How many here have actually been cat fishing?

[ms_ann_thrope]

I grew up in the heart of it. Cats aren't really attracted to artificial lures, so you have to use live and or odoriferous baits. Or you can hand fish them. Not a big fan of that.

Anyway, if you want to talk about it, I'm your babe.

http://www.funnycatsite.com/pictures/Fishing_Cats.jpg

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

http://happyminutes.blog.com/files/2012/06/fishing-accident.jpg

 

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[lemonbread]

I prefer hand fishing them. Yeah, it can be a little messy sometimes and you have to have good medical insurance, but it adds so much excitement! It gives me a really nice rush, and it gets really physical, so it's a great workout too!

 

[parodyluvr75]

https://img1.etsystatic.com/030/0/7839156/il_340x270.556146667_9cxa.jpg

I've caught a few cats this way.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I've caught several 25lbs and under.

Penis baits only work if they are really ripe.

 

[CandiCame]

I mostly fish for bluegill because those are the dumbest motherfuckers ever.

http://www.yakangler.com/media/k2/items/cache/45171765ee5f1bee90247be4c4ed48c0_L.jpg

Everybody in this pile literally jumped into the boat because all the cool kids were doing it.

 

[PayDay]

I can use these:
http://fishinghuntingbeststore.funhobbyweb.com/hh-cf-catfish-flipperhook-remover-special-offers/

Few things are better than fishing and not catching anything.

 

[thør]

Cats are usually the bait when out fishing for eagles.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I prefer hand fishing them. Yeah, it can be a little messy sometimes and you have to have good medical insurance, but it adds so much excitement! It gives me a really nice rush, and it gets really physical, so it's a great workout too!

You have to be prepared to sick your hands in some very nasty holes, and to hold your breath for a long time.

 

[bronzeage]

When I was in highschool, I worked the harvest on a catfish farm. Early on Saturday morning, large tank trucks would arrive and wait for us to run a seine net across the pond and bring up about a thousand pounds of live catfish. It was hard work because the fish rarely cooperate. A seine net is over 100 feet long and is supposed to comb the water clean. Somehow, the catfish learned to burrow in the mud and let the net pass over them.

We thought the pond was practically empty and the tank trucks were gone. I was sent to open the valve to drain the pond. The water suddenly turned into a sea of boiling mud. There were hundreds of fish still in the pond and they all panicked when the water level dropped so fast. Most of them asphyxiated in the muddy water.

They were very to catch after that. It was late and we lost the sun, but kept wading through the water, scooping dead fish into wash tubs. Sometime around 10 pm, we had about 800 lbs of dead fish on the bank. This is a little this is about 300 fish. We spent the rest of the night cleaning catfish. I think we finished around 3 am. The next morning I listened to the woman who owned the farm on the telephone. She was calling all the grocery stores in town and explaining that a cooler had just broken down and she could make them a really good deal on fresh catfish fillets, if they could take at least 50 lbs or more.

 

[lemonbread]

You have to be prepared to sick your hands in some very nasty holes, and to hold your breath for a long time.

Dishwashing gloves come in really handy. Luckily I'm a master breath holder. I almost killed myself as a child because I had to beat my sister doing underwater laps around the pool. True story. My mom went looking for the emergency button and ended up doing nothing but turning on the hot tub.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

https://img1.etsystatic.com/030/0/7839156/il_340x270.556146667_9cxa.jpg

I've caught a few cats this way.

These work too.


http://www.bugspray.com/pictures/traps/cb16.jpg

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I mostly fish for bluegill because those are the dumbest motherfuckers ever.

http://www.yakangler.com/media/k2/items/cache/45171765ee5f1bee90247be4c4ed48c0_L.jpg

Everybody in this pile literally jumped into the boat because all the cool kids were doing it.

Most fight per pound...kinda like me.

 

[parodyluvr75]

These work too.


http://www.bugspray.com/pictures/traps/cb16.jpg

That's a little harsh, if I wanted a man, I'd go with this.

http://1funny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/man-trap.jpg

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I can use these:
http://fishinghuntingbeststore.funhobbyweb.com/hh-cf-catfish-flipperhook-remover-special-offers/

Few things are better than fishing and not catching anything.

You still have to catch them first.

 

[Libsam]

try slinging Da Bird

http://www.healthypawspetinsurance.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/da_bird.jpg

they are da best cat lures ever!

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Cats are usually the bait when out fishing for eagles.

Does eagle taste like chicken?

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

When I was in highschool, I worked the harvest on a catfish farm. Early on Saturday morning, large tank trucks would arrive and wait for us to run a seine net across the pond and bring up about a thousand pounds of live catfish. It was hard work because the fish rarely cooperate. A seine net is over 100 feet long and is supposed to comb the water clean. Somehow, the catfish learned to burrow in the mud and let the net pass over them.

We thought the pond was practically empty and the tank trucks were gone. I was sent to open the valve to drain the pond. The water suddenly turned into a sea of boiling mud. There were hundreds of fish still in the pond and they all panicked when the water level dropped so fast. Most of them asphyxiated in the muddy water.

They were very to catch after that. It was late and we lost the sun, but kept wading through the water, scooping dead fish into wash tubs. Sometime around 10 pm, we had about 800 lbs of dead fish on the bank. This is a little this is about 300 fish. We spent the rest of the night cleaning catfish. I think we finished around 3 am. The next morning I listened to the woman who owned the farm on the telephone. She was calling all the grocery stores in town and explaining that a cooler had just broken down and she could make them a really good deal on fresh catfish fillets, if they could take at least 50 lbs or more.

A friend had a catfish pond back in hs. His dad would row out and throw out the catfish food, looked like rabbit pellets, and the water would boil.

We used to float around naked on air mattresses. Ahh, the good old days.

 

[Sonido_Dulce]

When my husband was stationed in Louisiana, we used to get some really huge flathead catfish. The guys would always have cuts, once a guy even lost two fingers to a big catfish.

 

[PayDay]

You still have to catch them first.

Shrimp works every time.

We only have four kinds of fish in NJ: Catfish, bass, sunnies, and snapping turtles, the rest come from the Deleware or are seeded.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Dishwashing gloves come in really handy. Luckily I'm a master breath holder. I almost killed myself as a child because I had to beat my sister doing underwater laps around the pool. True story. My mom went looking for the emergency button and ended up doing nothing but turning on the hot tub.

You beat your sister? Cool.

 

[Curtis71]

My first paying job as a kid was at the local pay lake, 1/2 mile from my house. The Indiana state record for for a blue was supposedly caught out of that lake in the 80's. It was later surpassed...

Cleaning up the camp sites was part of my job...nothing nastier than rotten catfish bait on a hot summer day....

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/06/25/article-2347813-1A7DFB7A000005DC-448_306x462.jpg

 

[PayDay]

That's a little harsh, if I wanted a man, I'd go with this.

http://1funny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/man-trap.jpg

You would need much better beer to catch me.