short report for Sept. 3rd

[Mr. J]

Yesterday I spent quite a bit of time writing up a report and lost it. Today I'll try a short one.

Vi and I got a late start to a magnificent day on U L, glass smooth water, a few wispy clouds and no boats, well maybe 2.

Catching started slow, then Vi caught a fresh WB that we immediately cut for bait. Ten minutes later everything changed. The new 9.5' cat rod took a good bend. I told Vi it feels like a good one. A minute later she let out a squeal, "did you see the size of that tail"? About 20 minutes later I got the fish to the boat. Vi was afraid it was not going to fit  into the net but she did a good job, she just couldn't lift it out of the water. We traded handles and I lifted the hog into the boat. That's just the first part!



 I knew right off that I wasn't going to move this fish around like other catfish we caught so I stuck my hand in it's mouth and hung on. After a brief wrestling match, I got it on the bump board then to the scale.

36.5"  23.9 #

Ten minutes later a 32" then a few others. 

 I sure like the new rod. 

      
rj