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A GOOD MORNING OF CATFISHING There was a pleasant breeze on the

river as I headed my boat to the first fishing spot of the day. I

got my lines in the water at 07:15 in hole that was 40 feet deep.

No action in 20 minutes so I moved down river to my favorite spot

so far this season. I put the poles out at 07:40. At 07:50 got a

good solid bite on my skipjack bait. I picked up my rod as the

fish tightened up the line, hooked him good. It took a little

time to get the nice blue cat to the boat. He was 24 inches long

and weighed 6 pounds.

The next bite came at 08:10 as my rod started to bounce in the

rod holder. The moment I pulled back I realize he was a big fish

by the amount of pressure he exerted on the line. He just did not

want to come up off the bottom. Every time I made some progress

of a few yard he turn and head back down. I knew I had a strong

rod and 30 pound test line , I was just going to wait him out.

Sure enough after a gallant fight he surfaced. I was thrilled to

see this big Flathead at last. He was the 2nd largest Flathead

cat I had caught. This guy was 33 inches and the digital scale

said 17.4 pounds. That is a nice flathead by Cincinnati

standards. He was so long I was not able to hold him and get a

good photo of him. Once the picture was taken, he was return to

give another person the same thrill I enjoyed.

Then at 08:30 same pole’s clicker alerted me of a bite. I had to

wait on this guy to finally tighten up the line before could I

set the hook. This one was a nice fish but not as big as the

flathead. When I got him to the boat, he was a nice Channel cat.

As I was measuring him out in the boat, my other rod’s clicker

sounded off! I set the hook and knew this was a small fish. I did

not even need the dip net for this channel cat. I then finished

measuring the larger one, he was 6.5 pound and also 24 inches.

The small fry was only 18 inches and 2.5 pounds.

I checked out 3 other spots the rest of the morning and had only

2 other small bites. The Ohio River is exceptionally clear at

this time, with a slight current. The temperature was in the mid

70’s by the time I headed home.

4 catfish with a total weight of over 40 pounds in under 5 hours

ranks as one of my better trips on the Ohio River. Tight lines to

all

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Have been catfishing around the Downtown Cincinnati area of the Ohio River for over 40 years. Gone catfishing at Lockport Manitoba 5 times over the past 10 years. It is the greastest place to catch lots of huge CHANNEL catsfish in North America!!

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