more catfishin...

first off, sorry for the bad pics, they dont do these fish justice, but its hard to get good pics when you fish solo!
now, hit the missouri again today after work. man the weather is nice! the fish were biting, life is good! these were the thoughts going through my head as a pole gets bent doubled. good start, right at 30 lbs. Attachment 86741
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then around dusk this little 7lb channel slams a big ol skipjack gut pocket. notice the double hook rig? would have never stuck that fish without that stinger hook.
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at this point it was dark and I am thinking I have to work tommorrow, 10 more minutes and I am out. but then another pole starts wiggling and I pick it up, thinking it was another small channel. wait for another series of small tapps.... set hook and ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ goes the drag! fight is on! few minutes later I boat this big blue!
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good times tonight!!! caught all fish in 10ft flats between the wingdikes, all realeased healthy

Great report on the kittys. Throw jugs sometimes on truman so enjoy a good kitty catch.

Great cats!!, they're slamming down here on the Mississippi too, if only I could leave the crappie alone for a while!

Great cats
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I was wondering if you where out there with the water being up. Yes the weather been perfect to be out there. Hows the mosquitos been on the river?

Good job. Hope to get out this weekend. Last weekend went to Mark Twain for something different. Probably the Missouri this weekend. Lot closer. PM your way south point. It is a catfish ?.

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Originally Posted by LSL Angler

I was wondering if you where out there with the water being up. Yes the weather been perfect to be out there. Hows the mosquitos been on the river?

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usually the skeeters arent too bad if ya get out off the banks some. so far this year I have not been attacked too bad. on a hot summer night, suprisingly, the mayflies are the worst. I have had nights where I had to wear a bandana over my mouth so you dont breath them in. also makes for a long boat ride coming back to the ramp. Lol!

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Originally Posted by perchplucker

Good job. Hope to get out this weekend. Last weekend went to Mark Twain for something different. Probably the Missouri this weekend. Lot closer. PM your way south point. It is a catfish ?.

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ummm, never got a pm.... and is what a catfish? Lol. good luck on the river. go get ya some skipjacks and use big cuts on at least one pole. shad are thick at the mouth of the creeks still, I got mine at st. johns in just a few minutes of throwing the net.

Nice fish!

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Congrats on some nice fish. WTG.

thanks for the replies.... tried again this afternoon and only managed one small channel cat and one 4inch morrell.

way to go, those are nice.

Nice catman! I was on the Missouri at the end of December and caught a ton, but none close to that size! :yikes