LKN Fishing Report, March 29 and 30, 2012

**Mac-b** · 03-30-2012, 02:40 PM

Yesterday: I hadn't been on the water long this AM when I saw the catch of the day just bobbing on the top of the water. From it's action I knew that it was out of place and I slowly guided the boat close to it with my landing net in my right hand and the remote control for the trolling motor in my left hand. The trolling motor was in silent mode and I was not moving around no more than I had to in the LUND trying to eliminate any noise. At the correct moment I let loose of the remote control for the trolling motor and grasped the handle of the landing net with both hands and with one swoop I had it in the net and moments later it was in the boat. I sat down in the boat and lite one up and just admired my catch. ISYN

P3290104.JPG P3290103.JPG P3290102.JPGTonka Cat it was.
Power drifted in Mtn. Crk. and the water temp. was 66 degrees when I started and 67 when I finished. Bait of choice was live blue gills and CBMIGP. I had my heart set on catching a Flathead and that is what the gills were for. The first strike on a gill I missed by rushing it. But the second one I did it by the book and got my first Flathead of the year.
P3290101.JPGNo bigger, but still a fighter. Seems like all I could attract yesterday were eater size blues and channels, except fer the FH. In all, I caught 13 catfish. Within a ten to fifteen minute period I had two fish to pull drag on me and neither one got the hook.

Today I went back to the same area that I had the two line pullers yesterday to see what size fish I had missed. This time I anchored down and put out a spread of eight baits, all baited with CBMIGP, the same bait they hit yesterday. Thirty minutes later I had a 29 inch blue cat in the boat and it weighed just a tad over 15 pounds. Waited another 30 minutes and I got another pull down and this one was also a blue cat and it measured 31 inches and weighed almost the same as the first one.
P3300109.JPG If you would have asked me before I went out fishing this morning how big were the fish that I missed yesterday, I would have told you that they had to be in the 30 to 40 pound range the way they bent the rod and pulled drag. But thats not what I got on my return visit. Remember this, you never know how big they are until you get them in the boat. ISYN

**dawgfishing** · 03-30-2012, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Mac-b

Yesterday: I hadn't been on the water long this AM when I saw the catch of the day just bobbing on the top of the water. From it's action I knew that it was out of place and I slowly guided the boat close to it with my landing net in my right hand and the remote control for the trolling motor in my left hand. The trolling motor was in silent mode and I was not moving around no more than I had to in the LUND trying to eliminate any noise. At the correct moment I let loose of the remote control for the trolling motor and grasped the handle of the landing net with both hands and with one swoop I had it in the net and moments later it was in the boat. I sat down in the boat and lite one up and just admired my catch. ISYN

P3290104.JPG P3290103.JPG P3290102.JPGTonka Cat it was.
Power drifted in Mtn. Crk. and the water temp. was 66 degrees when I started and 67 when I finished. Bait of choice was live blue gills and CBMIGP. I had my heart set on catching a Flathead and that is what the gills were for. The first strike on a gill I missed by rushing it. But the second one I did it by the book and got my first Flathead of the year.
P3290101.JPGNo bigger, but still a fighter. Seems like all I could attract yesterday were eater size blues and channels, except fer the FH. In all, I caught 13 catfish. Within a ten to fifteen minute period I had two fish to pull drag on me and neither one got the hook.

Today I went back to the same area that I had the two line pullers yesterday to see what size fish I had missed. This time I anchored down and put out a spread of eight baits, all baited with CBMIGP, the same bait they hit yesterday. Thirty minutes later I had a 29 inch blue cat in the boat and it weighed just a tad over 15 pounds. Waited another 30 minutes and I got another pull down and this one was also a blue cat and it measured 31 inches and weighed almost the same as the first one.
P3300109.JPG If you would have asked me before I went out fishing this morning how big were the fish that I missed yesterday, I would have told you that they had to be in the 30 to 40 pound range the way they bent the rod and pulled drag. But thats not what I got on my return visit. Remember this, you never know how big they are until you get them in the boat. ISYN

nice looking tonka cat there mac since it's the first of its kind that means you get to name this new species of cat right? lol