[Catfish Shawn]

Here is what you have been waiting to see. The boy in the pic is my nephew and he caught a 5lb channel. He is hooked now. The next day he asked me to go agian but I had to work.

 

[Catfish Shawn]

Few more pics. Thats my little girl named Brooklyn.

 

[mahoney67]

Nice fish and way to bring another player to the game!!:good:

 

[Catfish Shawn]

and more. My channel was 7lbs and wills channel was 5lbs.

 

[Catfish Shawn]

Also to let everyone know the big cat wasnt going to make it so we kept it.

 

[KansasKatCatcher]

Congrats on that Huge Channel cat.Thats a Trophy channel in my book.
How long did you let it sit in the water to get its energy back?It sometimes takes awhile for them to get back right.It has a nice curl in its tail in da pics.But it might have just been an old fish and on its last leg.

Again.thats a nice fish and it looks like your kids are hooked on fishing which is great.

 

[River Outlaw]

Also to let everyone know the big cat wasnt going to make it so we kept it.

so what time is dinner ??

 

[kansasoutdoors]

Also to let everyone know the big cat wasnt going to make it so we kept it.

Dang, that's too bad. I'm sure he was very old anyway and time would've taken its course. Congrats on such an awesome channel. That thing is big!

 

[lookin4akeeper]

Congrats! Nice fishies, good to see your nephew enjoying the fishin.

 

[rwg]

Its a dandy, congrats :smile-big:

 

[Catfish Shawn]

so what time is dinner ??

Smoked it and she is gone. I thought it would not taste so good because of the size but it was awesome.

 

[puppypal]

This is great! Nothing better than the smiles on kids faces is there.

 

[Catfish Shawn]

Congrats on that Huge Channel cat.Thats a Trophy channel in my book.
How long did you let it sit in the water to get its energy back?It sometimes takes awhile for them to get back right.It has a nice curl in its tail in da pics.But it might have just been an old fish and on its last leg.

Again.thats a nice fish and it looks like your kids are hooked on fishing which is great.

I held him by the mouth for 20 mins trying to get him to go but he wouldnt. He would breathe but just float. I really didnt want to see him go to waste. We put him in a horse tank all night and he had that curl in the morning and was on his last life.

 

[Catfish Shawn]

This is great! Nothing better than the smiles on kids faces is there. View attachment 114003

I was really proud of him for bringing in that cat. BTW that is his first cat ever.

 

[plainsman]

Nice catches.

 

[Gatr]

Here is what you have been waiting to see. The boy in the pic is my nephew and he caught a 5lb channel. He is hooked now. The next day he asked me to go agian but I had to work.

Nice fish, what body of water did you catch 'em....

 

[Catfish Shawn]

Just a small lake.:wink:

 

[Catfish Shawn]

Cheese-n-rice that is (was) a big channel. Good job.

So it tasted ok? When I caught my 19.5lb flat I ended up keeping it. It tasted pretty good, but seems like once they get up that size and bigger the connective tissue between the layers of meat starts to get a little stringy/tough. Was that channel that way? Maybe the slow cooking in the smoker softens it up some?

He ended up being pretty good. The smoker does soften them up. I mostly only keep anything under 10lbs.

 

[River Outlaw]

i can get to C-dale in no time and ya cant even help out a poor ol ******* with some scraps. you dog you, :wink::laugh:

 

[Catfish Shawn]

i can get to C-dale in no time and ya cant even help out a poor ol ******* with some scraps. you dog you, :wink::laugh:

Tell you what JJ the day you help me land a flathead I will have my brother smoke what ever we catch. BTW it was good.:glasses-cool: If you havent heard I have the curse of the flathead. Whenever a flathead comes by my bait I get this look from him :Nop: