Breaking the ice for Rock River Catfish

[Schoe]

Ray Clark, "Rainman", and myself finally broke the ice on the string of bad luck I was having with the Rock River catfishing. Two previous trips this spring didn't bring so much as a bite on my favorite river.

I think one mistake I had made was to rely on the one bait that I have always had the best luck using, Chicken Livers. I'm sure glad that Ray brought along some Night Crawlers or we would possibly had another bad luck day because the livers and and the shrimp I brought along only produced one fish with the worms accounted for around 20 small sized fddlers which a few were big enough to provide a couple of nice meals.

Another nice suprise was a 10 Lb. Buffalo that was a lot of fun landing on a Med. action ultralight Spinning rod. He actually hit a chunk of worm which is very unusual. This fish made one of my neighbors very happy as she loves fryed Buffalo.

So the day ended up very well as we had a good day of fishing and companionship. Schoe

[Illinoisgiller]

Schoe, Now that sounds like a neat river outing. As well as the cats, A buffalo can give a good fight in current, I got a 13 lb. buff on a chunk of worm.I had a 12' B&M & 4 lb test. Had a gallery of people watching me fight it . I don't think they realized it was the long pole that done the work in the still lake. lol Must have been a tussle working one on light gear in the current. :cool:

[Schoe]

Mike, it sure was a tussle. When I first got a glimpse of him I thought it was a nice Blue Cat from the blueish pearl color he had as they are a very pretty colored fish. I can Imagen what a nice fight it would be on one of your long lightweight Bluegill rods. Schoe

[wewamohawk]

sounds like schoe and mike had a nice time fishing

[Rainman4u2]

GOING FISHING WITHOUT TAKING NIGHT CRAWLERS IS LIKE FORGETING
TO PUT THE DRAIN PLUG IN THE BOAT.:p

That is just not right!!!!!:p I'm glad I could get out with Schoe for a day, and now that the sunburn has healed, I'm waiting for the next time.:D Now, when are we going to get that room finished Schoe????

Ray

[Slingblade]

Went fishing on the Rock with Schoe and Rainman a.k.a. Brokeback Camper on Sat morn. I can't remember how many we caught but I do know this....if ya ever get hung up while retrieving a fish ya better close your eyes cause Schoe will strip and go after that 1 pounder.

[swampman]

is it really unusual to catch buffalo with worms? when my little brother and i went fishing a week or two ago, i caught two small cats and a 4 pound buffalo. and my brother caught his first fish a 2 pound buffalo. and we did with night crawlers and panfish worms.:cool:

[Rainman4u2]

Dangit John, you are not right!!!! Any time we can go fishing together it's worth it. Even if it was with the "Mad Stripper"!!!!

Ray