06-02-2024, 03:54 AM
Good on you guys, glad you found some cats. I was there today as well. Arrived at 6:30 but had to leave for home duties at 9:30. I headed for the Knolls (7 miles?) and fished near shore and in deeper water... nothing, not even anything on radar. Lots of carp and white bass but no big red blobs on the bottom. Water temps were 64-5 on the open sea and 67-8 closer to shore. I gave up and headed back to the mouth of Benjamin Slough and worked up stream to a depth of about one foot, anchored up and tried near the rushes... nothing interested in my offerings so after losing a couple of hooks to the submerged frags I was ready to move out deeper. While I was anchored, I watched three pairs of geese with small litters of 4-6 younguns' in tow. Why the small hatch? Probably due to the racoons, foxes, skunks and mink that frequent the shores but I preferred to believe it was because the young were taken by big catfish... maybe even 36-inch catfish. I may have to contact Tube Dude and see if he can make up a flig-type lure in a duckling or gosling form...
Good day to be out on the water just not a good day for catchin'... for me.
Lots of youngsters fishing the channel with moms and dads and I hope they were able to find some fish. 
Hopefully the cattin' will just get better as the weather warms. 
Good day to be out on the water just not a good day for catchin'... for me.
Lots of youngsters fishing the channel with moms and dads and I hope they were able to find some fish. Hopefully the cattin' will just get better as the weather warms.