Some more Mattawoman cats 4/7/12

[chex]

I fished the Mattawoman again today. Didn't bother with the other fish and went straight for the cats. The furniture store was out of Menhaden, so I had bloodworms, nightcrawlers, minnows and an old perch head.

I quickly caught 6 cats within an hour and a half on worms and minnows. Had a bite on the perch head, but no hookup.

I stayed another 4 hours, but only caught 2 more during that time. I wonder if the mess of cats hanging off the side of the yak was emanating schrekstoff.

Ended up with 5 good eatin' cats. Still waiting for that big one...

[Backwater]

Maybe some bigger baits could land you that big one? Ive always caught bigger ones on cut bunker or gizzard shad. I always have better luck with long strips like fillets rather then using chunks. Those are def the size you want to eat tho congrats.

[nay_sayer]

Nice work Mike!

[moc]

Way to go mike. I caught some blue catfish on the Wicomico today.

[ronaultmtd]

Nothing wrong with a stringer of fine eating fish, Mike- those are the perfect eating size...congratulations

[Shady]

Nice work! Are you just using bait on a jighead, or is there more lead involved in your rig somewhere else?

[tufnik]

Good work! Are those blue catfish? We caught some blue yesterday at Bushwood, and they have some mean pec and dorsal sharpies.

[ictalurus]

Nice work on the cats even if you didn't get the biggun. It would be interesting to fish the same area on different days and use a stringer on one day and a cooler on another. It would be hard to control for all the other conditions, though.

[chex]

Thanks.

Backwater: Yes... need... bigger... bait! I was hoping the previously-frozen perch head would do the trick, but i guess not.

shadyfisher: For the worms yeah, just jigheads. They're heavy enough to get to the bottom. For the bigger bait I use a fishfinder rig.

tufnik: Yeah they're blue cats, as far as I know. WHen you catch them they're nice and blue, and after a little while on the stringer, they become more brown. Yeah, nasty spikes.

Ron: I spent some time last night filleting them (well to be honest, I was instructing and supervising my girlfriend who was doing it). It was our first time, but I think we did a pretty good job. I was surprised to see how much meat they provide. And I was horrified when one of them started moving after being filleted.

ictalurus: will try the cooler next time. I don't like schrekstoff.