The Catfish Were Bitting

 

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 THE CATFISH WERE BITTING

 I got my two fishing poles in the water at 07:10. The Ohio was
around 28 feet a little muddy and still running fast. Around
07:30 I got a good bite on a chunk of roast beef. I missed it,
may have been a garr for it did not come back to the bait.

 My bobber went under at 07:45 and stayed under. I pulled and
the fished pulled back hard. I knew right then it was a nice
size fish at the other end. With the fast and deep water the
fish stayed down for some time. I just kept my 10 foot rod high
in the air to wear him down. Got him in the net O.K. and up onto
the barge. A nice blue cat 29 inches long and 10.7 pounds. Took
two photos of us and he was a chore to hold up to the camera.

 At 08:30 my dead line took off I hooked my first channel cat of
the season. When I got him in he was 261/2 inches long and
topped out at 8.7 pounds. That is a nice size channel cat for
this part of the Ohio River. I also got two photos of this one.

 While I was getting this fish I noticed I had a bite on my
other pole. Since I had my hands full dueling mthis fish that
pole had to wait. I finally got over to it and there was a fish
on it. This one was much smaller from the pressure of it's pull.
It turned out to be another channel cat but he swallowed the
bait. I cut the line, weighed and measure him as quickly as I
could. I then reurned him to the river. Hopefully he is old
enough to survive with hook in the mouth.

 The big surprise is all three of these fish were cuaght with an
unusual bait. I has scraps of fired chicken skins I had left
over from dinner the night before. This was from Lee's regular
fried chicken, however any fast food brand should do the job for
you.

 I packed up my gear and headed home around 10:30. I had a very
good morning with the weather and the feeling reward of hooking
such nice size fish, It was the way to start my day. Tight lines
to all. NLCATFISH

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