Do you eat the catfish??
We have filet them out and fried them up...it tastes just like the catfish filets you buy in the store. These went to an Asian lady that uses them in some ethnic dish.
I didn't know that cats could be caught, while trolling. Very cool.
I was surprised at the catfish we have gotten on the last few outings to Hagg. In the upper end above the buoys the whole plateau from the upper ramp across to Scroggins Creek is only 25 to 30 feet deep now and the cats are an...
Got a late start so didn't get the gear wet until almost 9:00 am...by 11:00 had 5 nice fat trout and 4 Catfish. Got the last trout (#6) on the way back to the dock at 11:45. All caught in the middle of the lake as the water level is so low apparently the fish are pooling in the cooler deep...
Not sure why fish would want sugar instead of protein from meat (worms, flies, bugs etc.) but hoochies (which are supposed to mimic small squid) I can understand. I have thrown chewed up worms off my hooks over the side and seen Kokanee rise to take them. If you ask 4 fishermen what works you...
We came up Thursday eve and got on the lake Friday morning by 6:00 am and by 7:30 had 7 on board. Ended the day at 4:00 pm with a 2 hour break for lunch with 14....all taken WITHOUT Shoepeg corn. I suppose this will generate some hate mail but I do not buy into the corn thing.:naughty: Kokanee...
We stayed at the Whitcom Creek campground and tried our luck at Kokanee for a few days. Since we didn't have downriggers like all the locals we only got 3 as they were at at 35 feet or below. Hard to stay on that depth flatlining. The trout gods smiled on us as we got about 35 and the weather...
No problem....If it is a typo it won't affect me as I agree that opening day is a mess. I only plan to be there on week days. Overnites at GP or Detroit are what I have planned.
A buddy of mine and I were in McDonalds the other day (Feb 6th) heading out for Detroit (see Fun Day at Detroit) and another guy in fishing garb asked if we were heading out to Hagg Lake. He said that the fishing was good there all week. I informed him that Hagg was closed until March 3rd and...
We were using 2 oz. banana weights and the trolling speed was 1.85 to 2.00 mph (GPS varies a bit) and letting out 20 runs (a 'run' being one pass across the spool on the Abu Garcia) I retired Jan 1 and the name on my boat is "Borrowed Time"...guess that says it all. Carpe Diem !
We got on the lake a little late at 9:00am and trolled toward the island and up the right side in 20 to 30 feet of water like worked well last summer...nothing! :( Did a U-turn to the right in the deeper channel and both poles with worms on the wedding rings went off! We stayed in the channel...
We started shallow and kept getting the small stockers so went deeper and started getting some larger keepers. I was using homemade wedding ring setups w/#6 hooks. I found a seller on Ebay that sells all the parts needed to make your own and his prices are dirt cheap. Beads, split rings are $1...
Wow! Best fishing I have had this year. Three of us decided to go to Detroit to try out the new Lowrance in the deeper water. We were the second boat to put in at Mongold even though it was later (8:00 AM) and we limited out in 2 hours. Didn't really matter what bait was on the wedding rings. We...