Set out some jug lines for about 24 hrs, checking them a few times in that span. Ended up with 20 channels up to 5 lbs and this girl.
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Rtp........wow
I caught them as fast as I could get them in the boat yesterday on LOP
Under corks in 4 foot of water
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2020 catfish thread
Today my next door neighbor pulled in the twin to my big fish. It literally weighed the same to the ounce. What are the odds?
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Originally posted by rtp View Post
Hey man, did you weight that biggun? Looks like it would scare 50# or so! Great catch!
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Picked up another big one in the San Saba river. 40” long and right at 30 lbsAttached FilesComment
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Real pretty fish! In East Texas, when they get like that, it's because they've been layin' round/feeding on a sand bar... (well, that's what the old folks used to say... )
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In about 18 fow. This is a 900 acre lake and I had my jug just off a main creek channel near some submerged timber.Originally posted by kparker158 View PostComment
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Good eye Charlie.....He was 46" long and weighed 49.8 lbs. Im going with 50,Originally posted by SaltwaterSlick View PostHey man, did you weight that biggun? Looks like it would scare 50# or so! Great catch!
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You need to learn how to hold them out so people guess 80-100 poundsOriginally posted by rtp View PostGood eye Charlie.....He was 46" long and weighed 49.8 lbs. Im going with 50,
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Three shoulder surgeries later....that aint happening.Originally posted by RiverRat1 View PostYou need to learn how to hold them out so people guess 80-100 pounds
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Originally posted by rtp View PostGood eye Charlie.....He was 46" long and weighed 49.8 lbs. Im going with 50,
I've got a LOT of experience with those big appaloosas cats! Heck when we were fishing for 'em regular, I could guess within 3-5 pounds of what he'd weigh before I ever saw him by the way he fought...
If you fish for big ops an blues regular, you need to make you up a fighting line/hook. My dad called it a "yo-yo" line. Here's a pic of a tight radius hook that you can make out of heavy duty coat hanger or other wire.
Once you got the hook made, tie a heavy nylon cord (#36 or larger) to it and roll it up on one of those floats the bass fishermen used to use to mark fishing spots when they were fishing open water... Whether jug or trot-line fishing, if you have a big fish on, just hook that tight radius hook to your main line and when fighting the fish, if he wants to pull hard, just drop the trot-line or jug line and fight him with the yo-yo line... Don't let him pull hard and pretty soon he'll tire out. If it's an op, after 2 or 3 runs, he'll stop and blow out a big bunch of bubbles... you can then slowly raise him up and net him. Net him from the head, because when you touch him with that dip net, he'll come to life all over again and you want him to run in the bottom of the net! If you try to net him from the tail, when that net touches him, he'll take off and you're likely to lose him or if you don't you'll have to begin the fighting process all over again until he blows out the bubbles again. With that yo-yo, you can fight and land a mighty big fish on a pretty small hook and line as long as you don't let him pull hard against your line. Just give him slack and let him run until he tires out.
Blues fight totally different. They don't hardly ever quit. plus they shake their head and jerk around a lot. They require some real finesse when fighting them so you don't let them jerk hard against the line and tear the hook out or straighten it, etc.Comment
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Thanks, I'll make one of those to keep in the boat. I plan to fish for those big'uns more and more.Originally posted by SaltwaterSlick View Post I've got a LOT of experience with those big appaloosas cats! Heck when we were fishing for 'em regular, I could guess within 3-5 pounds of what he'd weigh before I ever saw him by the way he fought...
If you fish for big ops an blues regular, you need to make you up a fighting line/hook. My dad called it a "yo-yo" line. Here's a pic of a tight radius hook that you can make out of heavy duty coat hanger or other wire.
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Once you got the hook made, tie a heavy nylon cord (#36 or larger) to it and roll it up on one of those floats the bass fishermen used to use to mark fishing spots when they were fishing open water... Whether jug or trot-line fishing, if you have a big fish on, just hook that tight radius hook to your main line and when fighting the fish, if he wants to pull hard, just drop the trot-line or jug line and fight him with the yo-yo line... Don't let him pull hard and pretty soon he'll tire out. If it's an op, after 2 or 3 runs, he'll stop and blow out a big bunch of bubbles... you can then slowly raise him up and net him. Net him from the head, because when you touch him with that dip net, he'll come to life all over again and you want him to run in the bottom of the net! If you try to net him from the tail, when that net touches him, he'll take off and you're likely to lose him or if you don't you'll have to begin the fighting process all over again until he blows out the bubbles again. With that yo-yo, you can fight and land a mighty big fish on a pretty small hook and line as long as you don't let him pull hard against your line. Just give him slack and let him run until he tires out.
Blues fight totally different. They don't hardly ever quit. plus they shake their head and jerk around a lot. They require some real finesse when fighting them so you don't let them jerk hard against the line and tear the hook out or straighten it, etc.Comment
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We have been getting a few in jugs in the Guadalupe River and some nice eater channels on worms in the small creek on the farm.
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We’ve been catching some decent ones off jug lines in Lake Houston. Most of them are at 6-7’ on perch or Shad. Any tips for hooking bigger fish I’m all all ears.
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