Braggin Board

[skawez]

well i couldnt think of a better name for the thread.. this year so far ive got my PB blue of 9 lbs 14 oz and plan on besting it.. i still have yet to best my PB channel of 15 lbs but i will.. and tonight i caught my fist and PB Flathead of 25 lbs 14 oz and also my biggest fish out of all of them.. so heres a thread to brag a bit about what we been catchin..

[Frankie B]

nice fish man

[camochris2]

where did you catch them at and what was you useing for bait

[skawez]

the blue was at BO on cut bait. and the flathead at Bluestem on goldfish.. the channel was on shrimp at harlan county.

[jrgriffhusker]

nice fish man. My big fish of the year is a 8 lb channel. At a private pond on chicken liver. Anyways good fish man. Make sure you enter it to get an award, as far as anyone has said that's biggest fish of the year for NE.

[grillking]

nice fish man!!!! hopefully you will beat all your pb's in the future! good luck :big_smile:

[bownero]

Good job Steve!! Nice fish you've caught!! Hope to see you at the gathering!! It's coming close. Gotta swap some big fish stories!!

Congrats and get that award!! Well deserved!!:big_smile:

[Huskercat]

My biggest fish so far this year would be a 5 pound Channel out of Salt Creek but I'm hoping to change that tomorrow or Sat. I don't work Fridays, the woman is out of town this weekend, and apparently they're hitting good at Wildwood and Bluestem so I've got all weekend to fish! we'll see what happens :big_smile:

[skawez]

im heading up to the river on saturday night.. all but 2 ppl which may only be one.. pulled the plug on goin one i still dont know about.. (James)...plus im lookin for a fishin buddy round here that likes ta go fishin anytime during the week and or saturday nights... pm me if ya can stay out past 4am.. LOL:smile2:

[skawez]

ya know Matt.. i look like an idiot most the time.. but when my poles bent over and the reels a spinnin i make sure the cams handy so theres proof i dont always look like that.

been having a blast at the lakes lately the really been hittin' dont matter what the lake if your fishin almost guaranteed to catch something.. i said almost.. lol

so come on guys start postin some pics and braggin some.. :smile2:

[iluvnevaeh]

caught my first flathead last nite on a bluegill at about 10:30, dont know how big it is though, dont have a scale.

[iluvnevaeh]

oops forgot the pics :smile2:


well i guess it aint lettin me put em up. i got em over on the flathead thread if anyone can give me a guess of how big it is.

[skawez]

Congrats on your first Flathead and PB too right? im guessing 15-17 lbs nice cat ~!!!

[Frankie B]

I saw it in the flathead section...nice fish.....buy a scale

[iluvnevaeh]

u know what, sorry steve i forgot to say sumthin and congratulate u bout ur fish. i didnt notice til last nite, i guess i thought i left u somthin on here after u calld. glad that you caught one and got that award bro. Really nice fish and hopefully you catch bigger ones this year, but not at BO for the gatherin jk:smile2::smile2:

[skawez]

NOT AT BO?? oic how ya r :big_smile:

[skawez]

we went out the other night to a little out of the way lake that i thought was another.. actually thought it was supposed to be a reservoir.. turned out to be a WMA LOL.. but hey its got flatheads is way down and it didnt matter what the kids threw out at them they caught a fish!!.. corn liver shrimp.. not a soul around water was way low.. but we had a blast!! i live for the memories with the kids and when ya meld fishin in with the mix it only makes it that much better!!

[flathead_hunter]

well here is a pic of my nephew and i with a channel about 8 pounds we caught last week on secret 7 it's the biggest fish he ever caught.. the 7 works awsome to boot we caught 4 between 6-10 pound range sorry if the pic doen't come out that well...
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[bownero]

A big warm congrats goes to Steve and JR!! Really nice to see the kids getting involved in the outdoors too! That's what it's all about!! great pics and nice catches!! :big_smile::wink::0a31::001::006::0a23:

[jrgriffhusker]

Took my youngest son and his friend fishing on the 5th. It was a pretty good day. Patrick was reeling in a bluegill to only get it stripped off by a big bass. Of course he didn't know what to do because it's his first time fishing. But the highlight of the day is the 8 lber that I helped Ryan reel in. See attached photos. He can't smile because the fish is weighing to much and he's probably a little nervous since he's never held a catfish before.
Fun time for all who attended. :big_smile::big_smile::big_smile:

[fmb]

good to see your fish count is going up........it's always nice to take the kids fishing, I don't know who likes it more them or us

[flathead_hunter]

they look pretty proud of them fish:wink: that gill would have made nice bait:big_smile:

[jrgriffhusker]

I've caught two 4 pound bass out of the same pond using gillies that size as bait. And it seems everytime I catch the nice fish my little buddy Ryan is with me. He always seems to be in the picture too. :big_smile::big_smile:

[skawez]

Ya got a heck of pond there and one lucky fishin buddy.. the memories made with those 2 will last a life time. let the good times roll!!!

[jrgriffhusker]

Ya got a heck of pond there and one lucky fishin buddy.. the memories made with those 2 will last a life time. let the good times roll!!!

And to think this pond is small enough that you can cast across it. And I'm not kidding in the least bit. Sometimes I find myself casting to far at night when I can't see and it ends up in the cattails on the other side. LOL
Anyways I don't really see a need to go to a big lake when I can catch master anglers out of this one. AND it's only 10 minutes from the house. One of these days I'm taking my two man boat out on it and I'm going to drop and anchor just to see how deep it is.

[catfishjohn54]

Enjoy it while it lasts, Squire! My fishin' buddies are my grandchildren now. What fun, but a lot of work. I can't really relax when i take more then one at a time fishing. My son is my serious fishing buddy. My wife comes along when she is in the mood, but it's like fishing with one of the little grandkids. I do all of the work. lol. Say, Skewz, getting any fish lately? I haven't fished for four days. I'm getting withdrawals. I went into hospital Monday for hernia operation on my stomach. :angry:i feel like someone stuck a pitchfork in my guts and left it there. The wife won't let me out of the house till I heal. It aint so bad. I watch the morning news, then Regis show, Jeopardy, and The Price Is Right. Sometimes I catch Martha Stewart. Most of the time I dose off because of the pain meds. Then, the soaps come on. I am so upset with what is going on on All My Children...

[jrgriffhusker]

Yeah my fiance with us on Sunday, and I asked her if she had a good time and she said it was relaxing. I said for who I didn't get to sit down the whole time we were out there. Oh well Ryan and Patrick had fun and that's what counts. Friday night I'm hitting it all night long for the first time. I'm hoping to come out of there with a 25 pounder I know they're are in there. At least I hope they are.

[catfishjohn54]

Yopu think there's a fish that big in there? Remeber- drag, drag, drag- let 'em run themselves tired. Good luck!

[skawez]

hope everyone makes it out somewhere tonight.. by the looks of it its been awhile since some braggin was done.

[fmb]

well I got some good fish at the tourney my wife and I are fishing but I will keep quiet untill the weigh in :wink: but we are fishing untill sunday morning so we got plenty of time

[Dkaup]

well I got some good fish at the tourney my wife and I are fishing but I will keep quiet untill the weigh in :wink: but we are fishing untill sunday morning so we got plenty of time


we didn't get much for the tourney. thats for sure. you might have most weight if your telling the truth because nobody caught much

[skawez]

it dont take but one to have the MOST WEIGHT as long as its a big one..but more then one nice one sure helps alot dont it. keep at it you guys keep them lines tight and the hooks full..

[fmb]

well we just got back from the tourney..we got 4th place...had a blast wish more ppl would have showed up...there was one problem that everybody had and that was keeping the fish alive...I got my biggest fish on the first day actually with in a half hour after the start...well he died and that was that....

and yea I'm braggin about 4th place like Jackie Moon and the tropics:smile2:

[skawez]

with out a boat/live well its hard to keep fish especially nice ones alive for and extended periods in this weather.. even a stringer with 10' of rope wont keep them more then a day day and a half.

Atleast you placed , had fun, and caught fish~!!! Congrats:big_smile:

[jrgriffhusker]

Went to the Platte last night till about 3 this morning. Put out 9 lines and came back in with 7 fish. Used live gillies and had pretty good luck for the most part. I tried chicken livers and wicked sticky on R & R in between checking the lines but no luck. Oh well they sure loved the gillies. Didn't keep anything because I was to cold and tired when I came in and didn't feel like cleaning the fish. They were in between 2 - 5 pounds and all were flatheads.

[Dkaup]

Had a good morning on the loup sunday morning around 1 am. caught three flatheads. 2 lbs, 8 lbs, and 20 lbs.

[fmb]

nice fishing trip...looks like you got a new avator and pb...congrats

any eggs in em???

[Dkaup]

no eggs in any of them. spawn looks like it might finally be done

[fmb]

hells ya....I knew it was gonna be one of these days...glad to hear that info...and man what a fish...

[skawez]

just got back from Calamus... didnt get any advice on the place so kinda went up blind ... heres a few pics of the first night and the last night.. since the middle night we were worn out from the Nebraska bowhunters jamboree in Halsey..

[Huskercat]

That's great man! Glad your trip was worth it :big_smile:

[skawez]

we had a blast makes me wonder why i didnt go the last 5 years!

[bownero]

just got back from Calamus... didnt get any advice on the place so kinda went up blind ... heres a few pics of the first night and the last night.. since the middle night we were worn out from the Nebraska bowhunters jamboree in Halsey.. Hey Steve! What was the weight on those cats. Looks like some nice hawgs your boys are holding. WTG! Steve. Gotta make it to Calamus someday!!

[jrgriffhusker]

Nice job Steve. Looks like a nice fishing trip. My self we sent to Johnson Lake for a family reunion. I caught 2 channies. One was a 4 lber and a one 5 lber. Went to the inlet and had some nice quiet nights away from all the fiance's stupid (and I mean STUPID) relatives. I know that's not nice but I'm glad I'm not marrying her family.

[skawez]

most the eaters we kept were 1.5-2 lbs had one 3 lber the big one went 16.7 we thru back most the fish we caught... well we caught dinner and breakfast and the rest went back.. even had a few to bring home but as for the lake we still aint pulled anything out of it! Gracie creek we pulled some bass and some trout for eating too but all the cats we got we pulled from below the dam. the fire ants are killers down there!!

[SGTREDNECK]

Thats a nice charge of fish.

[skawez]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VUn244oYJw


i forget how to embed .. but this is the video of the landing of the hawg

[jrgriffhusker]

I like the part where he sticks his fingers in the mouth and then jumps back when it bites him. How many of us have done this before? That made me laugh til I almost cried. My women didn't understand why I was laughing so hard.

[Huskercat]

Ha! Great video Steve :smile2: Tell Mike Congrats again!!!

[sattv]

I love to see kids catch nice fish:big_smile:

[skawez]

i tried to tell him.. bottom lip .. its not the first time its happened to him.. or me.. tho the big ones clamp down pretty good.. dont they James LOL..
i got a chuckle out of it when it happend but we laughed all the way home when we replayed that vid!!! All Mike could say was.. yea dad it was funny ha ha.. but my PB channels bigger then yours... that shut me up.. for now..

[skawez]

well im guessing.. that the spawn is over.. we hammered the fryers today at wagontrain. had one nice runner on carp sides but i was too busy with the wicked sticky and liver poles to grab it in time :embarassed:. So anyways.. im Hopeing this weekend will be goooooood fishin!!!

[catmanjeff]

what part of wagin train?

[skawez]

Aww come'on Jeff .. i told ya where to fish that lake.. its an eater lake aint never caught nothing very big outta there.. well i aint anyway.. but i guess ill tell ya again.. aa fish off the bank and put the hook line and bait in the water.. LOL.. nah just messin with ya.. fish the drop offs during the day and the shallows at night. ... .. do you remember where i told ya they there?

[catmanjeff]

I think you told me to fish sasquatch cove but you said it wasn't safe over there. I smell a conspiracy.

[skawez]

i hear ya there.. never go there in the Dark .. he'll get ya for sure!!!

northwest side.. west of the jetti east of the pond.

[jrgriffhusker]

I really miss fishing the salt lakes out there. And I won't get a chance till next year. I know this is the braggin board about fishing. But I'm the new Asst. Maintanence Supervisor for PCHS. Thats the hospital out here. Now my career is going in the right direction, this should be my retirement job. Although the ole' lady will want to move in the next 10 years I'm sure.
Anyways nice job on catching all them eaters Steve. I bet the kids had an awesome time.

[skawez]

congrats on the job and the direction of it.. they had a blast.. but moving? we got hospitals here too.. get your seniority and bump in down here when the boss says its time to go..

[jrgriffhusker]

Don't worry that is our plan. I really like all the big resivours out here, but with a broke boat I can't really go explore and learn where to fish them. Oh well I'm tearing it apart in Oct and maybe I'll get it out before snow falls.
Yes we will eventually end up back on the eastern part of the state.

[catmanjeff]

Went up to summit last night. Got 1- 6lb6oz about 10:30 then about a half hour later got a hard hit on my antique St Crouix fiberglass rod. It was a monster but I could not get any leverage with that pole. He swam in to the anchor rope and tore himself loose.:angry: Wife got tired to we put the boat on the trailer and I fished from the bank.

[catmanjeff]

FROM LAST NIGHT

[skawez]

Nice fish Jeff.. sounds like you really like that summit lake, close to home got some nice cats in it.

[catmanjeff]

Y'all ought to come up air and join me some time. I been down to yer neck of the woods twice now.:ooooh:

[skawez]

i hear ya there bro.. ill see if we can get something worked out between the gatherings and school and applications. But so ya know sunday nights work the best as of now.

[Dkaup]

Had a good night on the canal saturday night between 8 and 11 oclock. Caught 2 flatheads and 4 channels all between 2 and 5 lbs. not real big but good eaters. Never even got a nibble after 11 though.

[fmb]

Me my son and my buddy hit the canal tonite...well we think the spawn is over finally!!!!!!

this all happened in about 3 hours!!!!!!!!!!! good times:big_smile:

the biggest flathead and biggest channel are mine...my buddy got the rest...

[skawez]

Right on Frankie!!!..Nice Fish musta had a Blast! Quality over Quantity! well thats what i say then i have a reason for catchin less LOL:smile2:

[flathead_hunter]

That one kinda looks like a blue by the color but yet again I'm looking at it from a cell phone

[subcook]

nice fish frankie what were u using for bait? I might head back out tonight but gotta check with the wife u know sence she has to work tonight but I'll look for ur number and give u a shout if I head out.

[fmb]

nice fish frankie what were u using for bait? I might head back out tonight but gotta check with the wife u know sence she has to work tonight but I'll look for ur number and give u a shout if I head out.

the big flattie was on cut gill...the big channel was on bait shrimp...what time did you get there??? and where did you fish??? other than my buddy all I saw was a jeep full of 4 girls:big_smile:( my 8th fantasy)...but if were gonna meet out there sometime send me a pm with the time and the spot...all I can say is we were there man and so were the flatties:roll_eyes:

[jrgriffhusker]

Nice job Frankie. That makes me a lot more excited about next weekend. I hope we knock the hell out of them at the blue.

[sattv]

Nice Job Frank:cool2:
I bet you missed your stringer:crazy:

[subcook]

I got to the canal around 8 fished till about 4 I checked the park then moved closer to genoa I took the right. right before the bridge and went about a quater mile and fished sum downed trees that I thought would hold a flattie or 2 but no flatties just channels

[fmb]

Nice Job Frank:cool2:
I bet you missed your stringer:crazy:

ya my cooler was a little low on space...all good tho I'll grab it next time we go fishing...

[fmb]

I got to the canal around 8 fished till about 4 I checked the park then moved closer to genoa I took the right. right before the bridge and went about a quater mile and fished sum downed trees that I thought would hold a flattie or 2 but no flatties just channels

well we will be out there again tonite...leaving around 6pm...fishing inbetween the atv park and hwy 22 on the south side of canal...see ya there if ya make it

[WaltonsMountain]

Hey guys, caught some nice channels out at Holmes last night. The bigger one is about 8-10lbs 27''. My pb. Got em on the chicken liver!

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9046/ryanbigcatchaug3009.jpg

[skawez]

Congrats!.. i knew they was in there its just the amount of ppl there that keeps me away but now and then ill show for a bit.

[catmanjeff]

http://www.catfish1.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1635611#post1635611

[flathead_hunter]

Hey guys, caught some nice channels out at Holmes last night. The bigger one is about 8-10lbs 27''. My pb. Got em on the chicken liver!

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9046/ryanbigcatchaug3009.jpg
take some secret 7 out their your pb will double in size...:wink:

[fmb]

http://www.catfish1.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1635611#post1635611

r u guys still talking about the bluestem bigfoot????

[skawez]

r u guys still talking about the bluestem bigfoot????

you know it Frankie.. hes out there.. im tellin ya freaky stuff happens on that cove thats just all there is to it.. ive seen the eyes, ive heard the knocking, ive even heard a "scream" or "screech" thats never come from any animal i know of. its all good tho he stays on his shore ill stay on mine and as long as niether of us cross the line where they meet all will be just fine. but if anything comes flying out of the woods im not throwing it back im not the type that plays catch in the dark.

[catmanjeff]

sounds like he went to ohio:big_smile:

[skawez]

no complaints here. lets just he moved and didnt just go to visit

[Huskercat]

Hey guys, caught some nice channels out at Holmes last night. The bigger one is about 8-10lbs 27''. My pb. Got em on the chicken liver!

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9046/ryanbigcatchaug3009.jpg

Where on the lake did you get em? I live like 2 minutes from there and fish it quite often, but the biggest cat I've managed out of there was a 4lbr. (also on liver) I was out there a week or so ago and the whole damn lake was full of weeds. I hooked up with a couple fish but when I got them to the weeds One of em got tangled up and I had to break him off and another one came unhooked when I was pullin him through the weeds. But, on the plus side, I did catch a couple nice bass. One went 17 inches and I'm guessing close to 4lbs.

[catmanjeff]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOwAxCjcSTk

:smile2::smile2::smile2::smile2::smile2:

[fmb]

well I fished the loup canal tonight...not to much action but I got this one and missed another so it wasn't to bad..better than sitting at home...

I got this one on a green sunfish about 5 inches long

[skawez]

Thats not a bad cat Frankie id have taken it you did better then we did.. had 3 runs on goldfish and 1 on shad sides nothin on liver NOTHIN! hard to believe it... we fished from the boat either i gotta quit doin that or do it often enough to know where to fish when we're in it. bankin it i can do i can find them off the bank that boatins got me confused... oh yea we went to bluestem... and what hits we did get were in sasquatch cove... he didnt make an appearance so he musta moved to Ohio for the winter.

[fmb]

just so you know....I mailed the bad luck stringer to bluestem lake in care of big foot....:smile2:

[catmanjeff]

I hope the mailman doesn't get it!

[ammo warrior]

Nice catch, It just makes ya smile

[fmb]

here is the one I got last nite/this morning....he went 7 pounds and was caught off the bridge at headworks on cut bullhead

and once again I was hooked into a fish I could not land...I hooked him on the bridge and ended up 25 feet down river before he went on a run and must have hit snags and that was that....I was shaking on the shore line for a few minutes...this fish is playing tug-o-war with me and WINNING

and sorry about the bad pictures...wife is at work and son is at school...so I had to take some myself

[skawez]

sounds like its time for a grappling hook and wench on the canal... i start a new job on tues so once i get my time and days worked out ill be out tho ill prolly bring the car not the truck but i can always call for the truck if we need it to land this monster!!!

[catmanjeff]

I bought a new wench for my boat trailer today. I'll let you have the old one.

[Huskercat]

Well, I fished B.O. the last 2 nights. Last night I fished from 7pm - 4am. Fished with white perch and goldfish and lost one and had one more good bite. Not a terrible night because I usually don't even get a bite there, but 9 hours of fishing with no fish is a long night. Those 2 bites were enough to make me head back out there again this evening, even after only getting 3 hours of sleep last night because I just knew there was fish there and it FINALLY paid off!!! Only had lines in the water for about an hour when this pig slammed my 'gill. 36 inches long and too big for my scale but I'm guessing between 20-25lbs. Anyway, it shattered my PB of 9lbs and is the biggest cat I've ever landed on rod and reel. I still can't believe it! My buddy also caught one that was right around 8lbs shortly after that, also on a live gill. Anyway, I had an AWESOME night!!! Here's a pic...

[fmb]

hell ya...congrats on the new pb

I think the fall bite is on!!!!!

[skawez]

WTG MATT!! Congrats on the PB!!

[Huskercat]

Here's a few more pics of the Flathead.

[fmb]

I would guess 27 pounds maybe more....did you get the girth???

[skawez]

NICE CAT MATT!! CONGRATS ON THE PB!!!!

[Huskercat]

Nope, I didn't measure the girth. I actually didn't even think about doing that. I was kind of in shock :big_smile: I have tried for 10 years or so to get one like that so I was pretty excited. Just wanted to get a measurement and get it back in the water. But it was pretty damn thick if you ask me. I know it was at least every bit of 25lbs. maybe more....