Thread: Mississippi river catfish

a couple buddies and I took my boat to the sippi over the weekend. we went down to festus and put in at truman access, which is a back-woods, rough looking place. I didnt like the access because of the characters that were bank fishing there, but no bad stuff happened. i DID like the fact that the current was slower there and there wasn't much barge traffic there. only saw 6-10 barges all weekend. I also like the fact that the channel cats were tearing up the sonney's "Blood" staainkbait! I have no clue how many we caught, but we kept 29 total. and the only reason we kept that many was because they were swallowing the hook. mostly small 1-2lbers but a few 5ish lbers. but fun on light tackle and a great way to kill some time while waiting on that "big bite". we also set a few anchored jugs out just to scout around a little and got a 31lb4oz and a 15lb blue.
the best part was the storm that blew up on saturday night. we knew it was coming, (god bless smart phones) and we were right by the ramp, so we loaded the boat and rode the storm out in the truck. one heck of a light show! I am glad we weren't caught off guard because there were lightning bolts striking everywhere. I love a good thunder storm, as long as I am somewhere safe.

Nice kitty!