Idaho cathouse, A cold couple days

[idahoron]

I went to the Cathouse on Wednesday and Thursday. Water temp was 47 degrees. I had a slow start on Wed, and got to really hitting them about 2:00 in the afternoon. Then I got 18 in about 3 hours.
On Thursday I again didn't get started good until after 2:00 and again it kicked into over drive. I got 17 On Thursday. The two largest were 12 pounds and 14 pounds.
I found them at the point of Islands and behind log jams.
Here are a few pictures of some of them. I forgot my camera mount and didn't get very good pictures









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[Tazasorus]

Always enjoy your posts Ron. Do you eat some of those Kitty's or catch and release. Love to see some of those cooked up.
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[idahoron]

I wish I would have not forgotten my camera mount. Oh well I forget it every year. I didn't keep any this time. My rule is no keeping over 24".
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[Belasko]

Nice report and impressive looking fish. I was just thinking yesterday it was about the time of year you start these posts and I should pm you for advise on catching some kitties.
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[Kent]

Nice Ron. Wish we had the quantity of large cats in Utah that you have in Idaho.
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[idahoron]

To be honest where I fish this is the average. I am still trying to find a place to break 15 pounds. Those fish have dodged me. If I don't catch at least five 30" fish on a trip I am disappointed.
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[Kent]

Rub it in Ron. As you probably know, we have a catfish catching contest in Utah, North vs South and there were only 5 catfish caught that were 30 inches or longer, with the largest only going 32 inches.

I may need to get some use out of my 2016 annual Idaho fishing license, that I purchased awhile back.
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[idahoron]

I wanted to do a Utah vs Idaho catfish contest. Someone from Utah said that it wouldn't be fare even if it was Utah vs me. I did laugh about that a little.
You should do a Brownlee trip some time, and do it in August. You will catch more cats in a couple days than the guys on the Utah board will their whole season. In one 12 hour period my son and I caught over 100 catfish. We actually got sick of it and started trolling and still caught them on everything from cranks to top water buzz baits.
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[Kent]

How far into Idaho is Brownlee?
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[idahoron]

From the area you fish for Sturgeon if you stay on the highway you would have to go another two hours to three hours depending where you went.
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[Kent]

I was hoping it was closer to Utah, rather than on the Idaho/Oregon border. Would be quite a commitment for me to go up there to catch some cats, but who knows what the future holds.
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