Wylie Tue nite
Been fishing a deep cove just off the main channel and and catching a high ratio of big fish. Figured it was time for a change of scenery but in a rare display of good judgement I decided to find a spot similar to the big fish hole. Actully just moved to the next cove down the channel. Looked at my watch when I had the last bait in the water and it was 8:54. Soon caught and landed a real slab and looked at my watch again. It was 8:59. The next hour put 4 more slabs in the boat. I finally remembered to get another net for the boat and it made a big difference. I fish a bank of 3 rods in the front of the boat (sometimes called the bow) and 3 rods by the stearn (sometimes called the ass end) and a single net is almost always in the wrong position. Anyway, I was gettin all het up thinkin what a great nite of slab nettin I was in for when I started landing some smaller--10 inch--fish. Then the bite became sparse. At the end of 4 hours I had the 5 slabs, 5 10 inchers and caught 2 huge catfish that made some long screaming runs then got off next to the boat without tangling any lines--just the type of catfish experience I enjoy while crappie fishing. All fish were caught between 14 and 20 foot of water over 30 feet.
One taste of the bait
is worth the pain of the hook
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