Sr 10/31

Look at that catfish' eyes....Looks like he can't believe what he just bit into..Do you have catnip on your fingers.....lol.........That is one ugly fish!!!....Congrats on a job well done!!!!

[Wilson]

I'd say you did good. I made it a little brighter so we can see how handsome you are

[DRiverRat]

If you all could've seen the look on Phil's face.......... PRICELESS!

Dangers of Noodling.
Catfish are very strong, especially when they're fighting for their lives, and they can easily pull a person underwater. Many an old-timer has a story about someone who died because he couldn't get his hand loose from the catfish's jaw and was dragged to the bottom of the river.
Once a catfish latches onto your hand, it's likely to spin around, ripping up your skin with its sandpaper-like teeth. Some noodlers wear gloves to protect themselves.

[kcritch]

Nice fish...better story. Ya gotta love your best buds....love 'em yes but trust 'em.... maybe not all the time. Awesome post dude.

Nicely done!

[Skunk City]

Good story, big cat!

[Eskimo]

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Nice catfish Flatcreek.

Fish & Game does a really good job of keeping Spruce Run stocked with Catfish. I didn't get skunked all summer. Even when I wasn't fishing for catfish, I still caught catfish.

That's an impressive stocking effort considering the amount of shoreline fishing and boat fishing that reservoir receives. I don't think Van Sickle pier was unoccupied at any point from April to the end of September when they drew the water level down.

My PB Channel Cat for this year was a 21" that I released because I don't like the fillets to be thicker than 1".



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