Ever happen to you...?

Post by **MichaelVandenberg** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:32 am

Was out fishing the Ottawa River on Monday targeting bass for a tourney coming this Saturday, Had a rough go at it for bass but did have something very interesting happen.

We were spinnerbaiting the shoreline by Torso when a had a nice hit. The fish head shoked like crazy and it had a couple good runs before dogging it under the boat. All I saw was a big flash and I thought I had a really good bass. Once I got the fish out from under the boat I was so shocked to see what I had on the end of the line....drum roll please...it was a catfish and a nice one too (about 5 lbs or so).

Just goes to show that you can catch any fish on any lure at any time, the conditions just have to be right I guess.

Look for my article is Catfish Canada Magazine...Spinnerbaits for Cats, the untold technique...lol!

Cheers,

Mike

Post by **eye-tracker** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:47 am

PB...
I have caught channel cats trolling for walleye...I was shocked the first time..

I does show that hungry fish will hit anything that looks like a good meal

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:27 am

have caught a cat on topwater, so nothing would surprise me

Post by **Scum Frog** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:28 am

ET,

I caught a 7lb catfish trolling for walleye in BOQ. I thought I had hooked into a monster eye and to my surprise it was a channel cat. He had hit my Shad Rap RS

Post by **Crawler** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:01 pm

I caught a 8 pound CatFish casting for Pike using a 10 inch Spoon by williams. :shock:

Post by **fishmaster** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:06 pm

i caught one on a small mepps spinner casting for smallmouth. It hit just like a bass and I thought for sure I had a dandy. I have also caught a cat on a Husky Jerk. I find the more that I fish the more fish I catch in unusal ways, Walleyes on Spinnerbaits and Topwater, whitefish on a husky jerk, all sorts of weird things. I just makes every outing more interesting.

Post by **dana** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:01 pm

good one mike...they sure fight...

we caught a 30lb + snapper
on a flippin jig on monday...
i had the pistol grip unhooker but it was hissin so
bad
i lifted it up until the kneck was elongated then twisted it out..
he actually bit the jig...he was none the worse for wear..
quel un sowzer la

Post by **Rideaufish** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:20 pm

I got a small cat on a spinner bait and my wife got 3 2 on 1- cranks and 1 on a spinnerbait.

Post by **big-o** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:06 pm

My brother Dave caught a 6 LBS plus cat while trolling with a Big-O

Post by **BBRich** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 10:55 pm

I caught one just yesterday while flipping a tube around docks. Funny thing is, I caught him as I was reeling in the tube as fast as I could to cast to a new spot!

Post by **MichaelVandenberg** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:48 am

Good stories guys...and hear I thought I had done something out of the ordinary.

Cheers,

Mike

Post by **scttsmpsn** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:19 am

I caught a 2 pound sucker on a Rapala jointed shad rap in Firetiger.

Scott

Post by **seaman** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:35 am

i have caught a cat fish on top water. not saying which lure cause few people use them anymore but they still kill fish.

seaman

Post by **Wall-I-Guy** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:14 pm

I've been saying for awhile here now, I catch a lot of cats while trolling Wallies. Usually on a jig/grub/worm combo...Fight like the dickens they do

But on a spinnerbait!...too coool

Post by **Cracker** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:29 pm

I caught a 15. lb'er on the lower Grand this spring using a purple wally diver.

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