Reply by: ObsessedFisherman      Posted: 9/6/2012 12:40:27 PM     Points: 2881    

sweet nice fish!!

 Reply by: Fishinearl23      Posted: 9/6/2012 1:06:15 PM     Points: 185    

one more

 Reply by: FISHRANGLER      Posted: 9/6/2012 3:10:14 PM     Points: 4429    

Very nice cat good job

 Reply by: nightangler      Posted: 9/6/2012 3:11:36 PM     Points: 1278    

Awesome man!!! That is a big kitty right there!!!!!

 Reply by: smoking water bear      Posted: 9/7/2012 10:07:49 AM     Points: 150    

nice catfish good job, thanks for sharing

 Reply by: EngineerDaddy      Posted: 9/7/2012 10:17:43 AM     Points: 180    

That's a master angler kittie right there!

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 Reply by: Dangly      Posted: 9/7/2012 10:20:54 AM     Points: 14    

nice job, man!

 Reply by: regulatedhobbyist      Posted: 9/7/2012 1:30:39 PM     Points: 315    

NICE fish! I been trying all year to get something like that

 Reply by: Branch Doctor      Posted: 9/7/2012 5:29:46 PM     Points: 463    

Very well done!! Persistence pays off, congrats!

 Reply by: ETHRE3      Posted: 9/7/2012 7:58:49 PM     Points: 5    

Great job! Quite impressive.

I've been hunting the cats for a couple months with no luck. Good to know there's still hope!

 Reply by: Fishinearl23      Posted: 9/12/2012 12:40:13 AM     Points: 185    

Thank you very much eevryone for your comments Im still pysched about it. I have been out every other night since then and all I have been getting is smal 10-15 inch cats and small eyes and smallies.

Quick question if anyone reads this, When all you are catching is small cats do the big ones stay away from that area or are they around? When I caught the big girl thats all I caught, no small cats or carp and in the same area.

 Reply by: jman      Posted: 9/12/2012 12:03:15 PM     Points: 1259    

26 Pounds?.
And for your question if i am catching small cats i move if im targeting big ones they could still be in the area but the small cats set in and stay usually.
When im fishing for big cats i find areas that had a lot of sign of gills or perch during the day and areas that dont have a lot of crayfish. all my big cats i have caught this year have been fishing shelves and weed lines. Around 10 to 18 FOW.

 Reply by: Fishinearl23      Posted: 9/13/2012 3:25:55 AM     Points: 185    

She had a huge belly on her Jman ill post another pic, but 26 lb on my rapala scale so maybe a tad lighter she was heavy and pics never do a fish justice but oh well. Thanks for the info, the only hard part for me is finding a place that does not have crayfish they are every where and you cant really tell if there gonna be there or not or can you?