Whenever your ready haws

Hammered the trout on Friday out of Cocodrie.

The old river controls structures near simmsport la, castnetted a few shad and thats what they were biting on.

only thing I like more than catching catfish is eatin them! here's a big blue I caught on the James river in Va. in 2006 ...35.5 lbs...and its considered a small one on that river..lol


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catdaddy, im gone all next week, but when i get back i think i may try running some jugs at night on the river..got any tips?

Try lake martin i caught some good cats ther last year at night.From the banks and from land.

Catdaddy I fish the intracoastal for catfish and the occasional redfish also. I'm usually fishin from the Boston to the Oaks canal. Usually just do decent, may start setting jugs in the morning so I'll have some more when I come back in, hah. Where are you fishing out of?

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I ran some jugs up in the highlines north of ward 8 a couple of weeks ago, something came up with work and I didn't get to go check them the next morning so they sat for 2 nights. When I went back I had 1 dead gar (thankfully) that went about 15 pounds, 1 strangled cottonmouth (he got to keep the hook), a 3 lb channel cat and probably 6 or 7 straightened hooks and a broken one. Using mullet filets at about 4 ft deep, haven't had a chance to go out since.

Intracostal Canal.. Come meet me one day[/QUOTE]



CatDaddy, where in the Intracoastal Canal do you fish? I usualy fish the Boston. Typically the Chiene, Delcambre Canal, and any mouth leading into the bay.

hey Reverend keep an eye out for me out there. Usually fishin that cut just east of the holding tanks and that work boat docked 24/7. Probably the only guy in the area with a 20hp Tohatsu and green deck in the jon boat, hahah! You launch out of Don's or Jean Marie?

Catdaddy-
I know you run jugs alot, what size hooks are you using? I have mine rigged with 4/0 kahle, but i have had a few straightened ones, just started jugging, is this pretty common?

I have been testing and using different hooks for a long time... I have finally found a hook that I think is the strongest and most dependable hook that i think...

I get them at Louisiana Net and Twine. They are the MUSTAD Forged Cadmium Plated hooks.... I use a 8/0 hook with the big eyes. (34081 style).

Me and one of my buddies were jugging the other night and one of these babys snagged an alligator... we caught the line and drug this alligator to the boat (keep in mind this thing is thrashing the water like he is on crack rock).. My buddy has a 14 foot boat and the tip of the nose was on the front and his tail was all the way to the back.. We held on to this alligator for almost 30 minutes till we could get the hook out.. when the hook was out, we noticed that it hadn't bent one bit... that made me a beleiver in these hooks.. I wont be buying any other hook from now on.

CatDaddy, where in the Intracoastal Canal do you fish? I usualy fish the Boston. Typically the Chiene, Delcambre Canal, and any mouth leading into the bay.[/QUOTE]


Im more in white lake, grand lake, old intracoastal, and new intracoastal inbetween grand lake and white lake..

if you release the gator unharmed (if it catches your jug on accident) is that illegal or legal?

Start baiting at sundown... check em about 12:00.. and then again in the morning if you want to stay up that long.. Use FRESH or LIVE bait.. Like cut mullet, Live bream, Red Carp.. ect...

The trick is to get them at """NIGHT""... and if your going to have them in Intracoastal... you have to keep an eye on them so the dern tugs dont suck em all up...

You cant get caught with an alligator Period... unless its in season and you have a permit/tags... I didnt want to harm it because it was so dern big...

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Here are a few pics of some catfish that i usually catch

Atleast you drive a good truck, Dodge!!!!

If you ever get a chance to go to south carolina and fish the Santee Cooper river and lake....GO as fast as you can if your a catfisherman. IT has to be the capital of the world for cats. All kinds all sizes...clean water and even the big cats taste as good as the fiddlers.

How did you get the hook out of that guy without people nicknaming you "stubby"?