Fished a power plant cooling pond yesterday at Powerton Lake in Pekin, Ill. Pretty cool weather but the water was 51. Trolling cut shad, we caught 4 blues…2, 6, 12 and this 52 pounder. Kinda slow but it was worth the trip. Sure wish Iowa had some of these cooling ponds or at least stocked the ones they have with Blues. Going to try this place again soon.
L8R…Ken
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Now that is how you start the year. Congrats.
DT
Whoa! That is a nice fish!
‘ell of a kicker fish!! 
Yes Ken, that’s a beauty. We’ll be planning a trip to LaSalle this summer.
That’d be cool. Yeah I caught a few fish over 50# in the last week but…a blue.. Never! Very cool. Thanks Ken.
Did you length that fish Ken? Love that you can’t see the tail and it wraps around your shoulder. 46″?
Congrats, can’t wait to hook into one that big!
Did you length that fish Ken? Love that you can’t see the tail and it wraps around your shoulder. 46″?
I did not get a length. I’ve never really been in the habit of getting lengths…seems the weight was always a much better judge of size for me. I’ve seen some really long, yet light weight fish so a length is kinda misleading in my opinion. I do capture a length once in a while, just to get an idea of weight when I might not have a scale handy.
L8R…Ken
I’m the same way ken. Length means nothing IMO, but having never handled a blue I was curious.
I’m the same way ken. Length means nothing IMO, but having never handled a blue I was curious.
Well, they are built just like a channel cat, so the next time you catch a 52 pound channel, measure it and you’ll probably be really close to the same size. Just kidding buddy…but I would really like to catch a 52 pound channel cat. I think channels fight better than a blue pound for pound. Plus that would be a record anywhere.
L8R…Ken
Well a 39# channel would be cool.
Hard to imagine that being a possibility.
Thanks Ken
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