NIGHT CATFISHING 2006
I met up with my new fishing contacts at their boat. They used their casting nets to get a load of thin fin shad right at the dock. They placed the fish in their homemade 50 gallon tank that worked great in keeping the shad alive. Got our lines in the water at 5:30 p.m. It was very hot even with an up river breeze. The wind did cause some problem with the large boat so high in the water keeping the boat steady.
According to the depth finder the water temperature was 83 degrees! They did hook a couple very small flatheads and a couple small channel cats on shrimp. They said that was the first time they ever caught flatheads with shrimp. The second spot got the lines in at 6:30. One of the guys boated a 2.5 pound channel cat just a few minutes later. Had a couple of bites after that so pulled anchor headed for next place.
Next stop was at their favorite spot at 7:50. 8:08 the owner of the boat got a 1 pound channel cat. He then caught a 3.5 pounder at 8:55. The other guy caught another small flathead and small channel cat. I finally got a solid bite and hooked my only fish. This one was a channel cat that was 6.5 pounds. It was also taken with shrimp as the bait. I had 2 light taps the rest of the night. One other channel was caught before we packed it in for the night.
The fish were biting very lightly, not really running with it at all. The guys were saying it was the worst night they had all this season. The hot bait was the shrimp, 9 out of 10 fish boated were taken on shrimp. Only one on cut shad, nothing on the live shad!
All the fish were released to grow bigger. That was the first time in a few year that I have fished at night. With the hot weather hanging on, that is about the only time to fish. I am looking forward to our next trip out with these new fishing friends. We are all hoping the fish will be in a better feeding mood next we wet a line.
Mike's biggest catfish of the night on the left
My only catfish of the night a 6.5 Channel was the biggest of the night.
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UPDATED 08-14-06
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