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A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - idahoron - 04-20-2014 I got off late on Thursday and headed out. A storm hit that night and the weather get pretty bumpy. I Started fishing Friday morning and knew it would be a tough day. I hit the water hard and was rewarded with 8 cats. I kept 4 that were between 22 and 26 inches. I don't normally keep them over 24 but I had a feeling I needed to adjust or I wasn't taking home any fillets. I fished for 12 hours and I was a little bummed. Saturday morning it was cold and I headed out. I knew a spot that was off the beaten path and I hoped that they were there. I cast out and they were both on in moments. It kept that up for the next 4 hours. At noon I had been fishing for 4 hours and I had fished about 200 yards. I had 27 cats and 7 were between 28 and 30 inches. I kept 5 smaller ones and called it a day at noon. One of my highest per hour rates on cats. Ron [signature] Re: [idahoron] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - windriver - 04-20-2014 Wow those are nice. Thanks for the report. Windriver [signature] Re: [windriver] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - Tazasorus - 04-21-2014 Wow! Nice kitties Ron! Fish fry at your house? [signature] Re: [idahoron] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - Bigtrout5 - 04-21-2014 Too cool! That is on my list of things to do this year, catch my first Channel Cat. I did get my first catfish ever a couple weeks ago at Cove Arm, two Bullheads. You are the Cat King! That is amazing! [signature] Re: [idahoron] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - drowning_flys - 04-21-2014 Fantastic fish Ron [cool] [signature] Re: [Tazasorus] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - idahoron - 04-21-2014 A real small fish fry. I only kept 9 fish this time. I try to keep only males and I also try to keep only fish under 24" but I had to break those rules a little because most of the fish were over 26" and I did keep 3 females. Ron [signature] Re: [drowning_flys] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - idahoron - 04-21-2014 I did get some nice ones. I have a few on video that I didn't take pictures of so after I get the videos up you will have to see them. Ron [signature] Re: [idahoron] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - drowning_flys - 04-21-2014 Cool Ron looking forward to it [cool] [signature] Re: [idahoron] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - CoyoteSpinner - 04-21-2014 Nice going. Mind if I ask - what's your bait of choice? Rigging? Some sweet kitties indeed Ron. See, now this is why we can't have you in the Utah Cat Contest - the southern boyz would never stand a chance. Oh wait - that's already true! Busy Busy. Bet your arms were tired after all that tussling! I need a day like that. Re: [CoyoteSpinner] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - idahoron - 04-22-2014 My bait of choice is Cut trout, hatchery morts to be exact. They are more oily than others. My rigging is a circle hook 4/0 with a couple of split shot above the leader. I don't like a lot of weight in the pontoon. Just enough to settle it to the bottom. I got a couple videos's up on youtube. http://youtu.be/2rHwTyZwFXk http://youtu.be/nd5HGcWhlNQ [signature] Re: [idahoron] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - Idaho - 04-22-2014 Nice Cats! Nothing, I enjoy more than a good cat fight! Sweet and battered... Idaho [signature] Re: [idahoron] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - curt69 - 04-22-2014 Thanks for the great post . [signature] Re: [Idaho] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - CoyoteSpinner - 04-22-2014 [quote Idaho]Nice Cats! Nothing, I enjoy more than a good cat fight! Idaho[/quote] You'd probably like this then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6erUBMtV2g Thanks Ron. You and your Idaho baits... Thanks for posting the Toon Tubes. Re: [CoyoteSpinner] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - idahoron - 04-22-2014 Can't you guys use cut bait? Ron [signature] Re: [idahoron] A trip to the cat house on Easter weekend - Idaho - 04-22-2014 Heck, Brownlee Cats? Friend caught Bigger. He would relief him self . And, taught me how to catch cats. Never tasted better. Or, Questioned. May, you rest in peace. Pete. Boise Idaho [signature]