

  • cat-stevens
    Rochester,MN
    Posts: 449
    August 7, 2010 at 3:36 pm #1222042

    Just had to get out on lake Zumbro last night to see how the cats were doing. I am happy to report, they are just fine!

    My friend Mike and I hit the water around 6:30 and checked out some new spots with no luck.

    Right around 8:00 we decided to move to one of our favorite go to spots and decided to drift/troll a mix of cut sucker and sonnys stinky stuff. We fished at a depth of 15-18 fow, making large circles over a span of about 4 or 5 hundred yards. At about 9:30 I landed a 28″ and about a half hour later Mike pulled in this real healthy looking 21″er. A little less than an hour passed and I get a nice hit (love the Gami circle hooks for channels) and faught and boated a nice 31×16 weighing in at 11-3!

    All fish were released and swam away nicely!

    Looks like the kittys are going to be alright on the Zum!


    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    August 7, 2010 at 3:46 pm #891707

    Yeah right, you just collected those from the shore and took pictures. I mean, nice fish, nice report!

    cat-stevens
    Rochester,MN
    Posts: 449
    August 7, 2010 at 4:10 pm #891713

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    Yeah right, you just collected those from the shore and took pictures.

    I tell ya Pug, I sure was thinking it was going to have to come down to that.

    louis-robinson
    dodge co. mn
    Posts: 469
    August 7, 2010 at 5:42 pm #891719

    wow!! haven’t done much cattin in a few years, but that sure looks like a whole lotta fun

    thanks for sharing “BK” would be proud of ya!!

    cat-stevens
    Rochester,MN
    Posts: 449
    August 7, 2010 at 6:11 pm #891722

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    Good job!

    Thanks Dean!

    Czech
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1574
    August 7, 2010 at 6:49 pm #891724

    Great news, nice fish!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    August 7, 2010 at 7:05 pm #891726

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    I tell ya Pug, I sure was thinking it was going to have to come down to that.


    Glad to here it didn’t. Looks like the disease mostly got the youngsters and thinned them out, so that is good news for catching big fish like yours n the future.

    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    August 8, 2010 at 6:41 pm #891793

    Nice lookin channel, man… one of these days I’m gonna get up to the Red to try some of that for myself.

    tyler_holm
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 260
    August 12, 2010 at 6:35 am #892764

    There wasn’t squidilly going on this morning. Some’beach. Skunk-aruno.

    cat-stevens
    Rochester,MN
    Posts: 449
    August 12, 2010 at 1:22 pm #892801

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    There wasn’t squidilly going on this morning. Some’beach. Skunk-aruno.

    I don’t think channel cats like to be kissed in the morning!

    All kidding aside, what time did you fish?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 12, 2010 at 3:03 pm #892828

    Funny I didn’t see this post earlier!

    Holy Crap Tim! How large was this guy…or is it just the angle of the camera. Nice fish either way and a HOOT I’m sure!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 12, 2010 at 3:04 pm #892829

    PS I’m happy to see those PFD’s being worn!!

    cat-stevens
    Rochester,MN
    Posts: 449
    August 12, 2010 at 3:14 pm #892830

    Quote:

    How large was this guy…or is it just the angle of the camera.

    Probably a little of both, but that one was 31×16, and a little over 11lbs according to my buddies scale.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 12, 2010 at 3:19 pm #892833

    Very nice photo!

    cat-stevens
    Rochester,MN
    Posts: 449
    August 12, 2010 at 3:20 pm #892834

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    PS I’m happy to see those PFD’s being worn!!

    Most definitely! Looking forward to getting one of them fancy ones all you pros wear sometime in the future.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 12, 2010 at 5:39 pm #892895

    Doesn’t matter much what kind, it’s more about wearing a PFD.

    Not many people to help you out there at night especially if your buddy wasn’t wearing one and is floating face down.

    I’ll jump off my soap box now.

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