|
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 59,138 Likes: 23
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 59,138 Likes: 23 |
That's a hell of a fish Haver!!
We have Channel cats up here and the biggest I've caught is 35-40 lbs, I can't imagine one 80 lbs.
What river?
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,456
Campfire Regular
|
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,456 |
Semper Fi
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 10,960 Likes: 1
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 10,960 Likes: 1 |
Sounds like an eventful morning.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 13,440 Likes: 1
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 13,440 Likes: 1 |
Awesome! What were you using for bait?
Dog I rescued in January ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/yYDjsxrQ/IMG-0124.jpg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,456
Campfire Regular
|
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,456 |
Chicken breast chucks about the size of a golf ball. Normally I use fresh chicken but these has been in the bag getting ripe since I took the boys last week. It has been cool so it wasn’t bad but they were ripe. Other times of the year I use small bluegill or chunks of shad but chicken breast is cheap and very effective.
Baited on a Team Catfish double action 5/0 circle hook. 18-22” of 40# mono to a barrel swivel followed by a bead and 3-5oz of lead. Been using the flat “no roll” weights this year. I am a fan. 20# mono main line on 9’6 medium heavy salmon rods. (My old plug rods for kings in the river) Abu Garcia 6501s or Shimano 401s.
Semper Fi
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 25,528 Likes: 4
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 25,528 Likes: 4 |
Ok I didn’t realize that you were using 6501’s or 401’s....that’s a true feat reeling in anything with a left handed reel. In fact the IGFA should have a category exclusively for fish caught on left handed reels. 😁
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
---------------------------------------------------------
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,456
Campfire Regular
|
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,456 |
I am right handed but always buy or set the handles up on the left. Dunno why but that is how I have always done it.
Semper Fi
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,681 Likes: 4
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,681 Likes: 4 |
Figures don't lie, But Liars figure
Assumption is the mother of mistakes
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 25,528 Likes: 4
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 25,528 Likes: 4 |
I am right handed but always buy or set the handles up on the left. Dunno why but that is how I have always done it. I have buddies that do that but I’m just not ambidextrous enough to do it. I don’t have to worry about my friends using my Avets or Internationals and they don’t have to worry about me using their 6501’s when a rod gets tripped from the riggers. 😉
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
---------------------------------------------------------
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 41,652 Likes: 12
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 41,652 Likes: 12 |
Make Gitmo Great Again!!
Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 9,533 Likes: 2
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 9,533 Likes: 2 |
Nice blue!
I've never fished the Potomac, but I live damn near within sight of the James and have chased the blues on that river. I just bought another boat and am in the middle of reoutfitting to go chase them again.
I sold out in '17, didn't know if I'd be able to get in and out of a boat after a car wreck, turns out I'm good to go, so back at it again!
Congrats again on the fish, and I bet the kids loved the experience.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 11,050
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 11,050 |
Awesome story and great memories. This. Monster!
"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon
"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 86,252 Likes: 25
Campfire Oracle
|
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 86,252 Likes: 25 |
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 1,275
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 1,275 |
You use cut shad for bait? Great story.
Thanks
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,456
Campfire Regular
|
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,456 |
You use cut shad for bait? Great story.
Thanks Sometimes... today we used chicken breast that had turned ripe.
Semper Fi
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 23,036 Likes: 6
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 23,036 Likes: 6 |
Haverluk: Congrats on your trophy fish and new personal best!
Thanks for the great photos also.
Keep after'em.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 760
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 760 |
I take it that the catfish’s weight was a ‘guesstimate’?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,456
Campfire Regular
|
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,456 |
I take it that the catfish’s weight was a ‘guesstimate’?
Kind of. It maxed out a 35kg/77lbs scale that a guy fishing near us brought over. So it was an educated guesstimate.
Semper Fi
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 3,874
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 3,874 |
That sounds like quite a Chinese fire drill for a minute or two!
Wild caught fried catfish is one of the better things in life.
Great story, great fish. Nicely done.
RS
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13
Campfire Sage
|
|
Campfire Sage
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 |
Hahaha.
That's awesome.
Job well done.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
|
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,503
Posts18,490,592
Members73,972
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
