Bass...Catfish trip 10/5/2006

[Dropshot]

I decided to head out to the river after work while my wife etc. visited Disney on ICE. When I uncovered my boat I discovered that a cat had decided to deposit its waste on the carpet of my boat. Makes me hate them even more. After cleaning that up I headed up to the riverpark and put in heading down river. I quickly caught two decent spots on a jig, then the fun started. On the next cast I had a big thump and the fight was on. I hooked into a fish that took off down river and was dragging me with him. After 56 minutes I finally saw the fish, and it took me another 7 minutes to finally hoist it in the boat. An awesome big blue cat...Unfortunately, my digital camera had dead batteries so I was forced to take some pictures a dusk with my camera phone. We tried to estimate the size of the this monster and figured out it was around 40-45 pounds. The only thing that saved me was getting out from around the barges and letting the beast wear itself out in deep water.

What a blast. I caught this fish on a 6.5 ft Castaway with 12 lb Izorline. I was throwing a black jig with a black/blue critter craw. I will say I have made fun of some catfisherman in the past, but what a rush!!!

Hopefully pictures to come.

 

[polo-dog]

Great catch Dropshot, I have caught flatheads on crawjigs but never a blue. That sounds like a lot of fun.

 

[TennesseeTalker]

Wow .. that's a good catch. You need to make sure BPrice adds you to the catfish list!!

TT

 

[whenwegoin]

Dang, there must have been some good cats up anyway last night!!

 

[Fishin Fool]

I'll be that got your heart to pounding a little huh? It's wild to be fishing for bass and totally concentrated on that and WHAM!!! A big ole cat hits. For a few seconds you are seeing your picture in all the Bass Magazines holding up the Tennessee State Record!

 

[Guest]

Tons o fun to catch big cats on bass tackle. Untill I caught the 31-1/2 lb blue my personal best cat was a flathead caught on a rattletrap and 10# line at Weiss. I caught it in open water and it only took 10 or 15 minutes to get him to the boat.

Cheez

 

[fishing fire]

I can only wonder what its like to be draged down or up river or lake by a darn fish whoa whats that like. emoSmile . Great job dropshot.

 

[rsimms]

Dropshot - 10/6/2006 3:34 PM
I will say I have made fun of some catfisherman in the past, but what a rush!!!
Hopefully pictures to come.

emoWelcome to our world. emoBigsmile