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May 22nd. I got up at 5 a.m. to head off to a local catfish tournament. I arrived at the ramp and meet my friend and paid my share of the entry fee. WE got his boat launched and on the Ohio River for the 7 a.m. start. My friend powered the boat and we headed down river. There was a slight mist and a light breeze on the water; we got our lines in the water around 7:30.
We had a total of 9 rods in the water. With all kinds of bait to see what the cats would hit. Thawed skip jack, fresh catfish cubes, and cherry chicken breast, were the baits. 7:55 Curtis hooked a 2 pound channel cat. That brooked the ice for the day. Then the fish had lock jaw for nothing even tap the rods for some time. Around 10:55 one of my rods got hammered, I let the fish hook itself. I knew it was a nice fish as soon as I cranked the reel. It stayed down giving me a thrilling fight. Curtis netted the blue cat; as he set the net down the hook came free! That cat weighted 10lbs and 2oz., we took a couple photos with my phone and it was placed into the live well. We had hoped we might get the 5 fish limit at that time.
We stayed in the same 1 mile section of the deep water for the rest of the day. We did move around in that area several times, just a couple of taps. I did have one had bite, but I did not get a firm hook set and the fish got off. Needless to say, I was mad with myself for losing the fish. Several hours pass before Curtis rod got bent over, it was another nice Blue cat. This fish came in a 9 lbs 1 oz., so we got a photo of it before putting it in the live well.
We did have to go back with only our 3 fish. When we tied up Curtis went to get the truck, I watch a number of the groups that had weighed in unloaded their catch at the dock, I was just disheartened to see so many with nice loads of 5 cats they had caught. After Curtis got the boat on the trailer we weighed in our catch, they totaled 21.1 pounds. I had hoped to get a couple of pictures of the blue cats, but Curtis dumped them in the water before I had the chance. We went straight back to the truck and I unloaded all my stuff and put it I my car.
I finally did get a line in the water and caught a nice blue cat to start off my catfishing season. We were out of our field competing against so many professional catfish teams. I Have to give them credit for they did catch their 5 fish limit.
We had a total of 9 rods in the water. With all kinds of bait to see what the cats would hit. Thawed skip jack, fresh catfish cubes, and cherry chicken breast, were the baits. 7:55 Curtis hooked a 2 pound channel cat. That brooked the ice for the day. Then the fish had lock jaw for nothing even tap the rods for some time. Around 10:55 one of my rods got hammered, I let the fish hook itself. I knew it was a nice fish as soon as I cranked the reel. It stayed down giving me a thrilling fight. Curtis netted the blue cat; as he set the net down the hook came free! That cat weighted 10lbs and 2oz., we took a couple photos with my phone and it was placed into the live well. We had hoped we might get the 5 fish limit at that time.
We stayed in the same 1 mile section of the deep water for the rest of the day. We did move around in that area several times, just a couple of taps. I did have one had bite, but I did not get a firm hook set and the fish got off. Needless to say, I was mad with myself for losing the fish. Several hours pass before Curtis rod got bent over, it was another nice Blue cat. This fish came in a 9 lbs 1 oz., so we got a photo of it before putting it in the live well.
We did have to go back with only our 3 fish. When we tied up Curtis went to get the truck, I watch a number of the groups that had weighed in unloaded their catch at the dock, I was just disheartened to see so many with nice loads of 5 cats they had caught. After Curtis got the boat on the trailer we weighed in our catch, they totaled 21.1 pounds. I had hoped to get a couple of pictures of the blue cats, but Curtis dumped them in the water before I had the chance. We went straight back to the truck and I unloaded all my stuff and put it I my car.
I finally did get a line in the water and caught a nice blue cat to start off my catfishing season. We were out of our field competing against so many professional catfish teams. I Have to give them credit for they did catch their 5 fish limit.
