06-04-2016, 08:47 PM
I finally got a chance to head over to cutler to try to put a fish or two on the catfish contest scoreboard. My son and I launched the boat and met up with lavaman at around 8:30 pm to head down lake to a few favorite holes.
About a mile and a half into the boat run we came across a boat that had a seized engine. It had three teenage boys on board and one of them had just bought the boat and it was out for its maiden run. We towed them back to the boat launch and turned around for another boat run down lake.
We got to our first spot and Derek (lavaman) soon caught the first fish.....a 10" bullhead. After fishing that first spot for an hour and a half and with myself only catching one 22"-24" cat, we decided to pull up and head to another favorite hole. Once there, I quickly nailed a feisty 24" kitty and then for the next several hours it was bite after bite after bite for the three of us. we ended up with 7 in the cooler and another 3-4 released. If we would have caught all of them that got off or did the "pop and drop" we would have probably tripled that number.
The big fish of the night was a 27 1/2" mama that I caught. Problem is.......I forgot to print off my contest BFT paper and didn't realize until I was almost to the marina![mad] After discussing the situation with Derek, he suggested that we use his contest paper and he will chime in with a disclaimer that I'm the one who actually caught it and see if the contest administrator will count it for me. I guess we will find out!
Anyway, it was an absolutely beautiful, peaceful night night on the water and I had great company with my son and lavaman! The Stars were absolutely amazing and the marsh sounds were awesome. I'm really looking forward to another trip out there now.
BTW, we were fishing in about 1- 1 1/2' of water just off the main channel and used fresh cut carp meat shot earlier in the day.
The time got away from us and before we knew it the clock said 4:00 am! Time flies when you're having fun! Derek's wife is the one who reminded us of the time with a welfare check call to her hubby to see if he was still "above the sod" so we called it a night and raced back to the boat launch in total darkness except for the light from a couple of high power flashlights.....exhilarating!![cool]
I was planning to stay a little longer and then swing by Newton reservoir to sample the bass and bluegill fishing, but felt like I should get back over to Garden City due to the majority of our EMTs being out of town and the tourists flooding the town for the weekend. I had only been home for 15 minutes and had just layed down to get a few hours of sleep when my pager went off and I had to respond to a cardiac arrest. Crappy way to end an otherwise great evening/morning.[:/]
Ok Jeff, can I count this fish or do I need to try again??
Mike
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About a mile and a half into the boat run we came across a boat that had a seized engine. It had three teenage boys on board and one of them had just bought the boat and it was out for its maiden run. We towed them back to the boat launch and turned around for another boat run down lake.
We got to our first spot and Derek (lavaman) soon caught the first fish.....a 10" bullhead. After fishing that first spot for an hour and a half and with myself only catching one 22"-24" cat, we decided to pull up and head to another favorite hole. Once there, I quickly nailed a feisty 24" kitty and then for the next several hours it was bite after bite after bite for the three of us. we ended up with 7 in the cooler and another 3-4 released. If we would have caught all of them that got off or did the "pop and drop" we would have probably tripled that number.
The big fish of the night was a 27 1/2" mama that I caught. Problem is.......I forgot to print off my contest BFT paper and didn't realize until I was almost to the marina![mad] After discussing the situation with Derek, he suggested that we use his contest paper and he will chime in with a disclaimer that I'm the one who actually caught it and see if the contest administrator will count it for me. I guess we will find out!
Anyway, it was an absolutely beautiful, peaceful night night on the water and I had great company with my son and lavaman! The Stars were absolutely amazing and the marsh sounds were awesome. I'm really looking forward to another trip out there now.
BTW, we were fishing in about 1- 1 1/2' of water just off the main channel and used fresh cut carp meat shot earlier in the day.
The time got away from us and before we knew it the clock said 4:00 am! Time flies when you're having fun! Derek's wife is the one who reminded us of the time with a welfare check call to her hubby to see if he was still "above the sod" so we called it a night and raced back to the boat launch in total darkness except for the light from a couple of high power flashlights.....exhilarating!![cool]
I was planning to stay a little longer and then swing by Newton reservoir to sample the bass and bluegill fishing, but felt like I should get back over to Garden City due to the majority of our EMTs being out of town and the tourists flooding the town for the weekend. I had only been home for 15 minutes and had just layed down to get a few hours of sleep when my pager went off and I had to respond to a cardiac arrest. Crappy way to end an otherwise great evening/morning.[:/]
Ok Jeff, can I count this fish or do I need to try again??
Mike
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