Catfish Contest Last Day

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[#0000FF]Just finished a PM discussion with Pisco. He noted that on the past couple of trips in colder water that the best fish of the day was the first fish. He wondered if the larger fish were feeding more at night.
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[#0000FF]That led me to remember how cats act early in the year. When water is cold, daytime warm temps raise the water temp a few degrees and it remains warm into the darkness. Temperature sensitive fish like cats are likely to become more active in warmer water and in fact a lot of big cats are caught during the early months right at dusk and after dark.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]But, as I pointed out in another thread, cats are just plain succumbing to lower metabolism. They move slower and eat less...and less often. So we see a lot more on sonar than on the end of our lines. And finding them is no guarantee they will open their little mouths.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]That being said, I have traditionally caught some of my biggest cats of the year during October...and during the daytime. Combination of being in the right place at the right time...with the right stuff...and a lot of luck.
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