The fourth episode... Les Chats de la Grand

[Fisherpete]

Low winds... 19 degrees... 4 freshly caught and diced up suckers... sounds like catfishing time to me!

 

My son Fishernick felt it prudent to join me on a non-school nature-based field trip, and we were accompanied by fellow OFC member Johnny Bass, who had the urge to catch his first channel cat in a long while. Johnny, it was great to meet and fish with you... my son had a great time and you certainly helped keep him entertained during the slower periods of the day. We will do it again for sure!

 

Great fishing chat on the drive down led to a missed exit... or two... and a minor 60km detour LMAO... but we still got on the water just after 9am. I guaranteed (to Johnny's horror) that we would surely get into the cats today... and also that we would have the first one landed by 10am... the kiss of death? Methinks not, although I almost missed that 10am target. With seven minutes to spare, the first kitten purred for us. We started catching fish at a steady pace, not fast and furious by any means, but consistent enough for the next few hours. There were a few other boats out there, and we only saw one cat get caught by them, so we felt ok about our results. A new species was also caught for Nick and I, the famous Sheepshead! They certainly are scrappy buggers, and not nearly as ugly as I had thought... the purple-blue iridescent head was pretty cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnny finally got the skunk off mid afternoon... we had all been using the exact same setups, right down to the hooks, but for some reason they had avoided his bait until around 4pm. The only difference was that his fishing rod was 7' while Nick's and mine were 10'... I think the longer rods make it a bit easier to see the hits when the rods are in the holders.

 

 

 

 

After that one, Nick struggled a bit but reeled in his new PB, a chunky 32" cat! Any OFC teams looking for a new teammate to add some inches? TOO BAD he is loyal to Rippin' Weeds!!! Hahahahaha!!! This thing had a MASSIVE head on it. And hahahahaha I just saw the chocolate pudding all over Nick's upper lip... maybe that was his secret weapon!!!!! Try it, people!!!

 

 

 

 

 

And the catching continued...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the sun began to set, the excitement of "the witching hour" set in... and the cats did NOT dissapoint. The next hour was unbelievable, with Johnny catching 5 cats on the same hunk of mangled bait at one point (two of which were pigs), I caught the big fish of the day at 33", and the night ending with Nick and I having a crazy double header in the dark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final tally : New daily record of 20 cats + 1 bonus Sheepshead... a great new friend, one super happy kid and some spectacular fishing memories that will never be forgotten. Is this not what fishing is all about?

Edited April 21, 2010 by Fisherpete

[The Urban Fisherman]

Dude the pictures of that young guy put the biggest smile on my face! Absolutely awesome! You guys rocked 'em! Good Job!

 

Cheers,

Ryan

[Lunkerhunter]

looks like a pretty awesome day on the water man!

 

thanks for taking the time to share the pics

[fish-miester]

beauty report guys

[highdrifter]

Absolutely awesome!!

 

The third pudding shot is priceless.. Just lookit that gape man!

 

cheers

HD

[bigugli]

That is how one bonds with one's child. Ta heck with school. Father son/daughter time is important.The tings memories are made of.

 

Besides you can learn more outdoors just observing than you can in a stuffy classroom.

[young_one]

Thanks for posting, looks like a banner day on the Grand! I can see the kid does not mind the slim all over him.

I hope no body in the boat messed up the container for snack and sucker chunks.

[tightline]

Stellar day on the water boys...I can tell you right now there'd be 3 big kids in the boat smilin like Jackasses after a day like that if it were me and my pals

[TC1OZ]

EPIC REPORT!

 

Your kid is awesome! I bet you are one proud dad! You made my day!

[danbouck]

 

Awesome

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Was definitely one for the memory books! Best day of channel cat fishing ever for me too. I really liked fighting those big cats on the 7 foot rod, though I did hear a crack when I was muscling one in.

 

It was great meeting Pete and his son Nick. Had a blast and yes, we gotta do it again soon!!

 

For any of you guys that haven't gotten out there yet, you guys are missing out. The action is hot!

[Roy]

Pete, Nick and Johnny, great report. Thanks for showing us the kitties.

[alphaalpha]

Great day on the water! thanks for the report

[glen]

Great report. Johnny Cat.

[MCTFisher9120]

Great job for sure!!

[TJQ]

Thats a great report!!! Thanks!

[OhioFisherman]

Great report! Cats can be fun, a good way to keep things interesting for a kid, or adult.