catfishing stories

[luckeywade]

lets share some good old cat stories.Too help with the cabin fever.

[luckeywade]

one day a friend was wanting to go cating.an i just never new my true plan of attack.so i took off alone .something i always say never to do.after my uncle drowned .by falling out of boat.
well after a long ride up river. i found myself .pullin in too the same spot i catch big fish around this time of year.so i baited up.all6 rods with big baits.an then the guys on the bank started lighting off fire works.i new i picked the wrong nite.lol.after enjoying the show.i started too does off.around 1030 .the 16 in sucker took off!!an i got the rod an missed it.then a rod with a big smallmouth .ran up river .an i set in too a nice flat 15lbs.the bait was still alive. after throwing it back in.10mintues latter a nother run.with the small mouth .i just caught a fish on!!another 9lb flat head.well the bait was done for.luckey i had a small mouth left.an got him in the water a long nap latter.the clicker .woke me to afish running line.i picked up the rod an he droped it.well we played tag for 5 times .this fish wouldnt eat the bait.finaly i set the hook.an the fight was on .i got him to the boat an then he saw the light.an decides too trun,my drag is so tight the rod wants to rip out of my hands.so i losen the drag an he rips another 50 feet .i set the hook an truned him my way.an netted a 46lb pb flathead.
sorrie so long .just wanted to share a good time!!!i cant spell .but i do enjoy sharing with ya all.if you dont like my spelling .then dont read my post.

[papaw714]

Great story Luckey, and it proves that you truly are the sleep fishing legend I've heard you where. I don't mind the spelling brother.

[mogadorecatz87]

Had a buddy new to the sport and at the time had only fished for stupid largemouth. I wanted him to go cattin' for the first time and catch a real fish. We head out to the secret spot and ofcourse nothing is bitting. We're both getting frustrated. So i pull out the ultralite (w/ 6lb test) and try for some big 'gills. I borrow a pin min from him and tip it with a lil fake waxworm. bout 3 casts in I get slamed and after 15mins of fighting I land a fatty 29" channel. 5 mins later I get a 30". bout 10 mins later land the 31"er. 3 fish ohio channels in a row, 3 p.b's in a row. On a pin min,on an ultralite setup, with 6lbs test! .I'm so happy I had a witness. my friend caught nothing in the 3hrs. I've never seen someone look so pissed in my life. My mr.goodluckcharm refuses to go cattin' with me to this day lol

[Smoothkip]

Great stories guys.

[katfish]

I was fishing 6 mile run at Piedmont one year. One fella from W.V. would come down and stay all week on his houseboat.

One of my rods took a run and I set the hook but something felt funny. When I got it reeled up to my hook I had a line. I almost tossed it back in the water but decided to pull on the line.

I felt a fish on it and pulled in a flathead hand over hand. When I pulled in the other end I finally got to a rod and reel. Suspecting it might be Jasco's I plotted the rest of the night.

In the morning I went to the marina and noticed a few guys there including Roy and Allan Hoops. I set the rod by the counter with a little for sale sign. Some of the boyz asked me how much for the rod and reel but I said just wait.

I ordered breakfast and watched the lake till Jasco's house boat pulled up. I must have been grinning a bit cause they all got quiet and was watching the door.

Jasco came in and looked at the rod and the for sale sign and hollered "Hey that's my rod!!"

I stood up and said. I caught a flathead last night and he said it was his rod! All the boyz busted out in laughter. I gave Jasco the rod back and told him I figured it was his and the flathead was just borrowing it.

[Seanstone]

Ha, thats a great story. My dad caught my little brothers pole a few years ago, he fell asleep and forgott to open his bail. A little carp swam by and pulled it right into the water, he was glad to have his pole back the next morning.

[katfish]

Hans Raidel and I were fishing a spot with plenty of stumps.
We knew we would get hung up a bit but the spot had flathead written all over it.

The real purpose of the trip was to get his son a flathead. The first bite we explained how to set the hook and coached him on fighting the fish.

The next bite I let Hans get since he was also a guest.



We got another bite and I reeled that flathead in. The spot was a good one.

We got another bite and I told Hans to go ahead. He fought it a while and then it got into some roots and broke off.

As Paul Harvey always said:
Now for the rest of the story.

A few nights later I decided to try the same spot again.
I e-mailed Hans not to tell anyone the flathead he broke off was over 50 cause I caught it and it was 37 ;D



Notice both hooks were almost in the same spot.

[katfish]

I normally use larger live baits to help avoid channel cats.
Last year I dropped a bait and it fell directly on submerged brush and tangled. The bait could not move to avoid the channel cat and was eaten by the forktail.
The line was tangled enough that the channel cat could not pull the clicker. I guess I dropped it into a pretty good spot because the channel cat was later eaten by a flathead.

I didn't realize anything till I reeles up in the morning and after pulling the line loose of the brush I felt the flathead. I snapped a pic to show my buddies what happened.

[papaw714]

Great stories Katfish, that first one is funny stuff without a doubt.

[jason454ci]

Thanks for some great stories there Robbie.

[ducky]

One nite in june last year me and biggie fished a spot where i could wade out and drop a bait on a piece of structure that i new held flatheads, it was too shallow to use a boat, so i would wade out and drop a bait and the rest of the baits we would use the boat, After having the best nite i ever had catching 9 flatheads, i just noticed a few weeks ago we actualy only caught 8 flatheads that nite, because we caught the same fish twice, I dont remember, but im guessing that fish was spawning on the structure that i waded too and would kill anything around its nest even if it was already caught once!

[Smoothkip]

Man them are some good ones. Robby, you need to tell the one about the night you were stuck in the down pour and had that night of a lifetime. That has to be my favorite!

[Seanstone]

I think I read that one as well from his website. I have tried to mimic the conditions he mentioned in the story, heck I even brought a tarp along. Only things I lacked was trying to lite a cigarette in the downpour and the nice flatheads of course.

[luckeywade]

good stories guys.keep him coming!!!!!!!!!!!!