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[01_ranger_4x4]

Originally Posted by 94mtx

My biggest catch - gulf of mexico

60lb amberjack

Nice man! I bet that was fun to pull in!


This is my largest catch. Caught this on Lake Michigan a couple weeks ago, first time ever big lake trolling. 13 pound King Salmon.

[94mtx]

Yeah it was Patrick; Amberjack is a hell of a fight... They swim strait down when they get hooked and try to wrap your line around rocks.

Took me about 30 minutes to pull in.

[joedaddyhenderson]

Here's one from Panama City Fl. I caught this one in 4ft bay water, 12 lb fluorocarbon. I waded out to my spot, it's an old ice dock back in the 50s. Of course, it's just rocks now.

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[01_ranger_4x4]

Originally Posted by joedaddyhenderson

Here's one from Panama City Fl. I caught this one in 4ft bay water, 12 lb fluorocarbon. I waded out to my spot, it's an old ice dock back in the 50s. Of course, it's just rocks now.

Nice fish!

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[01_ranger_4x4]

These are some pics from last September. Wife wanted to go fishing for our anniversary. Id say she's a keeper!

[ClemsonRanguh]

Über bump for fishing! Caught some cats on jugs last weekend in a small pond. Caught a 50 lb flathead couple years back, gotta beat it this year!

[ClemsonRanguh]

Originally Posted by ClemsonRanguh

Über bump for fishing! Caught some cats on jugs last weekend in a small pond. Caught a 50 lb flathead couple years back, gotta beat it this year!

To add on fishing tips, caught them on chicken livers in pantyhose pouches. I Mainly catch cats on fresh cut bream and live bream in rivers

[RangerSport4x2]

Originally Posted by ClemsonRanguh

To add on fishing tips, caught them on chicken livers in pantyhose pouches. I Mainly catch cats on fresh cut bream and live bream in rivers

Good to know, there is a shit ton of Cats under my boat dock. Usually can get about 15-20 of small ones in an hour or so but if I'm going to catch them it'd be nice to get some big ones.

[ClemsonRanguh]

Originally Posted by RangerSport4x2

Good to know, there is a shit ton of Cats under my boat dock. Usually can get about 15-20 of small ones in an hour or so but if I'm going to catch them it'd be nice to get some big ones.

Those are the bet eatin' size though! Hah. Yea big cats IMO bite bigger cuts of live bait and small live bait/bream/whatever

[RangerSport4x2]

Originally Posted by ClemsonRanguh

Those are the bet eatin' size though! Hah. Yea big cats IMO bite bigger cuts of live bait and small live bait/bream/whatever

I have a pond on one side of my house that I get a good amount off bass on, and I've only really fresh water fished my whole life. Gonna venture over to the river side (brackish) and start fishin there more. Besides the catfish I've got my neighbors have told me they've got some reds there too. Gotta try some new types of bait.

[RoberticusMaximus]

the catfish around here are crazy lol
i've caught pond cats on most everything. i caught one on a throw-line with just a rubber worm with nothing else lol (no scent, no dip or stink, nothin).
i caught one with a turtle head. that's right, the head of a turtle (the turtle hooked itself, i drug it in, i chopped it's head off, i left it on there & threw it back out haha!)

lets see... i believe i used a locust (the big fat loud vibrating ones), a wasps nest, a pear core, and just about every bass/crappie/perch lure that i typically use for angling lol

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oh yeah, the best bait i ever used for cats is homemade stinkbait! it's made with a few calf brains, a few pounds of cheddar cheese, a cup of Dawn dish soap, a little milk or water if the brains aren't liquidy enough, and cattails (after they start to come apart, they help the bait stay on the sponge or whatever you are forcing it into)

put it all in a 5gallon bucket with a lid & leave it outside in the summer heat to liquify & stir occasionally lol

the longer you leave it, the better it stanks!

[ClemsonRanguh]

Originally Posted by robertmcclure

the catfish around here are crazy lol
i've caught pond cats on most everything. i caught one on a throw-line with just a rubber worm with nothing else lol (no scent, no dip or stink, nothin).
i caught one with a turtle head. that's right, the head of a turtle (the turtle hooked itself, i drug it in, i chopped it's head off, i left it on there & threw it back out haha!)

lets see... i believe i used a locust (the big fat loud vibrating ones), a wasps nest, a pear core, and just about every bass/crappie/perch lure that i typically use for angling lol

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oh yeah, the best bait i ever used for cats is homemade stinkbait! it's made with a few calf brains, a few pounds of cheddar cheese, a cup of Dawn dish soap, a little milk or water if the brains aren't liquidy enough, and cattails (after they start to come apart, they help the bait stay on the sponge or whatever you are forcing it into)

put it all in a 5gallon bucket with a lid & leave it outside in the summer heat to liquify & stir occasionally lol

the longer you leave it, the better it stanks!

Man I bet that is some raunchy bait lol

[RoberticusMaximus]

before my brother had ever smelled it, he said 'hey lemme smell', and i obliged him lol! i though he'd pass out for sure lolol

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oh yeah, forgot to mention, the dish soap disperses the scent in the water rapidly, so if you don't get a bite in about 5 minutes then you prolly oughta reel in & dip your sponge or holder again. in ponds, you catch 5 cats in 10 minutes with it, & then nothin. i think it;s cause the scent is everywhere after a few minutes & they get overwhelmed...

now in rivers, it's an all day thing lol - those fish will swim upstream like banshees after that smell

[Pats8092]

Got this striper on cape cod. ~30 lbs, 41 inches



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[TBarr]

View from the float tube last night. Had a really nice brown on but it got off right before I could reach it