Doug called this morning and said he had an extra seat to pull some cranks with he and Mike ...
Of course I jumped on that ...
Crappie didn't really want to cooperate ... but a few green carp and this thing smashed that custom painted Arkie 350 ...
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18.5lbs weighed on Doug's turkey scale at the taxidermy shop ...and that Southern Crappie 143T worked it like ... just another day at the office ...
Rickie
Mike would be "kylakelover", an old friend but new member of the KY Forum. Between Rickie and I, we probably cost Mike a few thousand $$$ to get started pulling cranks with new tackle, electronics, you guys know how it is.
How what is?rotflthe addiction that never ends.
Man, that is some good eating there! And, I would have liked to have seen a video of it being landed...
Now that's a cat and a half! Great job!
Fun....fun....fun
How long did it take to land. Good fish.
That is fun. I use to fish the contour lines from 15 to 20-25 ft and catch them big suckeres. Troll down the line and bounce your bait up and down off bottom. Man it is fun. How long of a fight was it.
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Looks like Catfish fillets for Memorial Day weekend
Nice catch
The fight was probably 3-4 minutes but one thing to consider is the boat NEVER stops when pulling cranks. Not only was Mike dealing with a fish that wanted to go back home but also the boat moving at 1.5++mph. Mike did a great job and the equipment held up great. Now I've got to find a recipe for 2" thick catfish fillets.
A few years back, a local fireman hooked a flathead that was 65-68 pounds, or something like that. He was fishing jigs out of a float tube. I don't remember how long he said it took, but it was long enough that he thought about just cutting the line.
congratulations on the nice catch.
You guys definatly cost me money!! I've got new reels, rods, crank baits and electronics in the near future. It was awesome spending the afternoon with these two, both really know their stuff.Quote:
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Catching the flathead was the icing on the cake!!!
I have to start pulling some this year. I keep saying I am going to do it and just end up spider rigging all summer long, lol. I guess I am just happy I finally got rigging somewhat figured out!
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Try latching into one like that, fishing from kayak, with fly rod, 4 lbs leader...LOL Great boat ride, though they never seam to head back to launching area when they run! Great fun.