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Posted by John (BOC Name-- Radish)---Mississippi--Mississippi River
Personal Best on rod & reel for 2007 caught & released
Some have asked what rod and reel I caught the fish on, I was using a Shakespeare Sturdy Stick, Daiwa Sealine X reel
and Wild Wolf Products two hook rig with 10/0 top kahle hook and 7/0 bottom kahle hook. I caught the fish on the bottom 7/0 hook.
On The Weight I am not sure, my scales bottomed out at 100#
29 lbs 5 oz Blue Cat caught by BobPaul Gilvary 4/28/05
Here's the near 29 lb 10 oz blue cat I caught using one of the JugMakers,
in the Cape Fear River, below lock & dam #1. I used a 2 litre
jug with the JugMaker rigged with constuction twine. The hooks used were
8/0 circles snelled to 50# P-line copalomar leader material attached to
swivels with 1/2 oz egg sinker above the swivel. Two hooks were used per
jug, set about 3' apart. Bait used was cut shad and floated about 7 to 8'
down from the jug. The circle hook got this fish in the upper jaw, piecing the
bone. There was no way this fish was getting away without the other rigging
failing. It took alot of effort on the part of my fishing partner, Mike Hardee, to
remove the hook using pliers..You'll notice the DOT reflector tape on my
jug in the picture. This made it very easy to spot light the jugs at long distances.
With the bait and rigging hanging from the JugMaker, it still stayed flat on the
water, but stood upright when a fish was on. You guys make a fine product.
Thanks, Bob
34 lbs 4 oz Blue Cat caught by Gene Chambers 4/28/05
This past Saturday I
got my first chance to use our new Kat Bobber while fishing.
Needless to say, I caught My Personal Biggest Cat on a rod and reel. I was fishing
in 80 feet of water and I put a large piece of Cut skipjack out with the depth set at 40
feet and with in 15 to 20 minutes had my cat on. 15 minutes later it was to the boat
with me trying to figure how I was going to get it in the boat. I just had to manhandle
it in with a hand in the Gillplate. I was wired up. Us Ole men can get wired up you know.
Recieved this Letter from Dale Garrett a BOC member and Customer
Hi Gene.
I haven't tried the jugMakers yet. The River has been too low. I did
manage to catch it on the rise after a good rain, Went upstream from
my put-in spot about 4 miles and floated back down, stopping at some
spots that have produced for me in the past. I floated the Kat Bobber
into snags around boulder piles and so on. I weighed a 28# and a 22#
flathead and caught 3 more 9 or 10#ers. I am sure it was the Kat Bobbers
that did it. In all seriousness, they are the best float I have ever used for
this type of fishing. They didn't want to nose down under the water like
some of the floats I have used in the Past. Good Product.
Send me some more stuff!!
D. Garrett---Joplin, MO
Recieved this e-msil from Rob (Rushing) a BOC member and Customer
Hey Gene,
This is "Rushing" up in MN. I have a couple of pictures you could throw up on your gallery if you like. These are
the two best fish I got in the short couple of months left in the season after I got my kat bobbers last summer.
My first flattie with a kat bobber (17lbs). Fished about 7ft down in in about a 12ft deep eddy in front of a
creeek mouth, using a bullhead, on the Minnesota River.
Biggest Flathead I have caught with a kat bobber so far was this 33lber that came on a bullhead fishing a
giant eddy that was about 6ft deep.
Can't wait for winter to be over so I can grt back out on the river!
Take Care!
Rob
Was using Genes large cat-bobber floating over downed trees in 3 ft of water and caught this 50.5 flathead using live sucker chub and a 3 oz weight to keep it down,thatnks for a good product that will hold up heavy weight and get the job done ,the light stick hole is a bonus
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Tony Spergin,Newark,Ohio
Posted by Scott Crabtree--Ohio
Well we went fishing this morning(7/4/07) and
I was useing Genes(wild wolf kat bobbers) products,
and we caught 5 nice flatheads before I left. The
fish weighed between 15lbs and 9lbs. I caught
one 15,10 and 9 lbs my son in law caught one 7 and 5.
all were caught on the katbobbers. Man, Gene, thanks
a bunch those things are killer used with circle
hooks the fish hook their selves. Makes it a whole
lot easier on a rookie like me. You cant beat the
price and quality either. Well thanks again Gene for
making such great products, I cant wait to pick up a
few more and some of your glow sticks. Here are the
pictures we took.
Name: Troy Greenwood
Team Name: Hawgdup
Team Number: 10
BOC Screen Name: spoonfish
Catfish Caught: Blue Catfish
Catfish Weight: 59.0 Pounds
Rounded Weight: 59 Pounds
Where Caught: Truman dam tailrace
Bait Used: Carp
Date Caught: July 7, 2007
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Fishing Story: Meet with BOC member Primitivefrn (Jim) and Randy who works with Jim below Truman dam Fri. 7/6/07 at 7:00 pm to fish below the dam. Fishingbuddy4 and 2 other guys were out in there boat also to fish with us. The dam is cranking out water at 50,000 + CFS due to all the rain weve had. We anchored right in the current below the dam in Jim's River Pro boat. By 11:00 pm I had 3 fish in the boat with the biggest going 20 pounds. I had just looked at my watch and it was midnight makeing it 7/7/07. Must be my lucky day because at 12:05 my rod went down again. I knew I had a good fish on as she was sticking to the bottom. With all that current it took 15-20 minutes to get her to the boat. Her tail came up and we knew it was a good fish, then her head surfaced and we really got excited :-)) Randy got the boga grip on her and she was in the boat!!!! She was caught on a 2inch wide by 12 inch strip of carp fillet. Yep I use the big bait big fish theory. Surge Elite rod, Abu 7000 IC3 reel and 40# test Ande Envy green line with a double snelled 8/0 and 6/0 octopus circle 50# test leader by Wild Wolf Products. What a night. Thanks to Jim and Randy for making it happen! She was released to fight again...
Got this in E-Mail today 08/28/07
Darryl Mentzer out of Nebraska
Gene:
Got this huge flat head last night..
"Using your" bobbers!!
More to come.
Darryl
Here's the pictures. I figure it is
about 60 pounds. Caught it on South
side of the Platte River near Woodcliff.
Wow! Makes you want to go fishing for sure.
Posted by Dsage ---- Topeka, Kansas
I had the live gills out floating under Katbobbers in the grass that runs around some of
the banks there. We then decided to break out the shad and cut him up and see what we
could do with it. I tossed one pole out with the shad head on up in a cove so the water
would move it up to the grass area. Well around 11:40ish I look over and the Katbobber
goes shooting off and then it is now were to be seen. After chasing him aound the boat
2 times and having some close calls with the anchor rope he started to come to the top.
That plan changed real quick when he saw the light he took off like a lighten bolt.
I finally got him played out and we got him to the boat then one of my other poles went
down and so did one of the old man poles. After weighing him several time and having the
old man do the same and the Coffey scale read the same. We just stood there with out words.
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