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09-25-2011, 02:50 PM
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Personal best catfish:
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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09-25-2011, 02:56 PM
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Re: Personal best catfish:
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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09-25-2011, 03:10 PM
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Re: Personal best catfish:
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!! Last edited by Wilson; 09-25-2011 at 03:18 PM..
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09-25-2011, 03:22 PM
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Re: Personal best catfish:
How'd u do Wilson?
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09-25-2011, 03:29 PM
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Re: Personal best catfish:
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But I still had fun... that was the first freshwater fishing in like 3 weeks. Last edited by Wilson; 09-27-2011 at 02:10 PM..
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09-25-2011, 03:51 PM
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09-25-2011, 03:53 PM
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Re: Personal best catfish:
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... 
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09-25-2011, 04:01 PM
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Re: Personal best catfish:
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There were no Trout to be had today...kinda unusual for that lake. You must have a DEEP deep fryer  Last edited by Wilson; 09-25-2011 at 04:14 PM..
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09-25-2011, 04:45 PM
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Re: Personal best catfish:
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.
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