This is a good looking fish I caught a few weeks ago

Thanks for the advice everyone. However I was out early this morning before I received any replies and just bought the C4. Big mistake. I will be returning and getting the C3. I preferred the thumb bar on the C4, but after using it I just don’t like it at all. Drag pressure is not as it should be, casting with braided line is not so great, and I just do not like the retrieve with the heavy weight for current tied on. I tried posting in general forum and post wouldn’t go through for some reason.

On the other hand, i gave up catfishing and fished a new pond for bass with my new shimano citica, AG orra SX on falcon bucoo micros and caught 29 largemouth and 15 bluegill on plastic worm and rattle traps. Don’t worry I released all! The gills were hitting large rat L traps and shad raps! Largemouth were all around 16-18 inches except one 5 pounder.

Thanks for the advice. I’m to the point where I just want to catch something. I am currently living in Le Claire. Last year I was pulling some big catfish floating a bobber and nightcrawler along the rocky shoreline near the boat docks during the evenings. I thought that may be a sure thing right now considering the spawn, but I can’t even get a bite there.

I haven’t fished pool 15 other than from shore at the L&D 14, on the pool 15 side. I’m supposed to be getting a boat this week, so hopefully I can get over there. I’m more familiar with pool 14 from pleasure boating that side of the river, but I want to check out pool 15.

Also, what’s up with these D&R fishing reports? They seem to be the complete opposite of what I have found. Catfishing Excellent and Northern Fair – I nailed the northern and haven’t gotten a bite fishing for catfish. Is that report ever reliable?