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Catfish @ HUmber Bay Park.


gforce

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Hi All,

 

Was @ HBPE at the footbridge again. Was fishing worms for cats with coopdog and ilikefish.

 

Caught a lot of 1 lb'ers in the past week.

 

This was our best night! We all caught a fish, myself 2!

 

Hooked into a big one and thought it was a carp.. Did not see it for a good 5 minutes and it was quite the battle.

 

Was using my light tackle w/20 lb P.P. with a floating jig, worm and bell shaped weight.

 

Finally raised it and it was a big catfish.

 

Did not weigh or measure, sorry.

 

It was probably 18-22" long and i guessed it about to be 10-15 lbs. I am 6'6", if that helps.

 

This thing put any carp I have caught to shame!

 

GO CAT FISHIN' TODAY

 

Check it out!

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Guest Johnny Bass

I'm sure that was a pleasent surprise!!! Nice cat!Yes Channel cats are great scrappers. Hook one in deep water and you will have a hard time bringing it up!!!

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Wow. That's a big cat. I didn't know there were any channel cats in Lake O near Toronto. First time I've seen/heard of one being caught. Normally its just lots of 1-3lb Bullhead Catfish. When I saw the pic at first I thought you had a record Bullhead - but I think I can see a forked tail so must be a channel cat I guess.

 

Congrats and thanks for sharing. Always nice to see new species in the GTA that I didn't know were there.

 

007

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Wow. That's a big cat. I didn't know there were any channel cats in Lake O near Toronto. First time I've seen/heard of one being caught. Normally its just lots of 1-3lb Bullhead Catfish. When I saw the pic at first I thought you had a record Bullhead - but I think I can see a forked tail so must be a channel cat I guess.

 

I know, It doesn't look like a channel catfish to me. :P If that was a Bullhead then that would of killed the old record.

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I'm guessing that not too many people try to get the Bullhead record, as I think in Ontario it is 2.37lbs and there are plenty of them at the T.O Islands bigger than that. I was with a friend last year when he caught a Bullhead that weighed over 3lbs - a record fish i guess - but back it went to fight another day without a thought to recording it. That said I don't think Bullheads can grow to the size of g-force's fish can they?

 

If that is a bullhead then its an unbelievable size - that's why I'm guessing it is a channel cat despite the very brown appearance. Would have been easier to identify if you could see the forked tail properly.

 

Great fish though whatever it is!

 

007

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Amazing catch! when you mean foot bridge, do you mean that metal walk way in the area that like separated into many sections??? I was just there a few days ago and the end closest to the parking lot is covered in weeds and duck droppings so nasty there now. Before it was clean and clear what happended?

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