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11.1.08
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Today was Capt. Joes turn to go. The
Catfish Cadillac lived up to it's name and kept it's crew
warm and comfortable as well as putting some slime on the
boat. They caught some smaller fish as well as a 36 and 41.
Well today I had Mr. Tellez and his son
again. and we continued our string of success. First whole
of the day we had a 12,13,18,33 and 73. We followed that up
with a 41 and 42 and the second hole. Frank decided to cut
our day short since we had already done so well so he could
go check out the new BPS.
Friday Night I had Rod Hemphill and and
his crew of 2. First spot of the night started out good with
all the rods getting action. We sat for a while waiting for
a fish to get serious and it didn't look like it was going
to happen. I gave the famous "5 more minute" and then it
happened. The pole slammed down and the drag was singing. We
fought this fish for a while and just couldn't get him up.
We new it was big but were completely shocked when we found
out how big.
Tonight I went out by myself to figure
where the big fish have been hiding. I think I found a few.
These to fish went 31 and 47 Pounds. I also had a nice Gar
and some other smaller fish.
Sorry for the lack of reports but the
fishing has kinda sucked. We have been dealing with a weird
spawning season followed by 90+ degree water. However the
recent cool weather has dropped the water temp and things
are starting to pick back up.
Friday night we had 3 guys who stuck it
out to catch a couple decent fish. They got a small taste of
what the James has to offer and will be back to try it again
next month.
This memorial day weekend we spent down in
Hatteras, NC fishing for big red drum and cobia. We didn't
do anything on the cobes but caught a bunch of spanish
mackeral, bluefish, sharks(up to 7'), rays and drum. Here
are a few pics.
Today was a beautiful day on the water.
The fishing was decent. We caught about 4-5 fish from 5-8
pounds and caught a 45 pounder at our 2nd spot of the day.
We made a move to a different section of river for the last
spot of the day and got a 63 pounder.
Another day a little too windy and man it
was cold! The day started of right though. First 2 spots
produced a 22 and 24. Then we hit the monster. Our boat best
at 71 Pounds. Now I'll be the first to admit that the
picture doesn't look 71 pounds, but...... it was! What a
fish!
The shad are here! We have been catching
them for the last 2 weeks but today was the first day we
really caught a good number of them. We caught about 30 in
and hour and a half.
Today started off like yesterday really
slow. It was also a lot windier than it was supposed to be.
We had nothing to speak of the first part of the day but we
kept at it and managed some nice ones in the afternoon.
Today was really slow. We tried to make
this trip happen the last 2 days and the wind wouldn't let
it happen. IT also must have done something to slow down the
fish because this trip just didn't live up to how the
fishing has been.
Today was a pretty decent day. The morning
was nice but really cold and then it got windy in the after
noon. We had fish of 10,51,55. That's 2 trips in a row with
2 fish over 50.
Pics to come.
Capt. Travis also had a trip today and
they caught the new Team Big Cat record! They had fish of
40,56 and 78
Well today was a great day for fishing.
After getting blown out yesterday it was perfect today. I
wish we had caught a few more fish but the size of the ones
we did get more than made up for it. Our total for today was
5,8,10,15,51,53. I also have some video of the 51 I will
post later. Oh yeah and we had one of the biggest hits I
have ever had today and the bait we had on this rod was
huge. Needless to say we didn't get it. He broke my 100#
leader line.
Today I had 4 guys from Ohio. I was much
colder than it had been over the last week but at least the
wind wasn't blowing like yesterday. The day started off
really slow. We made a move around lunch time and things
picked up a little bit. Most fish came from the main channel
today and bait was in the same place as usual. We ended the
day with a 5,12,16,18,20,27,30 and the last fish of the day
was a 52!
Travis and I went fishing for about 4-5
hours today and did pretty good. Bait was very easy to get
and the fish were close by. We missed two good bites at the
first spot and the caught two and the next and one more
later. The fish were 31,41,44.
Thank you to everyone who came out this
weekend to the Richmond Fishing Expo and visited out booth
and came to the seminars. That was my first time giving
seminars, so If I didn't cover something I should have just
shoot me an email and I'll fill you in.
We will also be at the Richmond Boat Show
at the Racetrack February 14th - 17th. We will again be
selling tackle and booking trips. Hopefully by then we will
be restocked on gill nets and hooks.
This happened a few weeks ago but Team Big
Cat won the James River Catfishing Club Angler of the Year
Title for the second year in a row. It was a very tight race
this year and I expect next year to be even better.
Sorry for the lack of reports. I will
start them again in late Feb. or March. We have been and are
doing a lot of fishing shows that are taking up all of our
time.
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