rsimms, Chickamauga, Blue Cats, 10-10-2009, Mike & Nick Kolozsi

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Mike Kolozsi has moved to Tennessee temporarily to establish a new territory for a wine distributor. He splits his time between Chattanooga and Nashville, and has been having a blast learning about the many fishing opoortunities in Tennessee. He's been on some outstanding striper trips on J. Percy Priest, and decided he wanted to try his hand at Tennessee River catfish while his Dad was in town from Chicago for a visit.<br /><br />We were on the water, in the rain, before sunrise. Off to Super Secret Hole #1 in hopes of a "Big Bite!" Three hours later I'm in the dumps... not only have we not had a Big Bite, we haven't had A bite! emoEek Time to pull up stakes and head for Super Secret Hole #2.<br /><br />It was a slow start at Hole #2 ... but we finally figured some stuff out, and/or the fish turned on, and we started hammering some decent blue cats with regularity. Mike estimated we caught 30 to 35 fish... I'd say it was more like 25.... take your pick. As you know I don't count. The numbers are not nearly as important as the level of fun. After a REALLY bad start, our Fun Factor at the end of a long day was very high. emoThumbsup <br /><br />Big fish of the day was 21 lbs. (a 37-inch TARP fish for Nick), several in the 10-15 lb. class. It was the first time catfishing for Mike and Nick. They are now bona fide Catfish Converts. For the record, cut bait (bluegill) definitely outperformed the chicken.