Friday, September 9 2011

"Big River Blue

Jessie and Nick showed up to pre-fish for their first time on the Ohio River for the Cabela's King Kat tournament that is held here in Henderson Ky.  It is very intimidating to say the least coming from an area where the average depth is not much over 8' to fish 40'+.  We started off catching bait and then moved to drift fishing on the Ohio.  The first Blue Cat that buried the rod in the holder was amazing for them to see and I will not forget their faces when the fish surfaced.  I set their rods up with the proper rigs for the occassion and it made it even more memorable for them to do it on their own equipment.  Congratulations on your first Blue Cat's....Here Kitty Kitty! 

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Wednesday, August 31 2011

The Ford's

The theme lately on the Ohio River is "where is the current".  Lot's of fisherman believe that current is just associated to anchor fishing but it also is a major factor in how catfish feed on the drift bite.  The fishing spot I travelled to with Steve Ford, well known Sports and Outdoor Writer for Evansville's Courier and Press was no different.  We spent several hours looking for bait with no luck and left us using old frozen bait to fish with which I do not have quite as much confidence.  Freshly frozen bait is fine but old freezer burnt, dried out 90+ day old stuff is not very productive.  They were with me to help locate, scout and sore mouth a few fish in preparation for filming an Outdoor Channel show with Joe Thomas called Stihl's Reel in the Outdoors.  We finally put it together with time dwindling and slugged it out with a beast of a 40 lb Blue Cat, which was so mean it destroyed my big net. Way to Go Zack and Congrat's on your new freshwater personal best fish and Blue Cat.  Be sure to look out for the article in this Sunday's issue of Evansville Courier and Press.

Tuesday, August 23 2011

My Birthday Trip

If you have been on the Camo Fish website before you most definitely have seen Mr Jim holding up a big fish.  Today was no different only the first rod that buried in the rod holder he said to me "Are you going to just look at it or reel it in?".  I grabbed the rod and fought the Blue Cat all the way to the net.  I just about broke down because that was just about the best birthday present I could have received.  We have fished over 200 mi of river together, travelled to 5 different states and both held our biggest Catfish but letting me catch ALL of the fish on this day.....I can't even put into words what it meant.  Thanks to you Mr. Jim and I hope we can enjoy many, many more Ohio River giants.  See you soon!

Monday, August 8 2011

The Day Before School Starts

This young man's dad Carl told me specifically he wanted his son to catch a bunch of fish before school starts and indeed we did.  We didn't find that Ohio River Monster today but we did catch some nice fish and his personal best Blue Cat which is pretty cool.  I'm pretty sure by the smiles you see in these pic's he was having a good time and something he can go back to school and tell his buddies about doing this summer.  Congrat's on your new personal best Blue Cat and enjoy your first day back to school.  See you guys again Soon!

Monday, August 8 2011

It's Everybody's Birthday !

We do alot of drift fishing for Blue Cat's on the Ohio River but something happened today that was simply spectacular.  On many occassion's over the years I have seen 4 fish at one time flopping in the bottom of the boat from a simultaneous bite.  But today I witnessed along with these gentleman in the picture 6 rods get hammered at once and boated every single one of them.  Even though none of the Blues were absolute giants they were all really nice fish and the chaos was unforgettable.  I think I have found the correct name for my boat... "Chaos". We caught alot of fish and everyone can say they caught several good ones before the day was over.  Happy Birthday to everyone onboard (all of their birthdays were close together) and I will see you fella's soon!