Minnow Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kulik Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Nice Cats-they put up a nice fight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramble Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Those are some healthy lookin cats. Congrats on a good day fishing. -R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Hey Minnow, thats awesome, I always wanted to catch me some of those cats. Very well done and thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherof3 Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 nice ones,congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinS Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 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!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Can't beat a day out with Grandpa and some good size fish to boot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 nice bottom feeders!! seems by the reports their are tons of em in dunnville! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Great report!! Awesome pics!! Some really nice looking cats there...and glad to see the sucker came in handy too...LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 nice lookin fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef Runner Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Good day to spend time with Gramps, nice report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuchikubo Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Nice report and good to hear the day was a good one for both of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhunter Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Simply put AWESOME! I gotta try that some day! Those fish sure do look healthy and strong... musta been a riot! HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Can't beat a day out with Grandpa and some good size fish to boot! Exactly what I was thinking. Great report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdotfisherman Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Great report and nice pics.. it's refreshing to see something other then a steelhead report.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlich Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster4 Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 nice cats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmls Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan's Jane Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 What a great day for you with your Grandpa...enjoyed your report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Nice work buddy! And you didn't even have to go far to get 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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