rhare Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 I spent the weekend down in Niagara hoping to get back into some good steelhead. Well the weather had other plans. Rain and wind made a mess of the river and it filled with ice Saturday. We vegged in the hotel and planned on playing it safe and going cat'in the next day in the Grand river. My friend Paul from Cast Adventures had the day off guiding the Niagara with the crappy conditions so we twisted his rubber arm and took him out for the day of fishing where he just got to fish!. What a blast we had! Its been a couple years since I have fished for catfish but what a great time. We landed around 25-30 and lost many more. Eventually we ran out of cut bait. Dan was the cat whisperer for the day and landed most of the big ones. Here's a few pics of the cats. Cat man Dan me with one of my only picture worthy fish Paul with a good one! Paul hamming it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuNnYoOzE Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 sweet fish! although this may sound stupid but all Ive ever used was night crawlers for cats! what is cut-bait>? lol I told you it was a n00b question but is it just hunks of fish? sorry Atleast im honest ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhare Posted April 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 sweet fish! although this may sound stupid but all Ive ever used was night crawlers for cats! what is cut-bait>? lol I told you it was a n00b question but is it just hunks of fish? sorry Atleast im honest ! No worries thats what these boards are all about LEARNING cut bait is strips or chunks of dead bait fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuchikubo Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Nice cats!! I hope our outing with Steve in a couple of weeks will be productive too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 WOW!!!! those are some big kitties for sure Paul's cat on the third pic is a hog..... BIG gut It sure looks like you guys had a blast but looks a little chilly out there Great job you guys and thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitespinnerbait Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Dem Der cats qualify for Monster Status in my books.... :worthy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centerpin_drift Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 nice fish ryan, good to see the weather didnt completely ruin your plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookslav Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Nice Cats, Those would tug your line pretty good for sure. man does that water look brown? blown out real good, but then again I suppose thats were the cats thrive. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 ryan....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing 24/7 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SSSSSSSSSSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siwash Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Interestig... It's odd that so few people in Ontario target cats... In the states there's a cult following this looks to be a pretty good fishery... Are many people fishing for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuNnYoOzE Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 (edited) Interestig... It's odd that so few people in Ontario target cats... In the states there's a cult following this looks to be a pretty good fishery... Are many people fishing for them? they are athletes in the water I admire Cats for their fight and the smaller 1's taste good beer battered and fried yummy Edited April 7, 2009 by fishinFanatic69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhare Posted April 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 I'm glad you guys had a great day, I would have fished longer, but I gave you one of three sucker and I ran out of bait.You know when the Niagara river is bad when you see five or six steel header catching cats. Nice meeting you Steve, and thanks for the meat! Man did you put a hurting on them out there!!!! If your looking to have a good time catching cats give steve a call http://www.anglersway.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chukkk Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 No worries thats what these boards are all about LEARNING cut bait is strips or chunks of dead bait fish. I have received some great tips and read the board constantly and the advice is very much appreciated. That being said how do you rig up the line for the like hook placement and sinker placement. I would think they are right on the bottom. I plan on taking a charter with Steve a little later on to learn about them but would appreciate any tips in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben306 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chukkk Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 I use 1oz egg sinker ,swivel,10" leader and #1 or #2 circle hooks. Thanks very much for the info s'ville. It helps a lot do you have the leader come right off the sinker ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapshooter Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Niiiiice Ryan! Awesome pictures. You guys laid a hurting on those cats. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyfish Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Where do you guys buy sucker bait?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philly86 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 nice piggies man! nice meeting u on the grand, i've seen u guys on the niagara too, its too bad it was blown this weekend, was planning on gettin out too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shayne Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Steve at fishmasters usually has it!! He didn't have any today, but was getting some in near future! Great guy by the way!! Shayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhare Posted April 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 nice piggies man! nice meeting u on the grand, i've seen u guys on the niagara too, its too bad it was blown this weekend, was planning on gettin out too. Nice meeting you too, cats are fun but they just arn't steel!!! Thanks for keeping us on the river for a bit longer too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Great report. Too bad about the Niagara being a washout, but that's the chances you take with that river. Nice big cats for sure, well done Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibbs Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Nice Job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philly86 Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Nice meeting you too, cats are fun but they just arn't steel!!! Thanks for keeping us on the river for a bit longer too! no probs man, if u ever wanna know conditions before making the drive down and finding the river mud just shoot me a pm too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Fantastic outing for sure! That's one species I've never targeted...and seeing all these reports makes me want to go out at least once to target them. thanks for the report and pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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