Cataract 9/15

Been since late spring when I last visited Cataract, but had a friend who needed fish for a family get together next weekend. Sounded like a good reason to revisit, so I told him last weekend if he wanted to go, I was in. Showed up around 3:00 and traffic wasn't bad at all. Lake looked halfway clear, and water temps were running about 78 degrees. Almost no wind, which actually made the bite a bit tougher than I expected, combined with the front that had gone through. Was a gorgeous afternoon to be out though. Took a little searching to put the pieces into place, but once we started to get them dialed in, things picked up. As usual for us, everything came on jigs, mostly tubes but some curlytails also. Fish were a bit deeper than I expected, with most coming out of 14'-18' of water, though we did find a spot or two shallower. Pulled off the water at dark with a double limit, and headed to the fish cleaning station.

-T9

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good job 9er!

nice fish fry

I haven't been to Cataract since July 14th Slab Master tourney... Looks like they might be biting? Been busy slaying them on Heritage Lake. 15 to 16"rs by the bucket full....LOL!
Good job team nine.

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I haven't been to Cataract since July 14th Slab Master tourney... Looks like they might be biting? Been busy slaying them on Heritage Lake. 15 to 16"rs by the bucket full....LOL!
Good job team nine.

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LOL - Not too bad for Heritage TDH, but even those fish don't hold a candle to all the 16"-18" fish we get out of Cataract, and the 400-500 a trip we were scoring out of Morse :Rofl Even read some online posts and articles that said so, and I'm sure Doug (HT) will back me on this :biggrin. Unfortunately, outside of spring and winter, HL crappie have been 9"-10.5" by the bucketful, but not too many larger. Just real nice eaters, mostly. Still a blast!

-T9

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Originally Posted by Team9nine

LOL - Not too bad for Heritage TDH, but even those fish don't hold a candle to all the 16"-18" fish we get out of Cataract, and the 400-500 a trip we were scoring out of Morse :Rofl Even read some online posts and articles that said so, and I'm sure Doug (HT) will back me on this :biggrin. Unfortunately, outside of spring and winter, HL crappie have been 9"-10.5" by the bucketful, but not too many larger. Just real nice eaters, mostly. Still a blast!

-T9

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I don't know much about the crappie on Morse, just been targeting those tasty large mouth bass! I never knew what I was missing until I grilled a limit of bass for some company a couple weeks ago. Since then, it's been smoked bass, blackened bass, bass tacos, fried bass! I have a golf outing fish fry this Saturday and I'm supplying the fish, so I figured I'd head out every night this week and stock up! The bad news, if my daughter is turning into a bass angler, because she thinks they're easier to catch... rotfl

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I don't know much about the crappie on Morse, just been targeting those tasty large mouth bass! I never knew what I was missing until I grilled a limit of bass for some company a couple weeks ago. Since then, it's been smoked bass, blackened bass, bass tacos, fried bass! I have a golf outing fish fry this Saturday and I'm supplying the fish, so I figured I'd head out every night this week and stock up! The bad news, if my daughter is turning into a bass angler, because she thinks they're easier to catch... rotfl

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Yeah Doug, sounds like you've lost her to "the dark side". Next thing you know, she'll be wanting a 20' Skeeter for her 16th birthday with a 250 hp Yamaha. Dual power poles. 36v Minn Kota troller, and not one of those worthless power drive motors nonono - She'll want a real trolling motor, probably recessed foot control. You'll also need to buy her a pink sublimated team jersey with logos like "Bass Pro Shops", "Team Toyota Tundra", MegaBass, and Rapala. Leave all that wussy 'crappie nibbles' stuff off her jersey - you don't want her being teased at the ramp by the guys. She'll probably even shun live bait - 'cause we all know that's cheatin' - :Rofl:Rofl LMAO :Rofl:Rofl.

-T9

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Yeah Doug, sounds like you've lost her to "the dark side". Next thing you know, she'll be wanting a 20' Skeeter for her 16th birthday with a 250 hp Yamaha. Dual power poles. 36v Minn Kota troller, and not one of those worthless power drive motors nonono - She'll want a real trolling motor, probably recessed foot control. You'll also need to buy her a pink sublimated team jersey with logos like "Bass Pro Shops", "Team Toyota Tundra", MegaBass, and Rapala. Leave all that wussy 'crappie nibbles' stuff off her jersey - you don't want her being teased at the ramp by the guys. She'll probably even shun live bait - 'cause we all know that's cheatin' - :Rofl:Rofl LMAO :Rofl:Rofl.

-T9

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One step at a time T9, right now I'm teaching her the basics like how to write a big bass cook book... such as:
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equals Bake Bass:
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...18d22a2590.jpg
and this:
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equals Smoke Bass Tacos:
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...cf5978ba9b.jpg
and this:
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equals Sheephead Mushooms and Bass:
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...b358a69997.jpg:Rofl

You guys crack me up...and gave me a good laugh today. Dang, I'm getting hungry again.

HHD

Dang Doug, that looks pretty good. It probably wasn't as good as the horned owl fritters and sturgeon stew I had over the weekend though.

Had me scared there for a minute Doug, until I realized those are not Morse Lake basses. rotfl Since I was just at Morse, and for those that haven't been there, you can tell them basses didn't come from Morse because Morse don't have hardly any water left in it. In fact, Doug's boat has been sitting high and dry all year due to the lack of rain. I parked my boat and hiked my way into the back of his cove where his house is and took this pic last week. His boat is the last one on the back side of the dock in this pic. Them bass were caught on a guide trip he paid for and booked with TDH sometime this spring...probably from Monroe or Kentucky L. TDH can catch them basses, along with the crappie and catfish from what I hear. :popcorn

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Had me scared there for a minute Doug, until I realized those are not Morse Lake basses. rotfl Since I was just at Morse, and for those that haven't been there, you can tell them basses didn't come from Morse because Morse don't have hardly any water left in it. In fact, Doug's boat has been sitting high and dry all year due to the lack of rain. I parked my boat and hiked my way into the back of his cove where his house is and took this pic last week. His boat is the last one on the back side of the dock in this pic. Them bass were caught on a guide trip he paid for and booked with TDH sometime this spring...probably from Monroe or Kentucky L. TDH can catch them basses, along with the crappie and catfish from what I hear. :popcorn

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I wouldn't dare put one of those nasty green carp in my boat.... We usually toss them up on the bank since they seem to be such a nuisance for us when we are trying to catch crappie.
I wouldn't be caught dead holding a trash fish like that.... I'm thinking Doug lost a bet and had to get his picture taken with them??
Next time Doug don't take that bet buddy as I can see the embarrassment on your face isn't worth it...LOL!

Save the crappie!!!!! Eat more bass!!!!! :cheers2

OK now where at the cat are you getting 17-18 in. at me 2 bigest are 16 1/2 and a 17in. one went 2.8 the other went 2.11

catty is good for lots of 10 s to 12 s most any day they must be talking about bass caught alot of them this spring while crappie fishing we ate the bass and let the crappie grow up