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 What is a big fish to you?
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07/21/08 02:09 PM
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CaneyCat
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I know that all bodies of water are different and a big cat in one my be a baby another. So my question is, what is a big cat to you? Please put it in inches and pounds. I will see what yall say and then I will put in my input.
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
[Re: CaneyCat]
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07/21/08 02:16 PM
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BAMAboy
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20#'s blue, 8# channel,  ???in's Get those lights mounted yet?
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/21/08 02:20 PM
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Kolban
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I'd also say a 20 inch channel cat is a big beast for me.
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/21/08 02:27 PM
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riverrat1973
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anything over 36" which is usually somewhere in the 25-30# range i think is a good cat, blues that is
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/21/08 02:29 PM
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Yellowcat
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well i am not going to say inches because most we dont measure but we do weigh. i will say a big yella would be 30lbs+. Blue 15lbs+ channel 10lbs+
Justin 63lb, 2 58lb, several 40's, 38lb, and several 20lb yellas. 
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/21/08 02:43 PM
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Charles B.
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Anything bigger than my biggest so far lol which is 10lb. 6 oz. channel cat.
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/21/08 04:18 PM
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CaneyCat
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For me it is about 35 inches and 20 lbs for blues and yellas and 30 inches and 10 lbs for channels.
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/21/08 05:19 PM
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DanL
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I like 'em ALL. Most of the time I'm not chasing monsters so anything over 10 or 15 lbs is a good one. Since I am not fishing with the heavy tackle for the table cats, a cat in that size range is a lot of fun. My biggest to date is a 48" flathead that weighed more than my scales were good for at the time but she was close to 50 lbs. Table size cats aren't much fun on the Ugly Stick Tiger Rod with the Penn 209 and 65lb braid. I look at a big cat more in reference to my tackle size and expected catch than a flat in inches and pounds thing. I got into a bunch of 3 to 5 lb channel cats a few years ago in the spring while fishing for bluegills with ultra-lite tackle and that day a 7 lb cat was a monster on my 4lb line and 5' perch rod!!!
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/21/08 07:02 PM
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eddie978n
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well it depends on the day... some days all im catching are 1 pounders so when I catch that 4lber thats HUGE! lol but over all at least on the lake I fish id say over 7 for a channel cat is very large, and anything over 10 regardless of what kind is big to me
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/21/08 07:39 PM
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Bigblue or Gaspergoo
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I'll have to say any cat over ten lbs. is a pretty nice fish..
"The wife said shes gonna leave me if I go fishing one more time"! I'm sure gonna miss her... 
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/21/08 07:58 PM
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Brian Spagnola
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Anything over 15lbs is a good cat for me. Lucky my home lake is Texoma and they are plentifull when you try.
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/22/08 09:26 PM
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MtM
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36in flat or blue or over 30lbs. 24in channel or over 10
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/23/08 12:34 PM
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While the big cats are fun to catch, I can still have fun with 2 plus pounders on lighter line. For me, it's the consistant action that I like. A 2 pounder can give you two decent fillets. I'll tell you what...when you are constantly catching fish in the two pound range, the larger ones are much more fun to catch. the largest I have ever caught (freshwater) was an 8lb. 14oz. channel. That was a lot of fun on r and r. For me, it's watching that bobber go under and setting the hook that makes catching exciting. I don't always get a good hookset and miss the fish, but that's the sport of it all. You guys amaze me with these fish that you consistantly catch that are over 10lbs. Those critters must put up one heck of a fight! I may be lucky someday to catch something that large on a rod and reel combo. I just like the fight!
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/23/08 01:36 PM
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Yellowcat
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While the big cats are fun to catch, I can still have fun with 2 plus pounders on lighter line. For me, it's the consistant action that I like. A 2 pounder can give you two decent fillets. I'll tell you what...when you are constantly catching fish in the two pound range, the larger ones are much more fun to catch. the largest I have ever caught (freshwater) was an 8lb. 14oz. channel. That was a lot of fun on r and r. For me, it's watching that bobber go under and setting the hook that makes catching exciting. I don't always get a good hookset and miss the fish, but that's the sport of it all. You guys amaze me with these fish that you consistantly catch that are over 10lbs. Those critters must put up one heck of a fight! I may be lucky someday to catch something that large on a rod and reel combo. I just like the fight!
Steven I agree with ya 100%! you talk about a fight wait till ya get a 58lb yella on a trotline. some people say runnin lines is no fun and too much work well the people that say that i guess have never ran lines before. we caught a 58 lb yella on a trotline a week or so ago we were in a 18' aluminum lowe the fish pulled the boat around like it was not even there. also when you have a fish on that big and small hooks you take a BIG risk of him bending a hook and getting off. we have lost one that is atleast 20lbs bigger than the 58 and another about the same size to small hooks. (6/0 wide gap hook).
Justin 63lb, 2 58lb, several 40's, 38lb, and several 20lb yellas.
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Re: What is a big fish to you?
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07/23/08 05:09 PM
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Catfishd
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Big fish to me is a big fish  lol no The lakes I frequent I would say big fish is 40+lbs and a trophy is 70+lbs.  . 30-60lbers are pretty common. Rather it being rod and reel or trotlines. Anyone who tells you a trotline is not fun or is not fishing has no clue. But I have to agree since I have been able to catch these monsters on rod and reel it makes you feel good to catch a fish that big on rod and reel in freshwater. Some will never do it in their lifetime. On rod and reel or jug or trotline 
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