Grand River Channel Cats!

[Minnow]

Hey guys

 

Headed out yesterday in hope of some steelhead but all I ended up with was this HUGE sucker! Not as bad as it sounds since that sucker was put to good use today!

 

 

 

Today got up early and headed to the Dunnville Dam in search of some big channel cats!

 

Launched the boat and was on the water by 9:30 AM and cut up the sucker from the previous day and used huge chunks of meat on 5/0 hook with a 2 oz sinker in the current. I had 50 lb braid with a 30 lb florocarbon leader. Cast out the huge rig on my Ugly Stick Catfish Specialty rod and waited a total of about 5 min until something smacked the bait and started to take line, FISH ON and its a nice one wasn't a long fight though since my equipment could probably land 100 lb catfish but still a nice fight. Not a giant but a good one I rebaited and cast out again and not 5 min and Fish on AGAIN! This time a nicer one so I hand the rod to my grandpa to fight the fish and he was impressed with the power of these cats! This kind of action continued for about 2 hour and landed 8 big channel cats! After that all we were getting were little guys which were 1-3 lb range. Overall counting the smaller catfish landed about 20 catfish between me and my grandpa which is not a bad day on the water especially when its a weekday! Here are the pics of a few of the fish!

 

 

 

 

[Mark Kulik]

Nice Cats-they put up a nice fight!

[Ramble]

Those are some healthy lookin cats. Congrats on a good day fishing.

 

-R-

[Victor]

great way to spend the weekday! those are some nice sized cat, must have been fun hauling them in.

 

for that sucker to turn into a steel, i think you need to slant your hat alittle more

[Dano]

Hey Minnow, thats awesome, I always wanted to catch me some of those cats. Very well done and thanks for the report.

[fatherof3]

nice ones,congrats

[FinS]

fantastic

[sonny]

MAKING MEMORIES!!! Fishing with family is truly a time to cherish,,,good to hear ya got into em!! pretty hard not to,,,there' hitting hard down there!!

[irishfield]

Can't beat a day out with Grandpa and some good size fish to boot!

[Gerritt]

nice bottom feeders!! seems by the reports their are tons of em in dunnville!

 

G

[Roy]

Beautiful report there Minnow. A great day on the water with grand dad. Can't beat that.....cherish those times Bud. Good move on recycling that sucker too.

[ccmtcanada]

Great report!! Awesome pics!!

 

Some really nice looking cats there...and glad to see the sucker came in handy too...LOL.

[mattyk]

nice lookin fish

[Reef Runner]

Good day to spend time with Gramps, nice report.

[wuchikubo]

Nice report and good to hear the day was a good one for both of you.

[Headhunter]

Simply put AWESOME! I gotta try that some day! Those fish sure do look healthy and strong... musta been a riot!

HH

[fishnsled]

Can't beat a day out with Grandpa and some good size fish to boot!

 

Exactly what I was thinking. Great report!

[tdotfisherman]

Great report and nice pics.. it's refreshing to see something other then a steelhead report..

[Arlich]

Great cats! Hopin to find some in/around Cayuga. Had some luck in past years near the islands. Good to see the Grand healthy. Thanks for the report!

[bassmaster4]

nice cats!

[jdmls]

yet another awesome cat report from the grand....I really have never got into them that size before but judging by the sheer size and muscle they pack, these things must bulldog like no other...... I just made sense of relating a catfish to a bulldog some how LOL

 

Nice report.....

Edited April 19, 2008 by jdmls

[Tarzan's Jane]

What a great day for you with your Grandpa...enjoyed your report.

[Rich]

Nice work buddy! And you didn't even have to go far to get 'em.