More Cats on the Grand

[trapshooter]

With all the cat reports coming in from the Grand River lately, I knew I had to give it a shot. Perfect timing with a trip home to S. Ontario this week.

 

I arranged a guided day on the Grand River with Steve Piggott (smithville-fisher) who runs Angler's Way Guide Service. Steve is a great guy to fish with... very knowledgeable and friendly. He walked me through all things Cat fishing related.

 

We had a great day out there, landing double digit cats with most being in the 8-12lb range.

 

Within 5 mins of setting up I hear Steve yell... "There's a cat" and I stepped into my first Channel Catfish ever.

 

 

 

Steve tying into one.

 

 

Double. About 20 mins into the day.

 

 

More cats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve's rig. Pretty much my dream boat. 20' Lund Alaskan Tiler, 90HP.

 

 

The last fish of the day turned out to be the kicker! 17.3lbs on the digital scale

 

 

 

Thanks, Steve, for an amazing day out there.

[ciceri]

Those are some nice fish, congrats.

[irishfield]

From Ice to Nice ! Can't beat that Ben. Enjoy your quick trip thru while you wait for the ice to melt at camp.

[hammercarp]

Nice fish and great pictures too.

[Fudd]

Some really great pics and fish there.. congrats mate on a top day.

[richyb]

Sweet cats !

[Greencoachdog]

Roight noice fesh eh!!!

 

Those big'uns would be much harder to catch if y'all would eat them as quick as you catch them... doncha yanno!!!

 

Do I need to post a tutorial on how to clean and skin them???

[solopaddler]

Nicely done Ben. Check your pm's

[HTHM]

Roight noice fesh eh!!!

 

Those big'uns would be much harder to catch if y'all would eat them as quick as you catch them... doncha yanno!!!

 

Do I need to post a tutorial on how to clean and skin them???

ANything over 7 pounds out of that water it is not a good idea to eat. However a cleaning tutorial would be welcome.

[mattyk]

great report, thanks for sharing!

[Jen]

Awesome trip report...

 

Cheers

Jen

[T.Barry]

Nice meeting you on the water Ben. Steve Piggot sure knows his way with the cats. With the strong east winds the fishing was a little slow but still some nice cats. Our biggest of the day were two 19 lbers not caught by me LOL!!!

Edited April 14, 2009 by T.Barry

[trapshooter]

Yeah, nice to meet up with you guys as well. Two 19's is awesome!! Steve is a great guy to fish with, not to mention that nice live sucker he tossed you guys. Class act for sure.

[spyder3g]

Are they edible?

[trapshooter]

Anything is edible, I guess. I wouldn't keep one myself, especially not a big one. Lots of ppl. eat catfish though.