10-06-2014, 04:50 PM
[#0000FF]Wonder what size hook you'd have to use to tie a "pigeon emerger".
Those wels cats were actually small compared to how big they really get. But it looks like they have some "learned behavior" that might get them some fresh squab once in a while. Not impressed with their success ratio however.
When I lived in Denver I got to fish Chatfield Reservoir a few times. There were some big cats in there and they would sometimes cruise the banks in late summer...watching for rodents or big hoppers flopping in off the weeds around the lake. I used my old Fenwick 9010 (a 9' for 10 weight line) to serve up some big nasty floaters and got to battle quite a few cats between 5 and 10 pounds. They did not clear the surface but when they hit a noisy presentation on top it was like a pig falling into the water. And in the shallows they screamed line off the drag like bonefish.
Down in southern Texas there are places where both bass and catfish hang out under bird rookery trees that extend over the water. When baby birds fall out of the nests they quickly disappear into an open mouth...bass, cat...or gator.
Not sure I'd ever wanna try noodlin' those big wels. The hunter could easily become the hunted.
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Those wels cats were actually small compared to how big they really get. But it looks like they have some "learned behavior" that might get them some fresh squab once in a while. Not impressed with their success ratio however.
When I lived in Denver I got to fish Chatfield Reservoir a few times. There were some big cats in there and they would sometimes cruise the banks in late summer...watching for rodents or big hoppers flopping in off the weeds around the lake. I used my old Fenwick 9010 (a 9' for 10 weight line) to serve up some big nasty floaters and got to battle quite a few cats between 5 and 10 pounds. They did not clear the surface but when they hit a noisy presentation on top it was like a pig falling into the water. And in the shallows they screamed line off the drag like bonefish.
Down in southern Texas there are places where both bass and catfish hang out under bird rookery trees that extend over the water. When baby birds fall out of the nests they quickly disappear into an open mouth...bass, cat...or gator.
Not sure I'd ever wanna try noodlin' those big wels. The hunter could easily become the hunted.
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