A Great White Shark .....in FRESHWATER ?

Took Leonard( Great White Shark) up to Hopewell today to go catt'n......slept in and headed up late......got there around 11 or so and by 11:20 I had a 35 pounder on and Leo hand grabbed his first big cat because it broke my net ! .....Thats the only fish I got all day........lots of nibblers and several takers but none landed except for the 3 fish the Leonard got...... all fish were released unharmed after the fight.....we didnt even have any heavy tackle with us.......every thing was light tackle from 4 pound test to 12 being heavest........the fellows the next bend in the river slwayed the crappie up river from the bridge .......all we took were 2 pics.......great day on the water and only got rained on twice......

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Man Thats A Nice Hawg You Got There Racn35!

That's a big cat!

Thanx y'all my buddys get bigger ones every time they go out-that'n there was mid 30's ....last time out (New Years Eve) I got a 45 ...time before we got 14 fish... 4 of mine were over 50......58 was (& is my best) plus a 53,56 and a 51 at the same time......

Hey whats up RACN! I know you from SOL. I guess its a small world on the Internetz, huh??

aint it tho ! where do u live ? show me some fish buddy !

Them some big ole cats.

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Originally Posted by RACN35

aint it tho ! where do u live ? show me some fish buddy !

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^i live in Mass. Born and raised in VA though

None of my fish even come close to yours, so i won't bother with the pics, haha

3 pounds to 300 pounds I love em ALL man !!

Nice fish

If you don't mind me asking...are you just fishing heavy tackle to catch them dudes? I can fish the Arkansas river nearby here, but have never been able to bring in big fish like that. What kinda bait catches them guys?

Also, how in the heck do you filet a fish that big? My knife blades wouldn't even go halfway through that dude...I have a hard enough time filetting 7 and 8 pounders...

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Originally Posted by FroMan

Also, how in the heck do you filet a fish that big? My knife blades wouldn't even go halfway through that dude...

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For most catmen-the big ones,10-20# and up,get a photo and released

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Originally Posted by FroMan

If you don't mind me asking...are you just fishing heavy tackle to catch them dudes? I can fish the Arkansas river nearby here, but have never been able to bring in big fish like that. What kinda bait catches them guys?

Also, how in the heck do you filet a fish that big? My knife blades wouldn't even go halfway through that dude...I have a hard enough time filetting 7 and 8 pounders...

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Nope not at all, we were crappie fishing and I always take a small cat rod with me, just a medium action 6 foot with an abu garcia 5000 reel spooled with 12 pound test.......cut bait works best (shad). That day I just happned to get a real nice fish and medium tackle if you call it that !! I have never kept a fish to eat over 5 pounds, all others are released...........



I have caught them on lighter tackle tho on purpose !!

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