Nomahegan, Echo and Lenape Trifecta Monday 8-29

[Skunk City]

Pretty cool man. I have had Channel Cats hit some weird things over the years, including flatfish, jigging raps, 2" and 4" swimshads.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Cold beers, shade, county parks, county cops and fish! Perfect together, LOL! Some nice fish from our local waters! Those cats will eat anything and are super aggrieved at times! Good catching dude!

[logs22]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

Cold beers, shade, county parks, county cops and fish! Perfect together, LOL! Some nice fish from our local waters! Those cats will eat anything and are super aggrieved at times! Good catching dude!

I don't worry about the county cops, but the Kenilworth cops can be tough! Lenape is definitely the most heavily patrolled of the three parks, but it also provides the most privacy and seclusion for those who don't mind slogging through the swamps.

[Delawareriver]

I don't think guys realize how big of a predator channel cats are. Sure they scavenge when they can but how many dead fish are really on the bottom of the river? Not that many! they are hunting cray fish, insect larvae, and minnows a lot of the times so it's not uncommon to catch them on lures. I've caught multiple channels on poppers and even dry flies while fly fishing.

[Eskimo]

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Channel Catfish, actually all catfish, are amazing creatures. The more I fish for them and read about them, the more impressed I am.

Catfish can 'hear' a lure or potential prey items in two ways. They can use their lateral line and they can use their inner ears connected to their swim bladders.
Here is a excerpt from the In-Fisherman:

Catfish can hear sounds of much higher frequency (up to 13,000 cycles per second) than other common gamefish. Catfish and minnows hear better than bass, trout, and other common gamefish because they have Weberian ossicles, bony structures that connect the swim bladder to the inner ear. The bladder acts as a resonating chamber to amplify vibrations, improving sensitivity and hearing range. Fish without Weberian ossicles hear sounds only from about 20 to 1,000 cycles per second

Read more: http://www.in-fisherman.com/catfish/...#ixzz4IujMncvt

http://www.in-fisherman.com/catfish/...sensibilities/

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