Posted By: Ken Gaby
CAT State Championship RESULTS - 09/13/15 01:02 AM
After the pre-fishing was over, the general question was, where have all the big fish gone? Thirty two teams ( 18 DIV I; 14 DIV II) hit the water Fri morning for day one of the two day event. The bite had been tentative during pre-fishing and that didn't change for Fri or Sat. Small baits seemed to work best with natural colors, shad or minnow imitations accounting for a lot of bites. With the frontal passage late morning Fri, the fish got tight lipped. Same was true Sat with NNE winds gusting to 15 making for some difficult fishing with light baits.
Minnows didn't help us at all. Max fished minnows for 3 hours without a bite while I was getting bit on jigs. Presentation had to be with a lot of finesse to entice a bite for us. I never felt a crappie thump a jig in four days. If I got a thump, it was a catfish and we caught plenty of those. They loved the minnows Max was using. We averaged 45+ fish each day, but 25+ were dinks.
Congratulations to Eric Walker and Matthew Carroll as State Champions in DIV II 15.16 lbs
Congratulations to Ahn Nguyen and Larry Kirkland as State Champions DIV I 18.21 lbs
Congratulations to all the teams that competed in some tough conditions.
Minnows didn't help us at all. Max fished minnows for 3 hours without a bite while I was getting bit on jigs. Presentation had to be with a lot of finesse to entice a bite for us. I never felt a crappie thump a jig in four days. If I got a thump, it was a catfish and we caught plenty of those. They loved the minnows Max was using. We averaged 45+ fish each day, but 25+ were dinks.
Congratulations to Eric Walker and Matthew Carroll as State Champions in DIV II 15.16 lbs
Congratulations to Ahn Nguyen and Larry Kirkland as State Champions DIV I 18.21 lbs
Congratulations to all the teams that competed in some tough conditions.