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I had a good vacation. First fishing up on the Beaverkill in NY for trout, then logged a good amount of time on Merrill Creek Res, finished up fishing the the club in Blairstown with Wilson. We were looking forward to a fun filled day of perch, crappie, bass and pickerel. We used live shiners today and I got a run off like a usual bass, went to set the hook and felt the weight, I told Wilson we better get off the anchors and hunt this fish down. The fish dragged us around the lake for what seemed to be a half an hour, finally got her to the net, a chunky 31" channel that felt every bit of 15lbs. It was a great fight on 6lb. test and the tiny #8 hook never let go. We got the fish back in the water after a few photos.
2 - PB's over my vacation, a 21" smallmouth at Merrill Creek Res, and the catfish...............back to work !
(again, photo credits to Wilson)

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Now THAT'S what I'm talking about. Good thing at least one of you guys remembers to bring a camera.;) Nice job on 6-lb. test. Great fish.

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I lost an half hour of fishing time waiting for him to get the Catty to the boat. It took 4 hands on the net hoop to haul this thing in. While the Catfish stole the show today Andy was on fire today on every cast. He caught 3 or 4 LMB, 2 Giant Crappies, a Bluegill on a live shiner and a Perch or two as well.


Catfish on the Lake...baaahhahhhah. How bout Catfish in the boat!!!!!

What a beast, biggest Catfish I personally have seen.

And yes the good camera and photographer where there to capture this PB catch.

And oh yeah, get a bigger net!!

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How'd u do Wilson?

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Today I sucked. Can't explain why. Fished the same spots as Andy with the same bait. I got 3 fish today. 1 LMB, dink Pick, and a respectable Crappie. Prob. dropped 3 or 4 more. My personal worst day at the Club ever.
But I still had fun... that was the first freshwater fishing in like 3 weeks.

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4 hands on the net to pick up a 20lbs cat?

Time to hit the gym fellas. :p

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It was the net that was weak. You can see it behind Andy in the Crappie picture. Only about three quarters of the fish fit in the net.

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Damn! Helluva nice cat.

You guys release cause ya have to or personal choice?

That effer would be in my deep fryer right NOW.

....and nice pix....the 1/4 pixel thing is......never mind...:p

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Andy keeps a few Trout for the smoker now and then but I always release FW fish. Andy could of taken the fish if he wanted to.
There were no Trout to be had today...kinda unusual for that lake.
You must have a DEEP deep fryer:eek:

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Awesome kitty!

A weight formula for channel cats courtesy of Wikipedia: W = (L/L1)^b (Invariably, b is close to 3.0 for all species, L1 is the length of a typical fish weighing 1 kg. For channel catfish, b = 3.2293, somewhat higher than for many common species, and L1 = 45.23 cm)

Based on this formula, your fish weighed in at a hair under 6 kg, or approximately 13.21 pounds.