Leaving in the morning

[Dave L]

Heading up to Drayton ND ( The catfish capital of the north) for the Rod and Reel rally on the Red.
I've never fished that river so it should be interesting. My good friend Mike and I are getting up there a day and a half early so we can get the feel of the river, so were not totaly lost come tourney time.
I'll try and remember to take some pics.

[BIG-G]

What do ya mean try and remember to take pics. LOL! You best get some shots. Wish ya nothin but the best and have a blast.:cool2:

[Dave L]

Alright George just for you I'll get a bunch.

[brother hilljack]

Sounds like a great plan to me. good luck fishing

[plainsman]

have a good trip, heard there is some big cats up there.

[willcat]

Heard there are some big cats up there, get a hog!!!!

[catfisher77]

hey dave- good luck in nd. wish i could be in the tourn. this year just have to much going on this year. next year for sure:wink: later-

[Dave L]

Well here's the results of the tourney.
First I want to mention this tourney is a 6 hour tourney from noon to 6 pm. Also this was the first time Mike had fished for cats.
We (Mike and I ) managed to pull off a 4th place and 10th place win.
Mike caught the 4th place fish at 19lbs 14oz. and I caught the 10th place it was 17lbs 4oz.
Largest fish was 22lbs 9oz.
I just got home so I'll post some pics after I get all the gray clay muck scrubbed off my gear. Man that is a muddy river, though the cats are plentyful and very pretty (if you can call them that).

[CaptainBrad]

Dave,

Great to hear you guys had success here on the Red. I saw the placings this morning and the average weights were a lot higher than in past years. I'm glad you had a good time and I'm excited to see your photos.

I hope you want to come back up to our neck of the woods again some time.

[Dave L]

I'll be back for sure.
Next year I'm going to try and hit a few tourneys up there.
I guess there was a small tourney in Oslo on sunday that I could have fished had I known about it a little earlier.:sad2:

[GaryF]

Dave,

Congrats to you and Mike on a great showing!

I snapped this picture of the Drayton Dam when I was up that way last year, I agree with the muddy comment :0a11:

[CaptainBrad]

Had the opportunity to fish the Drayton stretch for a couple days over the weekend. Man was the fishing awesome. We landed many large channels ranging from 12-27 pounds. They were mainly biting on large chunks of sucker but the last day we got them rolling on fresh goldeye. Great fishing right now.