Something A Little Different!

Went to the Hill for a mess of crappie so started right after daylight...around 7AM. Had a good mess for me and the wife by 9AM (caught 25, kept @ 10 good sized ones...a few 1/2 lbers with most going 3/4 to a lb and a few around 1.25#). Also caught some perch for bait so I switched up to catfishing. On my one and only setup I marked some big arches deep in a creek channel around 35' deep. Lines out and a rod that I dropped near the boat was the first hit. Fish took the rod down into the water so I was never able to remove the rod from the holder before the line was under the boat into the motor....breaking off in the prop.:( The next bite also put a good bent in the rod but the fish missed the hook (which is sorta rare when dealing with big hooks and large baits for big catfish IMO). Wasn't even able to get to the rod before that was over. Oh well! About 20 minutes later the rod nearest me took a good bend, about half way to the water. I got in position and reeled hard and fast setting the circle hook and then the fish buried the rod into the water and the fight was on. At one time I thought it coulda been a new PB as the fight was hard and strong in the 60* water. Even when I first seen the fish I still thought it might be my biggest yet. But as things were, the scales topped out just over 33 lbs. Still though, it was a lot of fun feeling the fish and getting 'er in the net. After a couple photos I released her to fight another day. Pulled anchors and trolled for a little while without any takers so decided to call it a day. Good memories AND a nice mess of crappie in the livewell to clean when I get home....cant get much better. Anyhow, was a good break from deer hunting for a day. Just wanted to share it with you fellas.:)

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Butch,
congrats on a great day of fishing and catching sounds like a fun day for sure !!!! that's a big catfish for sure bet you had a blast fighting that one !!! :ThumbsUp

Enjoyed the report Butch! Crappie and cats on the same day sounds like a lot of full. Congrats on the day and the catch and a 33 lb cat had to be fun fighting :)

#3lbs isn't too bad for not really cat fishing. Thanks for the report

33 lbs isn't bad for not cat fishing, Thanks for the report

Great report Butch. Glad you found the cats to round out the day. We caught a few at Santee this year and they are fun.

Fun filled day for not adding a deer to it. LOL Glad you got out and changed the pace a little. Great :fish report and picture.:biggrin

nice catch Butch. One of these days I am gonna get serious about cat fishing. Love to hang some that size. Ain't see no pictures of any crappie. Ha ha. Thanks for sharing

Thats a good cat, I'm ready to hook into a few of them myself, if i could just get away from WORK!

good going GBM == a good mess of crappie is what I was after other day but without all bull I had to go through to get um thanks for pics. and report.

Great report. I've caught my share of stripers on that point. Great job Butch