(07-30-2020, 09:13 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Looks like a nice haul Pat, good to see you out there today. No love from any wipers or eyes today. We picked up two cats trolling, then the last hour and a half we did some fligging and picked up 5 or 6 more cats, nothing above 20" or so. Nice cool chop on the water the first thing in the morning and that kept the bugs down. Saw Kent D out there the first thing after we launched, then later, when we moved, we saw him on his secret crappie spot.Good to see you guys too. Looks like a whole lotta fliggin' until the W & W fishies settle back into a feeding groove. That's kinda how it was last year at this time too.
Those chatterbaits I showed you really wiggle the end of the rod. I got several hard whacks on them, but no hookups. I think they were probably just aggravated cats that didn't know enough about them to bite them right.
(07-30-2020, 09:17 PM)Jmorfish Wrote: Hey T.D. Sounds like you did just fine on the cats....Looks like it will be HOT fishing all weekend, even if the catching isn't so great...HOT? Yeah, maybe for Utah. But before I moved back here I lived almost 20 years in Arizona. THAT was HOT.
But as they say in Hell..."It's a nice dry heat". Even before the hottest part of summer my wife and I would get on the water by daybreak...and by 10 o'clock it would be over a hundred and sweat would be running down my bare arms.
Ahhhh, the things we endure in the name of fishing fun.
Always enjoy playing with the kitties. In these warm conditions they do just fine. They hit hard, fight hard and are great on the table...or in the smoker. I ain't no fishing snob. When I can't catch the ones I want, I want the ones I can catch....or something like that. I'd much rather stretch my string on a few cats than watch a straight rod all day when the other guys won't cooperate.