Whopper Cat #2
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rox
Veteran Member
Did you catch that fish?
Yes he did....and he caught the one in the other whopper catfish post too. And all because he bought a tractor from us a few years back....at least I think that's the reason for his success. Maybe he has studied the habits of flathead giganticus as well, and spent countless hours trying different baits in different situations, but I'm pretty sure it was buying the tractor from us.rox said:
Tig
Elite Member
WOW. If you had a back hoe you could catch even bigger fish.
RobertN
Super Member
MDM said:Yes, I caught it and I suspect it was due to one of the reasons Wayne pointed out. I won't speculate on which one though.
What were you using?
My grandparents had a friend, Injun Joe. He was Maidu, and this was in the 60's before it became incorrect politically. Joe, he ran a D8 Cat, and worked on the Auburn Dam. This is outside of Sacramento, on the American river. This project was halted for various reasons back in the late 70's.
In order to work on various parts of the dam site, they would re-channel the American River. They'd dig the diversion channel, and then when the river flowed that way, they would work in and around the original channel. When they did this, they would fill in the pools in the old channel.
When they filled in the pools, they would have some of the most amazingly stupendously shockingly HUGE catfish flopping around in the mud. I saw a couple of them when I was 12 or 13. He'd bring them home and have them for dinner. For a week
I have never seen such huge catfish since(the ones you caught are pretty big though).How many people fish with a D8 Cat
This was before power-bait; I think he taped a worm to the front blade of that Cat Sad thing is, shut down the dam project, and the place is just a construction mess.
JazzDad
Gold Member
I'm disappointed. With your thread title, I thought we were going to see a feline eating malted milk balls.
