Pounded the trout and got a real big surprisei

[Cuz]

Decided to go trouting after being in N.C. for three weeks.
First hit the Pohatcong Creek with fair results. Kept two out of eight. Then I headed to the Musky near Bloomsbury. I was surprised to find the water high and very discolored. I almost didn't get out of my truck. But it was a long ride just to turn around. Best choice I ever made. I pounded brown trout one cast after another in the fastest dirtiest water I think I ever fished. I don't know how the trout could see my butterworms. Then my rod doubled over and a fish ran downstream 60'. After fifteen long runs in a strong current and twenty minutes later my imaginary 8 lb. trout turned out to be 4 lb. channel catfish. And on a butterworm.
This was without a doubt the best fight I ever experienced in a stream. Carp and suckers are not even close. How she got through all the dams, spillways etc. from the Delaware River is a mystery. By the way. I fished a few miles without another fisherman in sight. The fish are still there. Go get 'em.