You gotta be kidding me

[Rebbasser]

Well, Flyrod and I hit the lake this morning about 6:15 and thought we were having depthfinder problems-it was showing WAY deeper than it was supposed to. Turns out we both misjudged where we were-it WAS dark-and ended up over the main river channel, so the depthfinder was working fine-we weren't. Went back where we wanted to start and I got a couple LM and a smallie on a black/blue flake Senko. Worked down the bank, and as the sun came up I switched to a watermelon/cream laminate. Threw on the outside of a stickup, felt a thump, set the hook, and the fight was on. This was a BIG fish-bending the rod double and pulling drag but after a couple of surges we figured what it was-about a 15 lb catfish:


So, we took a picture and it went back in the lake. Cleaned up the slime, retied and went back to fishing. We left the area about 90 minutes later to fish some deeper flooded timber. Rigged up a smoke/red flake tube and started throwing at the timber. Felt a thump, set the hook, and this was another good fish. I thought I had a real big smallie. Nope, not a big smallie, but a big fish-another catfish, this one about 12 lbs. You gotta be kidding me-2 10 lb + catfish? On soft plastics? On the same day? Dang fish slimed me, the boat, the tackle on the deck, Flyrod-beats getting skunked, but given the choice I could have done without that !