Crazy Channelcats

[Bowhunter57]

  >This evening, the sky cleared, the water calmed and the fish were biting. I caught a few smallies, but they were too small to keep. Even so, they are always fun to catch.

The channelcats were huge! I lost one that flat out ignored the fact that he was hooked and he was headed for the other side of the planet.  After that one, I backed off on the drag and it paid off, as the next one was a 24" fish. The 22" channelcat was caught on a Rebel crawfish crankbait, but the 24" cat was caught on a Repala Original Floating Minnow.

To make the evening even more enjoyable, the sky was good company. 



22" and 24" Channelcats.





Bowhunter57

[chefjeff]

those will eat well! I caught one last week on a tube jig!

[leadbutt]

I do miss fishing for them,my partner and I would get off work and drive up to Richmond and fly fish for them on the river, always surprised me when they would bite and where a ton of fun

[Bowhunter57]

   >The madness continues...  Trolling along the bank, in about 12' of water, minding my own business...when, WHAM a channelcat hits one of my lures. I have never caught my limit of anything, but as of today I can say I have.  As Jim Carey would say, "Somebody stop me!" 

6 Channelcats: 14", 2 - 18", 22", 24" and 26".

The stringer:



The line up:



The filets:



Bowhunter57

[KNIFE_NUT_1981]

Nice catfish! I bet it's loads of fun catching them from that kayak too!
 

[Zulu]

Bowhunter,
The catfish limit where you are is only 6?
It's 25 here in Texas.
Zulu

[streak]

Nice looking channels!
 Where I originally come from we would call most of those "fiddlers"! Which are just the right size to fry whole! Of course filets are great as they gone down faster!!

[Bowhunter57]

The catfish limit where you are is only 6?
It's 25 here in Texas.

Zulu,
Ofcourse it is...it's Texas. Everything's bigger in Texas!    I wouldn't mind living there. 
 
Bowhunter57