Trophy Catfishing is Here

We have been catching good numbers of eater sized catfish on all of our recent trips. The fishing is only going to get better over the next few months.

We spent the first two hours of today's trip doing more searching than fishing. At the two hour mark, we only had 1 fish to show for our efforts. I was finally able to find a school of fish that wanted to play, and it was game on. We had to cull through a lot of smaller fish to get our share of eaters. We put 30 in the cooler and probably tossed back just as many. Once we were on them, they were loving that Guide's Choice Punch Bait and the Bobo's Thumper kept them there with us for the last two hours. We have been catching more blues than channels lately.

Today, I had a full day on the water with a morning and afternoon group. Both trips started an finished a little slow. But the time in between was a blast. Each group had two anglers and put some decent eaters in the cooler. The afternoon was slightly better, but it was not by much. The bites were significantly lighter in the afternoon, but switching over to the ultralight tackle really helped. We stuck with the Guide's Choice Punch Bait and stayed in the same spot for both trips. It took a little patience at times but at other times the bite was on fire. The Bobo's Thumper kept them under us all day. Even the smallmouth buffalo seem to like it. We ended up boating 2 on the first trip. The first one was about 8 pounds and gave the kid the a fight to remember. My first group saw the Guides Choice Punch Bait in action and had to buy a quart to go fishing from the bank later today. The fillet bags are getting bigger each trip and we are getting into may favorite time of year to fish. Now through the end of the year should be getting more consistent and faced paced.