Dec 19th '07 Fishing Report.

[FREESPOOL]

Dan, you are a beast. Much reps to you as you seem to be logging a ton of time on the water. Solo, with friends, good weather and bad.........your out there. I've concluded that you either live in houseboat on the river or you've got just the 'perfect' situation with home life (i.e. dream job and lady friend) that allows you to get out there.

Forget the fishing tips for now, I want to know your secret for getting on the water. I can't catch squat if I can't soak a line.

I can't catch squat wetting my lines!!! I'm going to have to start bringing home some fish, or at least some pictures. My wife is starting to get suspicious. :cool2: LOL!
No, she's pretty cool about me fishing. She thinks I'm crazy going out to the river in the middle of December. But, she accepts it.
I guess my secret is... TELL her you're going fishing. Don't ASK if you can go fishing. :wink: I must say that I can't be responsible for injuries, divorces, or any other misfortunes from using the above mentioned advice. :smile2::smile2:

I have NO idea how this ended up as the first post in this thread!!

[RIVER-RAT]

Hey Rat, I am thinking about going today. If the fog lets up early enough. Let me know if you want to go.

Damn, I just got a chance to get on here, sorry Bob I missed ya! I wouldn't have been able to make it out there today anyhow, I picked up my baby girl yesterday. Keep me in mind the next time you head out, I'm on vacation until January 2nd, I can possibly make it out there the 26, and during the day of the 27, my number is 314-568-0002.

Dude, I need to introduce you to waypoint #207... Just a stones throw from Maple Island… :crazy: My transducer was wearing out and finally couldn’t handle the stress and split… :ooooh: since then I’ve had to rely on already marked honey holes… plus they’re places that I know hold fish… :big_smile: It’s your old stomping ground and a good cure for and will give you the winter blues… Give me a pm and let’s work thru our schedules and make it happen.

Hey Mike, boy I'd sure like to get out there with ya, I'm on vacation until January 2nd, I can possibly make it out there the 26, and during the day of the 27, my number is 314-568-0002.


Rat, sorry for the snub. It's just personal.

That's alright Greg, I'll just add you to my list!!! :angry::angry:


Mine says #2 and look at the time, I'm in the future!

[FREESPOOL]

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[RIVER-RAT]

Hello my fellow Missouri Catfishing Brothers. :big_smile:

Darryl (AKA SkipEye), Joe (not yet a fellow BOCer) and I (AKA RIVER-RAT) launched from down town St Louis at approximately 0945 hrs on Wednesday 12/19/2007 in a feable attempt to catch some of these "winter time blues" that I keep reading about. I had some SkipJacks from the Freeze Fest Ryan (AKA stlcatman) and I attended on Monday 12/17/2007, in which we ended up as two frozen skunks! :smile2:

Anyway, we decided to go ahead and try to catch fresh bait to accompany the frozen skipjacks. We managed to catch some asain carp and several SkipEyes. After that we headed to the first hole. About a half hour after anchoring, Joe caught a lonely little channel cat. Darryl has the single evidentiary photo of that catch! Long story short, that was the only fish brought to the boat all day! We scoured and surveyed quite a few wing-dykes in a 22 mile stretch of river. THAT'S RIGHT, WE WENT APPROXIMATELY 22 MILES DOWN RIVER AND CAUGHT A SINGLE DINK A$$ CHANNEL CAT! :crazy:

I don't have the greatest electronic fishfinder on earth but it will show me once in awhile fish beneath the boat, not Wednesday, it didn't show ANY!! We couldn't find any fish! I feel like I'm back at square one. This whole "winter" fishing has proved to be quite challenging for me. I would be more than happy to pull up anchor after anchor (all day) for anyone that knows how to find/fish for the blues this time of year. I can read "How To's" all day long but I learn better by practicing "hands-on"! Sooooooooooo, if you don't want to get your hands cold from that nasty, cold, wet and extremely heavy anchor, I'll do it and make short work of it too! :big_smile:

[FREESPOOL]

I went out to Alton last night after you and Skippy fished. I was only out from about 6 to 9:30ish. The only place that I found anything on the electronics was a 60 foot hole. There were some arches about 35 feet along the wall to that hole. Only problem was, it was right in a stretch of river with big a$$ ice sheets floating down. There were sections of ice about 2 or 3 inches thick, and about 8' by 8' square. :crazy: I set one line out to see how it was. And it was only out for about 10 minutes till I was sick of listen to my drag scream from mini icebergs getting caught on it. I tried a few other spots out of the ice flow with no luck. :sad2:
Time doesn't move by to fast when you're alone, it's dark, it's cold, and the only sounds are ice chunks hitting the boat. And my stomach was growling from not eating any supper. I guess if I would have had some food I could have sat longer while enjoying the aroma of PePe.
Hopefully I can find a break in the rain sometime Saturday during the daylight hours for some more skunkeness.

[FREESPOOL]

So who's going to spill the beans on which rock EVERY blue is hiding under this winter? :confused2:

[Malichi1970]

Ya know Rat I was going over the JB bridge coming home from work Wednesday around 3:00p.m. and seen a boat out there about the size of yours and thought to my self I wonder if that is Bill. Sorry you guys didn't have any luck eventually they have to start filling up holes don't they?:confused2:

[theonecatfishbob]

Hey Rat, I am thinking about going today. If the fog lets up early enough. Let me know if you want to go.

[Michael Jake]

Dude, I need to introduce you to waypoint #207... Just a stones throw from Maple Island… :crazy: My transducer was wearing out and finally couldn’t handle the stress and split… :ooooh: since then I’ve had to rely on already marked honey holes… plus they’re places that I know hold fish… :big_smile: It’s your old stomping ground and a good cure for and will give you the winter blues… Give me a pm and let’s work thru our schedules and make it happen.

[gpolce]

Dan, you are a beast. Much reps to you as you seem to be logging a ton of time on the water. Solo, with friends, good weather and bad.........your out there. I've concluded that you either live in houseboat on the river or you've got just the 'perfect' situation with home life (i.e. dream job and lady friend) that allows you to get out there.

Forget the fishing tips for now, I want to know your secret for getting on the water. I can't catch squat if I can't soak a line.

[SkipEye]

Dude, I need to introduce you to waypoint #207... Just a stones throw from Maple Island… :crazy: My transducer was wearing out and finally couldn’t handle the stress and split… :ooooh: since then I’ve had to rely on already marked honey holes… plus they’re places that I know hold fish… :big_smile: It’s your old stomping ground and a good cure for and will give you the winter blues… Give me a pm and let’s work thru our schedules and make it happen.


Thanks Michael, No one has ever called me 'dude' before but you can call me what you want if you show me where the heck these Blue Cats are wintering.


Ummm...... maybe this post wasn't for me?????:wink: Sure seemed like it though, exactly what i was hoping for.:smile2:

[gpolce]

Rat, sorry for the snub. It's just personal.

[SkipEye]

Dan, you are a beast. Much reps to you as you seem to be logging a ton of time on the water. Solo, with friends, good weather and bad.........your out there. I've concluded that you either live in houseboat on the river or you've got just the 'perfect' situation with home life (i.e. dream job and lady friend) that allows you to get out there.

Forget the fishing tips for now, I want to know your secret for getting on the water. I can't catch squat if I can't soak a line.


Greg, it's ALL ABOUT BROWNIE POINTS!!!:smile2::smile2::smile2:

Every married guy knows that!:crazy:

[NANNER]

Greg, it's ALL ABOUT BROWNIE POINTS!!!:smile2::smile2::smile2:

Every married guy knows that!:crazy:

Yup. Brownie Points = Kitchen Pass = Blue Kittens = One Happy Cuz

Its all relative, dont ya think? :smile2:

[gpolce]

Darryl and Cuz, I understand what you are saying......I've gathered some brownie points and used them successfully in the past........but Dan is on another level all together. I have to believe he is doing something a little bit different and that is the secret I'm trying to get at.

[SkipEye]

Darryl and Cuz, I understand what you are saying......I've gathered some brownie points and used them successfully in the past........but Dan is on another level all together. I have to believe he is doing something a little bit different and that is the secret I'm trying to get at.

C'mon, Dan is much to young to have attained the Zen Master level of Brownie point acquisition. Much less the art of successful deployment of said Brownie Points!

Have you met Dan? It could be that his wife just wants him out of her hair!:smile2::roll_eyes: couldn't resist!

I fished all the time when I first got my boat but my wife has adapted to the game well and it has since become increasingly difficult for me as a mere Brownie Point understudy. I have much to learn fellow grasshopper!:wink:

[BKS72]

Heathen children (boys seem to work the best) are the secret to much fishing time. :wink: I could go to the Amazon for a week as long as I take at least one kid. If she has the choice of being stuck at the house with us 3 or getting rid of some or all of us for extended periods, what do you think she's gonna do? I swear I don't influence the boys in any way to act in a manner that might influence Shawna's decisions, either. :big_smile: My genes took care of that part nicely..........:ooooh:

[Eithne]

bump out of archive....

[theonecatfishbob]

Well a friend and I hit Weldon Spring yesterday. Took forever to get down the river in that fog. Finally about 10:30 we started fishing. Now i started in places I know have produced this year. We had skipjack, shad, and skipeye. All were frozen. All we were getting were pecker bites. Finally a little above St. Charles I went to a dyke that did real well last winter. After about a half hour we were getting ready to move and my partner caught about a 3 pound channel cat. On the way back up I wheeled in a dyke that caught my eye and we got a blue abut a pound and a half. We did not get skunked. The water was 37 degrees but still dirty and falling slow. Dont have a clue why we didnt do better. I marked fish in a lot of places but couldnt get them to bite.

[dougc]

Time doesn't move by to fast when you're alone, it's dark, it's cold, and the only sounds are ice chunks hitting the boat.

I can't believe you drove all the way to the Arctic just to go catfishing!:crazy:

I fished for about 2 hours yesterday, and while there were quite a bit of logs and debris floating downriver, I didn't see any icebergs out there. Air temp of 34 and 20 mph winds blowing upriver (complete with whitecaps) made me wuss out early.

[Skunk Master]

Hey did anyone consider that the blues stacked up and the commercial guys scooped them up early.. Or that they are changing their ways because of commercial nets taking over their holes during the winter.. Just a thought..

[NANNER]

The commercial guys do put a hurtin on the fish Harold thats for sure, but there are still some nice schools out there that manage to avoid the numerous nets. :angry: They do get tough to find but when you do it can get crazy. I wish one of the bob members would find one of those 'crazy' days. This place could use some positive fishing reports to say the least. :smile2:

[NANNER]

'bob' members LOL. I'm an idiot. Hukt on fon ix wukt fo me :smile2: How bout BOC members

[Skunk Master]

Hey, we knew what you meant.. You just got your tongue over your eye teeth and couldn't see what you were typing... hehehe

[BKS72]

Oh, I jus thought "theonecatfish" started his own club, no wonder I coudn't find the entry form on line:crazy:

[Skunk Master]

I'm glad I learned from Cuz not to drink while reading posts... hehehe That was good Branden..

[TONTO]

Tkyhunter and I went friday she got a little cold while we were running down river. We fished about five different dikes using live shad. she caught a five pound blue on the second dike we fished. We managed some dink bites at the back end of another dike, don't know what they were but we couldn't catch them. We fished about three hours with only one fish caught.

[NANNER]

Nicely done Earl. Spent a nice day on the water, and even managed to avoid the dreaded 'skunk' that has plagued the membership as of late. :wink:

[BKS72]

Shoot, I haven't been skunked in months. Course I don't think I've had the boat on the water since October:ooooh: At last - the sure fire way to avoid skunking:smile2:

[NANNER]

Yep, kinda hard to put the skunk in the boat when its sittin in overhaul. :smile2:

[Skunk Master]

Hey Branden, Gary and me have a better way to avoid being skunked. all you gotta do is sell your boat.. It works everytime... hehehe... It doesn't do much for your hobby though..

[BKS72]

If you guys get to missing your boats, I'm over here all week working on mine. You're more than welcome to come by and help out - beverages are cold and the radio's loud. And yes, the garage is heated:wink:

[theonecatfishbob]

Well I[m gonna hook my boat up and head to Weldon Spring. I need some therapy.

[fishingbuddy4]

Good luck bob ,report back p.s. I have to go back to work:sad2:

[Skunk Master]

Go ahead Bob, go have fun while I'm layed up at home with the flu. Yep thats right boys this years flu is a killer.. This is twice right before Thanksgiving and again now..

[SkipEye]

Hope you got a good report for us tonight. Me, I am back to work!:sad2:

Good Luck!

[NANNER]

Go ahead Bob, go have fun while I'm layed up at home with the flu. Yep thats right boys this years flu is a killer.. This is twice right before Thanksgiving and again now..

Dang Harold, now thats no fun. Hope you feel better soon. At least your grabbing it now unstead of the Sci Fi weekend. :wink:

[Skunk Master]

If I got it during Sci-fi weekend, I'd have to bite the bullet and come down there and share it with all my buddies... hehehe... I'm feeling better than I did at 4 am this morning.. It's a 24 hr bug, I'll be back at work tommorrow.. Worse part is that in between getting sick this morning I was on the phone trying to tell them how to do my job.. And I didn't even get paid for it.. hehehe

[BKS72]

Harold, I hope you feel better soon. Anybody know if you can get the flu via the internet:ooooh:

[Skunk Master]

Hey Brandon, I can send you an email and a pm a we can see... hehehe

[NANNER]

Go ahead Bob, go have fun while I'm layed up at home with the flu. Yep thats right boys this years flu is a killer.. This is twice right before Thanksgiving and again now..

I think they call it Carpel Tunnel Branden :wink:

[BKS72]

Oh, I that's what they called it when the Asians start jumping over the boat and making that cool arch - you know Carp-al Tunnel:crazy: Ouch, yeah that was bad....

[Skunk Master]

It's time for you to put down the computer and go work on your boat some more.. We are all waiting for pics... I guess fed ex hasn't got there yet huh

[SkipEye]

Oh, I that's what they called it when the Asians start jumping over the boat and making that cool arch - you know Carp-al Tunnel:crazy: Ouch, yeah that was bad....

Man that was reaching. What a stinker!:smile2: You are sounding about as funny as Vince sometimes! LOL:wink:

OUCH!!!!

J/K Vince! Smile Brother!

[spoonfish]

DH is testy or testing us.....:ooooh:

[dougc]

Or checking his testes...:smile2:

[spoonfish]

I think your right Doug :smile2::smile2:
Notice he deleted his testees:wink::confused2:

[DeerHunter01]

I think you too are losing it like that Cuz guy too.. :ooooh:

[spoonfish]

Now hes going to pretend he is innocent Doug. I dont know about him, just hope he wasnt wearing Pink. :crazy:

[gpolce]

Harold, I'm not sure if this will help, but the Rat swears by it. I won't try it myself, but he's insist that watching the Justin Timberlake concert (Live at Madison Square Garden) over and over is a cure for any ailment. He tells me you can find it on HBO....he must have recorded it. Apparently, that was the only thing that got him through the sniffles he had this August. I like to think that the lady in his life put him on it, but I'm not so sure anymore. That guy has a feminine side raging as his biceps are big.

Rat, I'm sorry to let the cat of the bag........but anything to help the brethren.

[Skunk Master]

I'm going back to Kentucky tommorrow and the boss is riding with me... Woe is me if he catches this bug... hehehe.. I'm gonna let him drive so I can sleep, only he don't know it yet..

[BKS72]

OK, after the carpal tunnel thing I took Harolds advice and went back to work:wink:

Got 2 bulkheads cut out as well as my combination casting deck extension/ storage locker top. Not a straight line on that boat, so I've had to do a lot of math and stuff....:ooooh:

UPS hosed me and didn't show up, but I'm almost finished with the wood parts and I picked up 2 quarts of flat gray epoxy, so I may blow some paint on it this evening if I feel froggy. Hopefully the UPS guy brings my stuff tomorrow and I can make a BIG mess (I think if I do it right between the foam and epoxy I can make a mess that will take me days to get off of the garage floor and myself):big_smile:


I should have pix posted tonight or by tomorrow at the latest.

[theonecatfishbob]

Well I cannot tell a lie. It pains me so to say I got skunked. I lost the only fish i had on. Missed one and had one other bite i should have pulled on and didnt. Oh woe is me. They did not like my skipjack or my fresh drum. The shame oh the shame. It is good that my sons are not hear to bear the shame their father has brought on the family.

[theonecatfishbob]

this is number 8745 reporting in. What are we in prison?

[Skunk Master]

ohhh No tell me it ain't so.. The mighty Bob got skunked.. Ohh no, I may have to rethink fishing partners for the tourneys this year.. Can I actually show up to fish a tourney with Bob and that stripe thats on the boat... hehehe That's okay Bob, that just goes to show that even the best have a bad day.. But of course I wasn't there so we don't know if the best had a bad day or not... hehehe

[FREESPOOL]

Yeah, I couldn't catch a mother fu***** co** sucking son of a mother f****** fish if my life depended on it!!!! :angry: I would starve to death if I was relying on my fishing skills to feed me. I was out from about 1 pm to 6:30. And I had one little pecker pecking on my bait. And that was the only action I had. I'm starting to wonder if there are any fish above Mel Price. The only kitties I've caught up there are little dinks in the 3-4 lb range. Today and the past 3 outings, I couldn't find anything!!!! GRRR!!!!
I try, and I try!!! WHY!!! WHY!!! WHY!!!
Ok I'm done... maybe next time?

[Grumper]

Hey Bob! That Harold's a tough one ain't he! Always a flappin his gums!!! :ooooh:
ROFLMFAO!!!!:smile2::big_smile:

[Grumper]

Yeah, I couldn't catch a mother fu***** co** sucking son of a mother f****** fish if my life depended on it!!!! :angry: I would starve to death if I was relying on my fishing skills to feed me. I was out from about 1 pm to 6:30. And I had one little pecker pecking on my bait. And that was the only action I had. I'm starting to wonder if there are any fish above Mel Price. The only kitties I've caught up there are little dinks in the 3-4 lb range. Today and the past 3 outings, I couldn't find anything!!!! GRRR!!!!
I try, and I try!!! WHY!!! WHY!!! WHY!!!
Ok I'm done... maybe next time?

LMAO!!!! Dang, Dan. Tell us how you really feel. Don't ya know that catfish don't bite when it's cold outside....Everybody knows that!!! Lol!:smile2:

[Skunk Master]

Ok Dan, you talked me into it.. If it's not real cold next Saterday, I'll let you take me up to the power plant and we can see if any of my old spots are working..

[theonecatfishbob]

Dan, if you take Harold fishing you will need a good, I mean really good pair of earmuffs. You will see why shortly after you get started if you havent already noticed. :smile2:

[BKS72]

I tried to type an asterisk but Dan used them all up in his tirade earlier:smile2:

Dan, sorry for the run of luck, now you know why my boat's in drydock instead of on the river with a Branden Skunksicle in it:smile2:

[FREESPOOL]

Yeah Gary, I'm starting to come to that conclusion. :smile2: And if Cuz is willing to tear his boat apart during this part of the season, the fishing can't be THAT good!!!
The spot that the little pecker was pecking at my bait was one of the holes you told me about Harold. At least I had something to pass the time I guess.:roll_eyes:

[Skunk Master]

Unfortunatly above the dam its kinda hit and miss.. I wish there were some actual holes up there.. If you find them in an area one time then they won't be there the next time..

[Grumper]

Yeah Gary, I'm starting to come to that conclusion. :smile2: And if Cuz is willing to tear his boat apart during this part of the season, the fishing can't be THAT good!!!
The spot that the little pecker was pecking at my bait was one of the holes you told me about Harold. At least I had something to pass the time I guess.:roll_eyes:
That's alway been my opinion. Years past, I have always quit fishing in October/November, and started again heavy in February. Until this year, I have never fished in December.:wink:

[FREESPOOL]

But I thought "THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES OF THE YEAR TO CATCH BLUES"""!!!!! lol That's why i'm trying to fish at least once or twice a week right now. To form my own opinions!!

[FREESPOOL]

And so far what I've concluded is.... there ISN"T a good time to catch blues!!! :smile2::smile2::smile2: Like in the fall, when the blues are "gorging themselves"..... HA!!!

[Grumper]

But I thought "THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES OF THE YEAR TO CATCH BLUES"""!!!!! lol
IT IS, if you can find them. Heck, If I had a boat, I'd probably be out there. Until I joined the BOC, I never really had a drive to fish this time of year. I was always in the woods. But when rabbit season ended, (February) I always started fishing hard. I've always done pretty good in February.:big_smile:

[Skunk Master]

I fished just about all of last winter above the dam.. I finally quit when it iced over and started again when the ice went away.. Of course we had alot of 50 degree saterdays last winter..

[theonecatfishbob]

For the record, this has been the worst cold water period I have seen. That includes the first winter I started fishing. I dont know yet what the problem is. I know on the Missouri bait has been all but impossible to find. I think it may have something to do with it. None of the holes I caught fish in the last 2 winters are producing. Need to do more research, probably in a different stretch of river.

[FREESPOOL]

I'm completely joking. I did mark a bunch of fish on the bottom on the front side of a 50 foot hole. I thought for sure I'd get one out of there. But I couldn't get nothing to bite. :sad2:

[Skunk Master]

Was that up around the power plant or further south..

[FREESPOOL]

Here's a shot of the front of the 50 foot hole... I had better chances to get a better screen shot. So it wasn't the best shot, but it shows something that I would think would be catfish.

[FREESPOOL]

I guess an attachment with that last post would have made more sense. :wink:

[RIVER-RAT]

Harold, I'm not sure if this will help, but the Rat swears by it. I won't try it myself, but he's insist that watching the Justin Timberlake concert (Live at Madison Square Garden) over and over is a cure for any ailment. He tells me you can find it on HBO....he must have recorded it. Apparently, that was the only thing that got him through the sniffles he had this August. I like to think that the lady in his life put him on it, but I'm not so sure anymore. That guy has a feminine side raging as his biceps are big.

Rat, I'm sorry to let the cat of the bag........but anything to help the brethren.

Well Greg, I told you that in complete confidence. I thought for sure that after you had had success with the process you would keep it under wraps.

Well you know what this means don't you? You're cut off!! Out of the circle of trust :angry:

[Skunk Master]

Was you at the entrance to the hot water discharge

[FREESPOOL]

I tried the entrance to the hot water discharge. Nothing there. That screenshot was about 7 miles down south though. Just above the Clarke bridge.
I got my little nibbles at the hole above the 3 docking thingamajigs by the power plant.

[RIVER-RAT]

Sorry to hear about your luck Dan, I'm heading out in the morning to give it a shot, going to Melvin Price, hope to be in the water by 0930 hrs.

Here is a question for those of you that have experience with the "winter time blues", does the barometer still have merit on the feeding habits? I noticed that today it was on a steady rise.

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KMOSAINT4&day=14&year=2007&month=11

[FREESPOOL]

Good luck out there Rat. I wish I could go to. I have to work tomorrow. :sad2: I was supposed to work today, but decided to take the day off. Can't do it again tomorrow.

[Skunk Master]

Dan, I know where you were at by the bridge.. The guys at the bait shop said that area is good in early spring..
That goes to show you the difference in fish finders, my cheap cuda 168 didn't show any holes up there just different depths with gradual changes. I need to look that area over up there with your fishfinder..

[fishnfwl]

I guess an attachment with that last post would have made more sense. :wink:
Think I may have had to switch over and try for a big walleye after seeing that pic, but thats just me this time of year I find it hard to get that thought out, hopefully after this years meeting and some PIG Chasing with some of yall, I can stay focused on them winter cats :wink: Oh by the way, I'll have a good price on some ice fishing equipment in about a week LOL!

Did ya find any descent bait fish today? you would think the little rain we been getting would get some of them fish "on the move" after all the low water this year.

[gpolce]

Walleye???? Do tell..... Mississippi or the Missouri?? I'm dying to know if it's possible.

[gpolce]

Well you know what this means don't you? You're cut off!! :angry:


Fitting really....... this coming from you I mean. What goes around comes around -- be rest assured. When are you getting married again?

[fishnfwl]

Walleye???? Do tell..... Mississippi or the Missouri?? I'm dying to know if it's possible.
if what is possible? walleye in the river? well I heard once that there may be one or two in there :wink:

[FREESPOOL]

Think I may have had to switch over and try for a big walleye after seeing that pic, but thats just me this time of year I find it hard to get that thought out, hopefully after this years meeting and some PIG Chasing with some of yall, I can stay focused on them winter cats :wink: Oh by the way, I'll have a good price on some ice fishing equipment in about a week LOL!

Did ya find any descent bait fish today? you would think the little rain we been getting would get some of them fish "on the move" after all the low water this year.

You think they are walleye? What makes you think that? I was looking for catfish, so I just kinda told myself that thats what they are. LOL. I'm wanting to do some walleye fishing soon. Walleye is my favorite kind of fish. I was going to head down below the dam and try for a while. I also heard that they bite pretty good on Carlyle around february.

I was using frozen skipjack. But I did make a dozen casts with the net at the discharge of the power plant. I only caught 2 shad. But I didn't really try to hard. I just wanted something to put on one of the poles other than skippies.

[fishnfwl]

Just the way the pic is staged in a suspended type setting, with bait in the area, nothing seems to be set they are in a classic ambush set from middle to cover up and down the ledge, seems to be positioned where the current would be "backed up" from hitting the bottom of the hole in a heavy current I would be looking higher up??? I don't know what they are, but it just looks like it could easily be a walleye school as they would be in a tight pattern which should give you a bigger "blip" or "sweep" and is obviously a strong reading, and 3-5 fish almost on top of each other should be a strong reading, and it looks as if there may be 3-4 good groups on your shot, as opposed to 3 or 4 giant fish???? But again, I am the type of fisherman that when I locate a school I can not just target one type, I have to catch atleast one so I know what it is..LOL! either that or drop the camera down and peak around. That is some thing else that is a great tool, just find fish save your screen shot and identify them with the under water camera, then you will have definite reference to save....... yes most of my time is on the Kaskaskia but I would think that the patterns would be pretty close to the same in any river, and most lakes for that matter. Wife always says I spend more time "playing" than fishing, but I like to see whats down there ya know........ Have ya ever looked at Dr. Depth? it is software that you record your screen info and load to it then it makes 3-d images from your info. OK, enough babble for this round.

[fishnfwl]

[quote=ferrari79;851554]. I also heard that they bite pretty good on Carlyle around february.
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Yes that is usually a good time, but right know is also :wink: I don't know about the spill way at Carlyle right now tho, as the either still are or have just stopped running the commercial nets below it to "remove the carp" but this time of year you can usually bet on "the slope" either from a hump or a hole, or channel edge, or or or LOL trolling slow...... Dang-nabbit, now I am ready to go look for some eye's.

[gpolce]

Randy,

You have got me all fired up now. Not only do I have to peruse through your 600+ posts to see what other information I can extract, but I have to convince the wife to let me get out on the river.

I love the electronics banter.....if you have screen shots to share, I would love to see them.

[fishnfwl]

Just take her with ya :big_smile: and I can save ya about 599 of the other post........ nothing in them.. but time killin:wink::crazy:

I have pics that are in "stone tablet" form..lol, they were recorded to/on video tape, that was the adaption I had on the camera, now this new batch Momma got me a Canon IS and I can do them on the sd cards.... Geeesh buy the time I get them done something new will be on market :crazy:. She has been copying some of them for me in her spare time, just a pain in the arse to go from tape to disc to card, LOL but slowly getting it, I think :ooooh: cross eyed and blind I think tho.........

As far as the lakes if it don't get cold real soon it is looking alot like last year no ice to walk out on......... sooooo Mr. Heater in the boat i guess. Just try is all ya can do, if ya have a bad memory like me, then write notes.