06-12-2013, 02:35 AM
[quote Boatloadakids]Can't find the big ones.
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Don't need any input from you guys up north -- not sure I can take another year of bragging and gloating If you happen to luck out and win the cat contest again. [frown]
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Oh carp! And I was SO winding up as I read your post![:p]
I was just gonna say ya gotta fish farther north, head to the north end up UL, and keep on going!
StegoKitty! I think you've gotta find the old ones!
I think UL has more of a shore, and the main body of the lake drops off and gets deeper. While Cutler has a lot more consistently shallow water 4-8' of muddy bottom blues. Except the channels where it's deeper, or certain locations, bridges - where it drops more. Both lakes are similar in having large expanses of open water.
I don't know if I'm right or wrong, but I prefer to fish the edges - especially this time of year. Up against the reeds mister!
I especially target pockets, back into seriously sick shallow water. Kinda water if you were float tubing - you'd be walking in the mud. My rig I can still float in 1ft of water.
Love structure if I can find it. Lots of logs and jams around. River is different - there it's breaks in current, or even off the river back into the sloughs. Actually found some of my biggest off the river than on. But the arms, the pockets, places where waters connect. Lots of times at the edge of a back channel - they seem to be on cruise control.
And there's the bigger baits bigger fish notion. I think alot of my missed ones were tied to having such a big bait on a relatively small hook. I could, should try to use double, triple rigs. But I don't like when a big fish swallows it deep. Find I hook more lips with bobbers. More gulps and guts on the bottom, runner pole.
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I think this was a 25"incher (or was is 25#[
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The bigger ones are too hard on my wimpy electric knife. I most prefer the 3-4lbers, decent size filet, good fight. The 1 footers are barely big enough to be worth a filet. But once your into cats over 2ft, they probably do more to keep swimmimg.
But really - think about how big a hunk of chicken liver a snoot like that could suck up! I couldn't even enter it in the contest, already had it beat, no bump. [cool][
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[inline "Stego Kat.jpg"]
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Don't need any input from you guys up north -- not sure I can take another year of bragging and gloating If you happen to luck out and win the cat contest again. [frown]
BLK[/quote]
Oh carp! And I was SO winding up as I read your post![:p]
I was just gonna say ya gotta fish farther north, head to the north end up UL, and keep on going!
StegoKitty! I think you've gotta find the old ones!
I think UL has more of a shore, and the main body of the lake drops off and gets deeper. While Cutler has a lot more consistently shallow water 4-8' of muddy bottom blues. Except the channels where it's deeper, or certain locations, bridges - where it drops more. Both lakes are similar in having large expanses of open water.
I don't know if I'm right or wrong, but I prefer to fish the edges - especially this time of year. Up against the reeds mister!
I especially target pockets, back into seriously sick shallow water. Kinda water if you were float tubing - you'd be walking in the mud. My rig I can still float in 1ft of water.
Love structure if I can find it. Lots of logs and jams around. River is different - there it's breaks in current, or even off the river back into the sloughs. Actually found some of my biggest off the river than on. But the arms, the pockets, places where waters connect. Lots of times at the edge of a back channel - they seem to be on cruise control.
And there's the bigger baits bigger fish notion. I think alot of my missed ones were tied to having such a big bait on a relatively small hook. I could, should try to use double, triple rigs. But I don't like when a big fish swallows it deep. Find I hook more lips with bobbers. More gulps and guts on the bottom, runner pole.
[inline "Jaws of Life.jpg"]
I think this was a 25"incher (or was is 25#[
]) The bigger ones are too hard on my wimpy electric knife. I most prefer the 3-4lbers, decent size filet, good fight. The 1 footers are barely big enough to be worth a filet. But once your into cats over 2ft, they probably do more to keep swimmimg.
But really - think about how big a hunk of chicken liver a snoot like that could suck up! I couldn't even enter it in the contest, already had it beat, no bump. [cool][
]Quote: TD sez he's seen themDude - I think you misspelled that. I'm guessing you really meant 20", not 20#. Now if they were netting the Bear Refuge, I could see that. [pirate][shocked]
[#0000ff] bring in cats over 20# in their nets[/#0000ff]