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NJ219bands · #1 03-28-2014, 02:48 PM

I caught, took a pic, then released a 23" 4 lb 10 oz channel catfish in the 38 degree tidal Delaware River yesterday evening on my first cast for the day with chicken liver bait on the outgoing tide. 2 guys in a boat said that they caught a 6 lber on deer meat. I only had one bite. The water is still way too cold yet.

acabtp · #2 03-28-2014, 04:18 PM

MAN what a waste of venison! i hope it was fat scraps

nice cat you caught though

bigfishy · #3 03-28-2014, 06:11 PM

Very nice lookin cat!!! looks like its ALL muscle with some finger paint towards the tail

NJ219bands · #4 03-29-2014, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by bigfishy

Very nice lookin cat!!! looks like its ALL muscle with some finger paint towards the tail

The finger paint was leaves. Yesterday I caught and released a bullhead in 46 degree Carnegie Lake on chicken liver. It was the only bite that I had and I caught it on my last cast for the day. Looks like 50 degree water is the magic number for good fishing.