CFF Cold Cat Classic 3/10/07

[minner]

Whewwww, what a day, where do I start.......Today was the day of the much waited for Cold Cat Classic; we were met with overcast skies and a stiff breeze this morning. In total we had 10 CFF'ers show up for what seemed like the hardest 5 hours of fishing I can remember. It seemed as though the big cats had lock jaw, no matter where you tried it was almost in vain. Team TOO TALL, and CRAZYHORSE took first prize with the biggest fish with a weight of 35lbs?. StoneRoller and myself where able to squeak out 2nd place with only 11lb4 oz. Team KOZ/WLG came in a close 3rd with a 7 lber. If I didn't say it was tough already then I'll say it again, "IT WAS TOUGH".

Here's my report. Hopefully the others will follow suit:

We started out drifting the old channel ledge in about 90-100ft of water with no bites at all. We then traveled up stream and anchored in a bottleneck in the river, which concentrated the minuet current that we did have. There we picked up the 11lber, and then shortly afterwards a 4lb flat head (on cut bait no less). At about 11:30 we had a run
on one of our reels and fought a big fish for about 15 seconds never gaining any line until the big brute ran under a rock and hung us up. Eventually were we able to recover our rig but the fish was long gone.

Sorry guys, not too much to report.

 

[MrWiskers]

Looks like you guys fished down river from Racoon Mtn. Did you try any spots upriver? The cats usually turn on in April and bite good until the first of June when they disappear. I have always wondered if they use the Racoon Mtn stretch of the river for migration stops, and not for year around use.

If it makes you feel any better the spots upriver were not doing anything either.

 

[WLG]

Well here's my report. Myself and KOZ fished at Mullins Cove most of the day. We marked quite a few large fish on the bottom there but just could not get them to bite. I did manage a 7 pounder good enough to take 3rd place( Can you beleive that ???emoRedface ) We all thought it would take 60 lbs or better to win this thing. Maybe when the water warms up some more I may take a trip back down to nickajack..but for the most part you will find me hanging out on Chickamauga for this spring and summer. It was great to meet all of you guys and it was fun even if the big fish eluded us today.( ELUDED ALL OF US EXCEPT CRAZYHORSE) Congrads on your win today CRAZYHORSE....you earned it!!! and deserved it!! After we left the weigh in KOZ and Myself went to Harrison Bay to try to put him in the HOF...........See my other post!!!!

 

[MADD DOG]

Congrats to the winners. I also caught some cats today but by mistake. I fished Mudd Creek in Guntersville and snagged a 4-5lb channel cat in the back, man I thought this was THE ONE. Caught another on a grub later in the day.

 

[CRAZYHORSE]

First let me say I really enjoyed meeting all the guys at the cold Cat Classic. Thanks goes out to minner for putting this one together. emoToast

Now the report:
Too Tall and me put the boat in the water at 6:45 only to find that we had no forward or reverse. We had dropped the foot off earlier in the week to put in a new impellor and didn't get the drive gear lined back up. emoBang A quick trip to wally world for some wrenches and we fixed it on their lot and launched the boat around 8:30. Nothing, nothing, nothing, followed by nothing.......and then finally something!!!emoHoppingmad We were sitting on the lower side of the old Hale's Bar Powerhouse in 63 feet of water. Had been there for about 35 minutes when i got bit. Immediately knew it was a good fish, and at one time thought i had lost it as i guess it was swimming up emoVomit .
After about 15 minutes of wrestling we got her in the boat, weighed her, took some shots, and released her. What a beauty!! 36lbs 10 ozs. short and fat!! Hung out there for a while longer before heading in. water temp was 54 degrees, depth was 63, and bait was a gizzard shad gut. Had fun today and the weather cooperated , however the fishing was tough. This fish was one of only 2 bites all day!! Thanks goes out to Too Tall as well. He's a good fishing partner!!!!!!

anyhow, till next time

Crazyhorse

 

[DHaun]

Congrats on the win CH - Great report too! I sure hated missing it but I had to work today...

I think I'll raise the HOF minimum for Blue Cats from 30 to 35lbs...You all are wearing out the HOF today and I expect a lot of activity this Spring!

 

[KOZ]

Wish i had something good to add to this thread, but all i caught today was water and wind burnemoRolleyes. Maybe next time. I really did enjoy meeting other CFF members. Looking forward to seeing all of you soon.

 

[WLG]

I love that last Pic CH...Looks like he wants to say somethingemoLaugh emoLaugh emoLaugh

 

[shsimons]

CFFer's,

It was nice meeting everybody. Too bad I could not get my buddy back on a big one, but he will be back down in October.

With not much current flowing and the fish being finicky, I was just hoping for that one big bite. We never got it! We had a couple little bites and that was it.

Congrats on the win Crazyhorse.

Thanks Minner for giving us an excuse to go fishing, I really appreciate it.
Also, a big thanks to southerncats for taking me and srsheely220 out.

 

[Liveliner]

Hey Foodsaver, Do you see that big structure in the pics that Crazyhorse posted? That is the one I was telling you about. See the fish in that pic? Bingo!!!