Eagle Creek Lake Indiana

[TDHcrappiemaster]

I took my son today to Eagle Creek for some cats. We managed to land 32 with the Largest being 6.5 pounds and we had five that went 5 pounds then they went down from there. We had a blast the action was fast. Here is a picture of him holding two five pounders. We landed three of them at the same time. All fish were weighed and turned loose.

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[Locator79]

Sounds like a good day, were you drifting?

[gabowman]

Looks like fun. Glad you and your son got to spend time together fishing.

[Fatman]

Sounds like a great day and that you spent time with your son doing it EVEN BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fatman

[NIMROD]

Looks like lots of fun.

[chuckauten]

Good job. What a smile and memory. Priceless.

[TDHcrappiemaster]

Sounds like a good day, were you drifting?

Actually I slow troll for cats. So its kinda like drifting only controlled.

[8fishermen]

How do you set up to slow troll for cats?

[TDHcrappiemaster]

How do you set up to slow troll for cats?

Take a look at my website at the boat pictures. I have rod holders off the back of the boat and off the front as well. I use the back ones for the lines straight behind the boat and I have two poles off the front one on each side using planner bobbers to pull the line of to the side.
I use big slip bobbers with 1 to 2 oz weights under them and then I attach a big barrell swivel with about a 12 to 16" lead to the circle hook. The barrell swivel keeps the weight and the bobber away from the hook and fish.
I made some big bobbers out of pool noodles and 1/2" pvc. These are the ones I place a 2 oz weight on for the big baits and live bluegill.
I then troll just fast enough to keep the baits moving SLOW....
I hope this helps.
Tom
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[8fishermen]

how fast do you troll?