Fishing with clayton 7-3-06

[davesoutfishing]

Met clayton down at the boat ramp on the mississippi at 6 am we got to the first spot around 630 am looked like rain allday man my mind just went blank lol like always I had a really good time fishing as you can see in the pics we caught a toatol of 15 fish lost two right at the side of the boat them circle hooks are the way to go guys I would recomend useing them with kids just let the fish hook them selves Mr Clayton thankyou for letting me go with ya had a blast thanks here are the pics

[davesoutfishing]

more of claytons catch

[laidbck111]

nice fish and I am glad you had a good time.

[davesoutfishing]

some of claytons big channel

[davesoutfishing]

the big channel is pretty big 12 lbs 14oz

[davesoutfishing]

we did have a good time lot of boats out but it was still alot of fun

[davesoutfishing]

pic of the fish I caught

[davesoutfishing]

look cat no perch lol

[catseeman]

Dave seems like a good time to be fishing. Nice pics.

[Cattledogz]

Nice catching Dave and Clayton. Thanks for sharing the pics Dave. I would say y'all had a great day :-)

[Cattracker16]

what were you using for bait if you mind me asking. ? i have yet to land to many cats as of here lately.. great catch you guys. good pics

[sltrnsam]

what were you using for bait if you mind me asking. ? i have yet to land to many cats as of here lately.. great catch you guys. good pics

we were using fresh cut shad, use the head on one pole and the middle section on the other pole then throw the tail away. what i do is catch shad put them in baggies and put them on ice right away. you can do this with chubs and suckers also, the key is to make sure you keep them fresh. i have used frozen shad in the past, now that i use fresh shad my catch is 8 to1 over frozen shad.

clayton

[Itch2Scratch]

Thanks for sharing your day and pictures with us....looks like you had a great day!:wink:

[BIG-G]

If I didn't know better I'd swear ya was in my river, the Delaware. Looks exactly like that in spots. Also the mix in color of the channels is the same we catch. THANX for sharein.

[jdstraka]

Thanks Dave I guess you shure did have a swell time Nice to know someone in from Ia. is catching some nice fish. and thanks a bunch for sharing! rep. points for you Sir. J.D.Straka :big_smile:

[davesoutfishing]

the bad thing is I will be leaveing Iowa real soon to move to Michigan man I sure hope they have catfish up their lol also I have a mobile home for sale anyone interested shoot me a pm

[Burwell40]

Were you drifting?

[oldstylelight]

Impressive catch guys... one question for you... In what type of water should i go about looking for shad and how to get them... i have frozen ones.... but just aint the right thing i guess... i got a ton of shad about 2 months ago... but they aint there anymore. any help on that very appreciated.

[teaysvalleyguy]

Great pics brother, congrats. Looks like yall had a great time. Did ya use your new reel from the BOC??

[KWSMITH]

Nice fish Bro looks like you had a good time.

[sltrnsam]

Were you drifting?

no mike, i was still fishing i havn't got the drift fishing down yet on rivers. i need to work on that, i dont have a very good trolling motor on the boat and that plays a key role in drifting on rivers and the wind and current. you need to get over there some time, i have a ball on that river.

[sltrnsam]

Impressive catch guys... one question for you... In what type of water should i go about looking for shad and how to get them... i have frozen ones.... but just aint the right thing i guess... i got a ton of shad about 2 months ago... but they aint there anymore. any help on that very appreciated.

well dave i have a roller dam that i get my shad, they are stacked up reel close to dam in heavy current. just trhow the cast net and i got them, the bad thing is they wont be there all year long. so i head down to alittle lake here town but it is slim picking. when that dries up iam sol, i havn't figure out how to find them in the rivers yet. fresh chubs and suckers work good to so dont pass them up.

[oldstylelight]

thank you very much for the response sir. i live close to a roller dam on the river and might have to go there. the access is in illinois to get real close to it. hope i dont get caught without an illinois license just to get some shad.
dave

[Longjohn119]

This time of year where ever the stripies are running you'll be able to net all kinds of shad ..... they'll also stack up on the inlets and outlets to sloughs at night, you come off the river up Credit Island slough at night, for most of the summer, you'll have them literally jumping in your boat ... heck you can get them right off the dock there most of the time, the street lights attract them .... when we go to the Cedar for a weekend I always go down on Thursday night, net a bunch and put them immediately on ice, as long as you keep them on ice or in the refrigerator they'll keep all weekend, much better than frozen which seem to be an open invitation to bait stealers

I still have problem finding them early in the year but after mid-May it's seldom a problem, which is why I like to put in there and fish that part of the river just downstream from the Rock River ... there is some interesting natural, man-altered and manmade rock structure there and I learned a lot about 'fishing rock' in that little section of the river

[Ol Man]

Hey Dave, thanks for the pics... now I remember what they look like...:lol:
Nice you guys had a great time...:big_smile:

[armynavy]

Sure am going to miss not fishing with ya clay this year unless you are in the IL area sometime. If you still have my cell # call me. If not pm me.