Cutler Kitty Fest

[SkunkedAgain]

Had about the same luck. I was out on one of the many sloughs on the Bear and only had one cat. A few days ago I could not keep them off. Seems to me that the cold front that came in on Tuesday/Wednesday really shut down the fishing. As for the carp, plenty of activity, yet even with a crawler in front of their nose they were not hungry.

Hopefully it warms up a little more, peak time for me starts about end of April I would say.

We’re you in Benson today?  With a dog with you?  If so I seen you. Looked like a good spot. Later J

Yes sir that was me.

If I would have known I would have grabbed you, I went out alone on the boat so there was plenty of room. Looked like you found a great spot. I hardly ever see anyone fish there and with the current cat pattern I’ll bet that spot will be really good on the right day. If you don’t mind PM me your number and I’ll check if you’re going out when I am.

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Nice going Jeff, looks like you had some calm conditions there. It's funny that we hardly ever get more than a bite on nightcrawlers at Willard, even though we always give them a try, we are hoping for a walleye but we get nothing more than a bite.
sorry to hear you lost a bigger fish, do you tie the braid directly to the hook, or do you tie it to a leader?

Hey Curt I do both direct to hook and to leader. This was direct to the hook and I just rerigged that pole and the line didn’t break the knot was still intact. Something must have went wrong with the hook eye. It was a good quality cycle hook so weird to see that failure. 

Other day we had 50/50 worm to cut bait so it was weird to see the switch. Maybe the colder temps make a difference.

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At least you're getting a few tugs.  You and I should get together and see who can loose the most big fish.  I had the morning off Wed after my evening at Willard and went out to Bear to see if I could catch a big one.  I didn't check my line after those cats rubbing it on the rough bottom I was fishing out at Willard.  I lost 2 rigs at Willard to snags that afternoon.  Anyhow, first cast in at the bear with a big piece of cut chub got bit hard within 5 minutes and I set the hook.  With 2 big head shakes and a classic big fish pull, pop...broke me off. I should know better and just re-tie after an outing. That is twice now that I've lost a big fish out at the bear to a break off.  Frustrating.

Paul we should do that, but let’s catch a few for a change. I’m worried about the Cutler cats this year, some are really skinny and sickly looking. Hope I start finding the big healthy ones soon.