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A visit to the Cat House
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:20 pm
by saskie
Since Saskette is out of town, I decided to pay a visit to the Arnprior Cat House with my good buddy Hoser. We got lucky - and we caught something. Fortunately the something had fins and doesn't require a needle. The bite wasn't quite as hot as our last outing, but the ones that did make it to the boat were larger. Hoser got the biggun' - a 22.5" brute. My best was 20.5. Add in a couple +18's, a handful of 15-16 and scads of 12" dinks it turned out to be not a bad night at all.
We caught them in 27'. We tried 40' first but caught nothing over 13" so we moved in. It started slow but steady, and the action gradually picked up at dusk as expected.
Chicken livers were the preferred bait. I did ok with my pig liver concotion, but Hoser's chicken liver out fished me by at least 2 - 1.
Put on your dancin shoes twinkle-toes, have fun tomorrow
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:36 pm
by Jonathan
Sounds like fun..
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:38 pm
by wolfe
Hey, Saskie; you and Hoser did quite good, I'd say. Any catfish sausages on the menu, Hoser?
W.
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:47 am
by FireFox
Nice cats guys.
22.5 " eh - any clue on the weight of that guy ? Wish that I could have tagged along. Gotta get out there for some more catfish action, but I may not make it out until the bass go into hiding.
Fox
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:35 am
by saskie
FireFox wrote:Nice cats guys.
22.5 " eh - any clue on the weight of that guy ? Fox
Not a clue - I can't guess weight to save my life. He was a chunker with a full belly - maybe 5?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:20 am
by RJ
Nice to see you fellas out last night.....
Still kickin myself for horsin that skie at the net...
Oh well...
RJ
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:30 am
by Rob
Nice report Saskie, and love the title of your thread
A chunky 22.5" cat, could go 5lb's... While at the catfest 2yr's ago our 28 1/2" and 27 3/4" cat's were between 5 1/2 and 6 3/4 lb's... For there size, they have an amazing amout of power and stammina, and when caught on light line, you could be in for a really fun day... Gottal love the cat's
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:09 am
by saskie
RJ wrote:Nice to see you fellas out last night.....
Still kickin myself for horsin that skie at the net...
Oh well...
RJ
Musky is priority 1 for this weekend. With Chester it so much easier to jig or troll than cast. So I went jiggin cats last night, the rest of the weekend I'm going trolling Musky.
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:24 am
by Hoser
wolfe wrote:Hey, Saskie; you and Hoser did quite good, I'd say. Any catfish sausages on the menu, Hoser?
W.
Still haven't tried that yet Wolfe. You have a very long memory....was 2 years ago I mentioned that
Hey Saskie.....she danced my @ss off but it was worth the pain. Chicken liver rules! Glad it was in your boat...phew