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Offline Jakemeister

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Delware River Channel Cats
« on: March 25, 2012, 11:33:57 AM »
At the crack of dawn this morning me my dad A.K.A Wreckfish and his buddy went down near New Hope P.A. for some Cat fishing. We were drifting chunks of Chub down rapids till they fell into this deep hole. Right away my dads buddy hooked up with one. It took a lil bit to get the fish in because you reeling them up through a very strong current. The fish was about 5Lbs. Right after he pulled his fish out of the water we started getting hits and we knew it was on. My dad was next with another 5Lber. It took me a couple swings and misses to hook up with one. Theres nothing like catching a decent size catfish on a lite action pole with 4Lb test on. Mine was about the same size as the others. The bites slowed down a bit till about hour later when my dads buddy hooked into a nice fish. He got in on the shore line but while they were untangling there lines he flopped back into water. We estimated about 7 to 8Lbs. The rest of the morning was spent trying to stay warm the wind was whipping and it was pretty cold out so we called it a day and went to get some food.
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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2012, 11:39:39 AM »
Yea there are some big cats in the river I have had them over 10 lbs Jake  t^
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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2012, 03:07:36 PM »
Nice

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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2012, 03:22:07 PM »
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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2012, 03:46:30 PM »
Nice Fish Jake t^



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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2012, 04:21:52 PM »
Nice fish and a great report.


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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2012, 04:25:22 PM »
Nice catching. Amazing how the big ones always find a way back into the water.  TT^
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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2012, 08:13:06 AM »
 t^ clp t^
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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2012, 08:34:08 AM »
Good eating fish . chrz


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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2012, 09:15:47 AM »
Thanks for the report. Nice job t^
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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2012, 10:37:03 AM »
Nice!  t^
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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2012, 02:46:46 PM »
 t^ Nice going Jake!
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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2012, 03:07:08 PM »
Nice I have to try the river .We get Channel Cats right up the street at the lake .The biggest one was 26 pounds.My best is 10 pounds.Nice fish t^
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Re: Delware River Channel Cats
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2012, 09:22:09 AM »
nice!! channel cats are real gamefish fight is great!!! i use to put my boat in mercer county ramp and fish from the trenton takes the world makes bridge mostly to tulley town cove for stripers and channel cats. I had some of the best channel cat fishing in my life in that zone anchored up chumming and fishing with chicken liver..........gotta get back out there been years
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