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#3685114
07/13/09 02:55 AM
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rick.b
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Green Horn
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Green Horn
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Did anyone notice all the catfish FLOATERS on lake fork today just wondering whats going on
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Re: catfish floaters
[Re: rick.b]
#3685491
07/13/09 05:21 AM
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Lannie Robertson
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Saw several on Benbrook also.Only catfish tho,must be something going on. 
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Re: catfish floaters
[Re: Lannie Robertson]
#3685912
07/13/09 01:27 PM
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flippindropshots
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I have seen the same thing on every lake I have been on in the last 2 weeks. it was first carp, now its catfish. Maybe the lake thermocline set in so fast it deprived them of oxygen???? or else the surface temp heated up so fast it cooked them??? those are my 2 wild guesses for the day 
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Re: catfish floaters
[Re: flippindropshots]
#3686027
07/13/09 01:57 PM
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Ranger Bay Dude
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Noticed the same thing running up and down Lake Conroe this past week.....I saw dozens of them....strange.
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[Re: Ranger Bay Dude]
#3686092
07/13/09 02:15 PM
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fouzman
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Don't catfish spawn this time of year? Perhaps rigors of the spawn coupled with high temps/low dissolved oxygen?
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[Re: fouzman]
#3687003
07/13/09 05:42 PM
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Stump jumper
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I saw them on Fork myself. I just figure it has something to do with the oxygen. While I was driving home I wondered why i was out there myself. I remarked to my brother that the 2 vehicles on the Rainswood ramp were the fewest I had ever seen.
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[Re: Stump jumper]
#3689918
07/14/09 04:56 AM
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rick.b
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Green Horn
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Green Horn
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Thanks for info on floaters /catfish/ It all makes since to me .I wonderd if it was the temp . Does thermocline change daily with the temp . IM still green on this .Been fishing many years really never took the thermocline to heart.Supid me maybe i need to start observing this dont even no if my little ole fish finder show it TANKS ALOT FELERS
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Re: catfish floaters
[Re: rick.b]
#3689932
07/14/09 05:06 AM
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Tony from Oak Point
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Catfish are always the last to die in the live well. They can survive low oxygen better than most fish. Plus the spawn should have wrapped up a few weeks ago. I think that low oxygen and heat would have something to do with it, but not the only problem.
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[Re: Ranger Bay Dude]
#3693448
07/15/09 01:04 AM
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Bilge Bait
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Noticed the same thing running up and down Lake Conroe this past week.....I saw dozens of them....strange. Saw the same thing on Conroe too. Almost all catfish. Not anywhere near numbers to worry about, but odd nonetheless.
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[Re: Bilge Bait]
#3711905
07/20/09 02:00 AM
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SPT
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I saw the same thing on Pat Mayse Lake. Talked with the GW and she thinks they could have been hooked on a trot line and wore down due to lake of oxygen. Sounds logical to me becuase in this hot weather the fish play out pretty quick when hooked on lines.
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[Re: SPT]
#3712827
07/20/09 02:20 PM
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JPeel
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Yeah, I spotted at least 2 dozen floating cats this weekend on Fork, mostly small ones but a couple of good ones too. I thought about scooping up a couple of the better ones and taking them to the weight-in for the catfish tournament  j/k - but considering how little action I was getting from the bass I was chasing it was an entertaining thought...
the fisherman formerly known as Blu-Ranger....
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Re: catfish floaters
[Re: Lannie Robertson]
#3712911
07/20/09 02:42 PM
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bigtexnick
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Saw several on Benbrook also.Only catfish tho,must be something going on. saw the same on benbrook, as well. just a few of them though.
--Nick 
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[Re: bigtexnick]
#3712944
07/20/09 02:49 PM
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Tom Groves
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I saw a lot of them on Fork, too.
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[Re: JPeel]
#3713712
07/20/09 05:30 PM
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pinesjunkie
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Yeah, I spotted at least 2 dozen floating cats this weekend on Fork, mostly small ones but a couple of good ones too. I thought about scooping up a couple of the better ones and taking them to the weight-in for the catfish tournament j/k - but considering how little action I was getting from the bass I was chasing it was an entertaining thought... same here even thought about taking this 5 pounder I saw to a guy that was fishing the tournament lol it was slow for us too
Brad Smith
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Re: catfish floaters
[Re: SPT]
#3714179
07/20/09 07:11 PM
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Bittercreek
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LAst week, on a Tues, on Ivie; I counted 7 Blues floating dead
up around the Pumpstation. Gills white, and pink, I have
no clue other than the above ideas.
Thanks Bittercreek
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