March meet and greet...Potomac Blue Cats at Marshall Hall

[buzz]

It was a good day despite my motor crapping out. Later at home I got the prop off. Turned out the shear pin had rusted through.

Easy fix. Hopefully the new pin will arrive before next weekend.

The bite was off for me except one good hit where I missed the set. Might have done better if I had picked up the mullet in DC as I had planned. The artificial baits just weren't doing the trick.

But it was good getting out and seeing everyone.
Thanks Kevin.


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[daolai]

Nice work fellas and glad the weather played nice with a meet and greet. Need to get out and fish!

And a few more from lunch.....

An some pictures for your enjoyment. I was not able to fish, but I had a good time meeting old and new Snaggedliners and lunch was great! Thanks for putting this on Kevin. You and others who participated in the thread provided a lot of useful information. Great job.

[kevinfry]

He could tell you his degree....something fissshy

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[yakscientist]

Also thank you bill and Ethan for letting me fish with you and kevin too...I eventually caught all my fish at that spot, but had to switch to smaller j hooks to get them. Didn't ever make the connection that icatalaurus was/is bill. A fellow scientist to boot. What's his doctorate in again?

[kevinfry]

I had a blast today. I got 5 in the boat and lost 2 near the boat. The largest was 15 inches the smallest was about 8. Had LOTS of nibbles.

It was great meeting everyone and my goal for this year is to get to more MnGs.

THis was my first attempt at fishing for Cats and all I can say is it is SMELLY. My hands still stink of that rottin fish I was using. The Cats seemed to like it but my wife is not so pleased

it was great to fish with you pat
waterless hand cleaner is the only solution for catfish hands......i like the orange best, but they all work....eventually

[yakscientist]

Had a good time as well. Thanks again kevin for everything. Caught 6… lost 1 trying to put it on the stringer. Smallest was 10", biggest was 24". They're on ice now since I'm too tired to fillet tonight.

[Pat Smith]

I had a blast today. I got 5 in the boat and lost 2 near the boat. The largest was 15 inches the smallest was about 8. Had LOTS of nibbles.

It was great meeting everyone and my goal for this year is to get to more MnGs.

THis was my first attempt at fishing for Cats and all I can say is it is SMELLY. My hands still stink of that rottin fish I was using. The Cats seemed to like it but my wife is not so pleased

[D3NAL1]

Sounds like you guys did well!

Down river we managed to get 16 blue cats. Biggest was 18 lbs. Matched kevinfry's 6 incher as well. Other than that 6 incher, everything else was over 10 lbs.

Also got a white perch and a nice sized rockfish.

[YakCapn]

Nice catches with a few over 27. I was hoping for at least a 24 incher...I caught 2 last year at this same meet and greet, but this year they were all small ones. I can't complain with the number I caught...they were just on the small size. All in all, I thought it was a great day with the weather and seeing all the kayakers out on the water.

I've got all mine cleaned up....think I'll smoke 'em tomorrow. Maybe fillet one up this evening.

[kevinfry]

The weather, the company and the lunch were all great.
Jambone's magic bunker/garlic catfish bait was the smelliest stuff i have ever witnessed......i was downwind 30yrds and it was still overpowering, lol
Catching was tough, though some guys did well, Sun came early and caught multiple fish over 27".........I caught the smallest blue cat i have ever seen..how does a 6" catfish get caught on a 6/0 baitholder???

[kevinfry]

So I got several blue cats and channels today, it was a great day on the water! I kept 4 Blue Cats and 1 Channel Cat. The largest Blue Cat was 21" and the Channel Cat was 19.5". I feel pretty comfortable eating the Blue Cats based on what I read on the forum....but what about the Channel Cat? Are they safe to eat???

eat away....fileting one myself right now

[cryptotek]

Fishing report from the meet? I couldnt make it but I hope everyone did well!

[ronaultmtd]

The jumbo fried shrimp was the bomb...plumb, juicy, tender