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Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
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01/26/11 03:04 AM
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We found about the only place on the lake you could fish with the wind blowing a hard 10 mph and gusting to 15 mph and we put out 5 lines for big fish. We missed our spot the first time and only caught a couple of box fish. On the 2nd drift we zeroed in a little better and Lee caught a 28" fish. Just a little after noon the big girl came calling on a gust of wind and Lee hooked up and said, "It's a big fish". Ken and I grinned when his rod bowed over nicely and the fight was on. The fish did a good job, but Lee was more determined and we put her in the boat for pictures and measurements. Apparently full of eggs, she weighed about 40 pounds and was only 40" long, a fatty! We called it quits at about 2:30 and had caught 15 or so blue cats from 3 to 40 pounds. We had kept 3 box fish, but gave them away at the ramp and made a clean get away for some hamburgers!
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
[Re: Shadslinger]
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01/26/11 03:07 AM
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
[Re: tgravley aka lewisvillecatfish]
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01/26/11 03:13 AM
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Nice job! Sounds like yall had fun
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
[Re: 2Fish4everything]
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01/26/11 06:02 PM
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littlerobby
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Great fish and she looks like plenty full of eggs
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
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01/26/11 06:27 PM
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dang nice catch!! Livingston has made my list of "Must Fish"!
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
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01/26/11 07:58 PM
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That's a great fish. Congrats on a fine catch!
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
[Re: Bobby-Catfishing]
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01/26/11 11:57 PM
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The big girls are very ripe with eggs at this time, and they are fantastic spawning fish. They are also very heavy with huge bellies of roe, and we treat them as gently as we can and get them back in the water asap. They make millions of baby blue cat fish every year when they are big like that one.
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
[Re: Bobby-Catfishing]
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01/26/11 11:58 PM
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The big girls are very ripe with eggs at this time, and they are fantastic spawning fish. They are also very heavy with huge bellies of roe, and we treat them as gently as we can and get them back in the water asap. They make millions of baby blue cat fish every year when they are big like that one.
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
[Re: Shadslinger]
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01/27/11 12:57 AM
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raycat
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Where were you fishing from ? I'e got to get back there soon. Used to live at ED'S Marina between trinity & onalaska. Best catfishing I ever done !
Somewhere, somebody's catching something!
PB-26# Blue Cat 12/11/2010
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
[Re: raycat]
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01/27/11 11:14 PM
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Ed's is now something else, and it used to be terrific catfishing in the timber out from their launch! We fish from the mid-lake area down to just South of Pine island, depending on the wind.
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
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01/28/11 08:51 PM
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raycat
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Ed's is now Outback Campground & Marina. Stayed in one of thier cabins for Tanksgiving week in 2008. Brought home 154# of fillet of blue cat.
Somewhere, somebody's catching something!
PB-26# Blue Cat 12/11/2010
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
[Re: raycat]
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01/28/11 09:29 PM
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raycat, have you ever fished under the water turkeys on Livingston?
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
[Re: Shadslinger]
#5774525
01/28/11 10:28 PM
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Nice job fella's Laterz, dafanman
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Re: Lake Livingston blue cat drifting 1-25
[Re: dafanman]
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01/29/11 08:48 PM
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raycat
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Shadslinger, Yeah I've fished the waterturkeys years ago. Cat fish like that sh%@*.
Somewhere, somebody's catching something!
PB-26# Blue Cat 12/11/2010
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