Funeral Cats

[shb]

I got off of work yesterday to go to a funeral, but the funeral was over with by 5:30pm so naturaly I took the big cat rods and a dipnet.  It was very enjoyable to sit back and watch the rod tips swaying with the current.  The inlet I was fishing was swarming with baby shad so I dipped up a net full for bait. I was only able to catch three, 2 flats and one channel. All of them looked as if they weighed about 2and1/2 pounds. There was a fellow farther down from me at the very end of the scour hole who was having some good luck, and near as I can tell he was using crawdads. He caught three that I could see and they all appeared to be in the 10lb range.  I can't wait for sept. and the big ones to start biting again.

good luck to everyone and lets hear your experiences

[01magnatec]

here in pa i have been waiting for the right night for them.  Me and my brother have went out a dozen times already and not even a bite yet.
The one place we are fishing (Tusarora state park) is new to us so we haven't quite figured the lake out yet.  when we find the right channel it should be ok though.
The other lake we usually fish (Beltzville state park) is MUCH MUCH larger and last year i caught several nice channels. Largest being 17 lb and his largest 21 lb.
We haven't had luck at either place yet though.