2016 Catfish Contest GAARDVARK

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My first of the year, so going to score it.
24" Channel Cat
Cutler Marsh
2 pics, one fish for clarity.

[#00bf00]Nice job and good to see ya on the board this year.. 24 points...[/#00bf00]
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[gaardvark]

I think I am doing this wrong. This may take a lead, but not the one I want. I joined my son and his scout friends at sundown, and the bite was on. This one tried to get the bait in his mouth, but only pushed it up the shank. The worm was too big.

Bullhead catfish.
Cutler Marsh
1/8 oz jighead with nightcrawler
3 whole inches.

[#00bf00]Okay I'm going to fine tune how we score the smallest, since I'm thinking we're getting close to how low can you go.. I'm going to call it to the nearest 1/4" and this one is 3.25 points from what I can see... New leader in the small department.. Good job...[/#00bf00]
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[Halfastfisher]

Hey way to go, that is my sized fish.
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[gaardvark]

Thanks, I first caught a 4-incher, and thought I better measure it. Then I got this one. Not a lot of pride going on here. I was hoping to catch a carp for bait, or I'd normally have had a bait as big or bigger than this little guy. I guess that is one reason I like fishing a place like Cutler. You never know what you will catch. I have caught green sunfish, bluegill, yellow perch, largemouth bass, bullheads, channel cats, carp, suckers and crawdads in this spot. Bullheads, carp and channel cats are the most common though.
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[Boatloadakids]

So... pending Jeff's official acceptance of your score, you are in first place for the smallest fish prize. Your 3 incher smashes the previous top (bottom?) score of 4 1/2 inches. I am certain Jeff will gladly confirm your score to remove the monkey (bullhead) from his back. Again, the north continues to dominate in the smallest fish category.

Well done!

BLK
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[gaardvark]

[quote Boatloadakids] Again, the north continues to dominate in the smallest fish category. [/quote]

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Now I feel like maybe I should have kept the small fish honors on the down-low.
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[gaardvark]

Bump up from the small fish.

5/17/16
26.5" channel cat
Cutler Marsh

Pics taken in the dark, hoping you can get a good enough view of the numbers. Not enough hands to keep him stretched. I measured it at 26.5, but I'll let you call it as you see it.

[#00bf00]Nice fish, yup I can see the 26.5 points good job... J[/#00bf00]
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