Southerncats
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Southerncats, Guntersville/Wheeler, Bluecats, 9-9-11,9-10-11,9-12-11,9-13-11, The Boy's and GA Gentl
It's been awhile since I've posted a report anywhere, turns out I have been fishing quite a bit lately...I thought I'll post a report on my wife's new laptop....I have a smartphone, but our home computer is about shot...so I guess that's my best excuse for not posting much lately.
9-9-11
Round 1
My In-laws were camping out and I took the boat along for some fishing on Friday afternoon after work....I stayed out with all three of my boys Jackson, Josh, and Jared about 2 hours before we ran back to the campground for some supper. We ended up catching 4 nice cats Jackson hooked into a healthy 49 lbr while fighting that fish another rod goes down and I grab it thinking it's a fish, but turns out it was hung so I backed off the drag and put it back into the rod holder...after we got Jacksons fish in the boat I trolled back towards the rod that was hung only to feel a tug on the line...I let Josh reel this one in, which turned out to be a 20 lb Flathead, Next it's Jared's turn and he cranks in a nice 26 lb Blue....Later Josh get's a eater all of maybe 8 lbs to round off the afternoon
Round 2
After we eat I decide to go back out since the bite seemed to be on and try a little nite fishing....this time it was just Me and Jackson....Jackson fell asleep after a little while of no bites so I had all the fun, first fish was a fiesty 20lber, next one I upsized to a nice 44 lb blue, well by this time I'm tired as well and near the edge of the channel where I was planning on ending my drift, when I hook into a hawg....yes it's been awhile since I've caught a hog, but in the back of my mind I was thinking this fish could be the one (100+?)...it was most definately having it's way with me for awhile....I woke Jackson up by hollering at him to get the net, the fished turned out to be a very long and lean blue that tipped the scales at 61lbs.
Trip total was 61,49,44,26,24,20, and 8 pounds.. not bad for 4 hrs....all caught drifting frozen cut skipjack in the main channel 40-47 ft deep.
9-10-11
Two of my boys had soccer games the next day, and I'm a MS State Graduate....So I was hoping to get to see some butt kickings on all the fields, but guess what everyone lost...So I couldn't think of a better way to lift my spirits but by catching a few Monster Cats. I wanted to try some new water first about 4 miles from the place we caught fish the previous evening...This time Jackson stayed at the camper playing with Bream and Crickets, so I let the younger boys catch the cats....Not long after we stop for our first drift a rod really takes a dive with drag peeling action involved, thanks to my Monster Rod Holders I can feel safe that my boys can catch these cats and that my equipment is safe....Josh fights this fish awhile, before we can see it I know it's a "Good Old Big Un" after we finally net and weigh it turns out to be his new PB at 58 pounds...after a long drift another rod goes down and Jared catches a new PB at 36 pounds.....later on we move down to the honey hole only to find that the fish weren't cooperating but I did manage to entice a 40 lb blue into the boat.......the bite was definately slower than the afternoon before, but with a 5 and 6 year old in the boat, it's kinda hard to get too serious about it.
9-12-11 & 9-13-11
I took out some guys from South GA that had fished with me twice before, last time they brought along a buddy who caught most of the "Big Old Good Un's", including a 63 and a 68 lber...so this time they left him at home....we started fishing late on the first evening and it didn't take long to find the blues and when we did boy was it on.....I say there goes one give him a minute let him hook-up alright get'm, then i look to the back of the boat and say hey that rod's hooked up get'm get'm....as we are netting the first one I turn and another rod is goin to town "get'm he's a biggun".....very nice triple cat action a 22, 34, and 40 lber....not to far we ended up fishing a total of 3 hrs catching 2 more nice cats in the upper 20's.
We start earlier the next day and did run into to two nice cats while drifting a deep scour hole on Wheeler, one would have been a excellent tournament fish since we got the new 34inch rule, now the under size fish make a huge difference in a tournament...this cat was a true fatty at 32inches long weighing 28 lbs...we took a lunch break and headed back to the are where we had done so well the day before.....we struggled until the afternoon only catching a 10 pounder, but we stuck it out and the generation got about right around 4:30 and the fish turned on....we hit a very nice double at 36 and 32 lbs, a bit further down in the hole and the old pole goes to bending slowly to the water, the further, and I said that's going to be him (100+) you never know....but Ken did great and slowly let the fish steer him around tiring out the both of them, all the while I was filming the action with my droid, I see another rod getting reeled up in the back of the boat and I say you've got one dont you, and we aren't sure as the blue is swimming straight for the boat, after a short battle he surface's with a splash near the boat and it's a 47 lb tank....Meanwhile on rod number one this fish swims close to the other fish and doesn't care for the comotion and takes off for another run and then some surface splashing of his own, turns out to be another long, lean fish....which weighed 65 lbs, but had the length to push 80+
Both days combined we fished a total of 11 hours catching a 65,47,40,36,34,32, 28, 28, 26, 24, 22, and 10 pounds....all fish were 40-48ft deep drifting fresh skipjack.
Hey and if anyone wants to get out now seem's to be a good time for a evening trip
Thanks to my Sponsors
Monster Rod Holders, Team Catfish, TTI Blakemore, and Drop-N-Stay
It's been awhile since I've posted a report anywhere, turns out I have been fishing quite a bit lately...I thought I'll post a report on my wife's new laptop....I have a smartphone, but our home computer is about shot...so I guess that's my best excuse for not posting much lately.
9-9-11
Round 1
My In-laws were camping out and I took the boat along for some fishing on Friday afternoon after work....I stayed out with all three of my boys Jackson, Josh, and Jared about 2 hours before we ran back to the campground for some supper. We ended up catching 4 nice cats Jackson hooked into a healthy 49 lbr while fighting that fish another rod goes down and I grab it thinking it's a fish, but turns out it was hung so I backed off the drag and put it back into the rod holder...after we got Jacksons fish in the boat I trolled back towards the rod that was hung only to feel a tug on the line...I let Josh reel this one in, which turned out to be a 20 lb Flathead, Next it's Jared's turn and he cranks in a nice 26 lb Blue....Later Josh get's a eater all of maybe 8 lbs to round off the afternoon
Round 2
After we eat I decide to go back out since the bite seemed to be on and try a little nite fishing....this time it was just Me and Jackson....Jackson fell asleep after a little while of no bites so I had all the fun, first fish was a fiesty 20lber, next one I upsized to a nice 44 lb blue, well by this time I'm tired as well and near the edge of the channel where I was planning on ending my drift, when I hook into a hawg....yes it's been awhile since I've caught a hog, but in the back of my mind I was thinking this fish could be the one (100+?)...it was most definately having it's way with me for awhile....I woke Jackson up by hollering at him to get the net, the fished turned out to be a very long and lean blue that tipped the scales at 61lbs.
Trip total was 61,49,44,26,24,20, and 8 pounds.. not bad for 4 hrs....all caught drifting frozen cut skipjack in the main channel 40-47 ft deep.
9-10-11
Two of my boys had soccer games the next day, and I'm a MS State Graduate....So I was hoping to get to see some butt kickings on all the fields, but guess what everyone lost...So I couldn't think of a better way to lift my spirits but by catching a few Monster Cats. I wanted to try some new water first about 4 miles from the place we caught fish the previous evening...This time Jackson stayed at the camper playing with Bream and Crickets, so I let the younger boys catch the cats....Not long after we stop for our first drift a rod really takes a dive with drag peeling action involved, thanks to my Monster Rod Holders I can feel safe that my boys can catch these cats and that my equipment is safe....Josh fights this fish awhile, before we can see it I know it's a "Good Old Big Un" after we finally net and weigh it turns out to be his new PB at 58 pounds...after a long drift another rod goes down and Jared catches a new PB at 36 pounds.....later on we move down to the honey hole only to find that the fish weren't cooperating but I did manage to entice a 40 lb blue into the boat.......the bite was definately slower than the afternoon before, but with a 5 and 6 year old in the boat, it's kinda hard to get too serious about it.
9-12-11 & 9-13-11
I took out some guys from South GA that had fished with me twice before, last time they brought along a buddy who caught most of the "Big Old Good Un's", including a 63 and a 68 lber...so this time they left him at home....we started fishing late on the first evening and it didn't take long to find the blues and when we did boy was it on.....I say there goes one give him a minute let him hook-up alright get'm, then i look to the back of the boat and say hey that rod's hooked up get'm get'm....as we are netting the first one I turn and another rod is goin to town "get'm he's a biggun".....very nice triple cat action a 22, 34, and 40 lber....not to far we ended up fishing a total of 3 hrs catching 2 more nice cats in the upper 20's.
We start earlier the next day and did run into to two nice cats while drifting a deep scour hole on Wheeler, one would have been a excellent tournament fish since we got the new 34inch rule, now the under size fish make a huge difference in a tournament...this cat was a true fatty at 32inches long weighing 28 lbs...we took a lunch break and headed back to the are where we had done so well the day before.....we struggled until the afternoon only catching a 10 pounder, but we stuck it out and the generation got about right around 4:30 and the fish turned on....we hit a very nice double at 36 and 32 lbs, a bit further down in the hole and the old pole goes to bending slowly to the water, the further, and I said that's going to be him (100+) you never know....but Ken did great and slowly let the fish steer him around tiring out the both of them, all the while I was filming the action with my droid, I see another rod getting reeled up in the back of the boat and I say you've got one dont you, and we aren't sure as the blue is swimming straight for the boat, after a short battle he surface's with a splash near the boat and it's a 47 lb tank....Meanwhile on rod number one this fish swims close to the other fish and doesn't care for the comotion and takes off for another run and then some surface splashing of his own, turns out to be another long, lean fish....which weighed 65 lbs, but had the length to push 80+
Both days combined we fished a total of 11 hours catching a 65,47,40,36,34,32, 28, 28, 26, 24, 22, and 10 pounds....all fish were 40-48ft deep drifting fresh skipjack.
Hey and if anyone wants to get out now seem's to be a good time for a evening trip
Thanks to my Sponsors
Monster Rod Holders, Team Catfish, TTI Blakemore, and Drop-N-Stay
