'CATFISH' anyone????

thecrankincracker · February 09, 2009, 08:24:39 AM

It's amazing what you can come up with if you really look! I wanted to do a cat for a while now but didn't know what to use for whiskers. After searching walmart for some time I found a 3ft long necklace that was coated in some wax. It was on clearance for .75 cents. Looked like perfect whiskers to me. Buttercat and Bluecat...

WebBASSter · February 09, 2009, 11:03:26 AM

Those look fantastic. My club fishes two events a year on the Ohio (Smithland Pool). If you could keep them from getting hung up on all the stumps back in the creeks I'll bet you'd kill 'em with those baits. Those are very well done!

-D

larrylargemouth · February 09, 2009, 06:29:29 PM

Very cool baits!

The would work great for the river smallies around here.

Lipripper · February 09, 2009, 06:48:40 PM

Looks like a katfish to me

Unholy_Fury · February 09, 2009, 07:32:10 PM

man those are nice looking baits. Nicely done.

Whats the whisker material?

Jared · February 09, 2009, 07:59:16 PM

Quote from: Lipripper on February 09, 2009, 06:48:40 PM
Looks like a katfish to me

It must really be good if it comes from the Katman himself

Really nice work!

thecrankincracker · February 09, 2009, 08:02:15 PM

Quote from: Unholy_Fury on February 09, 2009, 07:32:10 PM
man those are nice looking baits. Nicely done. Whats the whisker material?

Those are whisker's off the last catfish we caught! lol. It's a wax coated material. Work's great and is very plyable.

Lipripper · February 09, 2009, 08:19:51 PM

Quote from: thecrankincracker on February 09, 2009, 08:02:15 PM
Those are whisker's off the last catfish we caught! lol. It's a wax coated material. Work's great and is very plyable.

Did yopu get some

thecrankincracker · February 09, 2009, 08:32:53 PM

Man, I haven't catfished in quite a while! Used to love it when I was younger. Going out at night, big fire, 'beer', girl's, etc. you know the routine. Now I like going to be earlier and not cleaning fish all night. I still take the kid's every now and then but just cant get the bite's like we used to.

Lipripper · February 09, 2009, 08:36:33 PM

Quote from: thecrankincracker on February 09, 2009, 08:32:53 PM
Man, I haven't catfished in quite a while! Used to love it when I was younger. Going out at night, big fire, 'beer', girl's, etc. you know the routine. Now I like going to be earlier and not cleaning fish all night. I still take the kid's every now and then but just cant get the bite's like we used to.

Wow that brings back memories

from what eye've hear ya'll don't have as good a catfising down there as other parts of the country.

thecrankincracker · February 09, 2009, 08:51:00 PM

I can remember catching about 50 speckled and butter cat's in one night. Usually really small joker's but their the good eatin' one's. Only a couple time's did we catch some over 2lbs with the exception of one night in Eureka Florida on the Ocklawaha river. We were having something keep breaking our 12lb test like crazy, so we took the time to rerig with 20lb on a couple poles. Didn't have that 20lb wet for 10 minutes and he hit it. (of course it was my wife's pole) she thought she was hung for the longest time and was just trying to break the line. I went over and tried to help her out, well buddy when I grabbed the pole that stick she thought she was hung on almost pulled the pole out of my hands! We got it up to shore and it was an 18lb bluecat! We made phone call's and woke up all our friend's just to show them that dinosaur. It stayed alive for about 2 hour's in the cooler so we ended up letting it go. I'll try and find the pictures sometime.

Lipripper · February 10, 2009, 07:16:48 AM

Quote from: thecrankincracker on February 09, 2009, 08:51:00 PM
I can remember catching about 50 speckled and butter cat's in one night. Usually really small joker's but their the good eatin' one's. Only a couple time's did we catch some over 2lbs with the exception of one night in Eureka Florida on the Ocklawaha river. We were having something keep breaking our 12lb test like crazy, so we took the time to rerig with 20lb on a couple poles. Didn't have that 20lb wet for 10 minutes and he hit it. (of course it was my wife's pole) she thought she was hung for the longest time and was just trying to break the line. I went over and tried to help her out, well buddy when I grabbed the pole that stick she thought she was hung on almost pulled the pole out of my hands! We got it up to shore and it was an 18lb bluecat! We made phone call's and woke up all our friend's just to show them that dinosaur. It stayed alive for about 2 hour's in the cooler so we ended up letting it go. I'll try and find the pictures sometime.

Yelp nothing like a little night kat fishing and hooking into one of them big boys

SlingBlades · February 12, 2009, 07:31:07 AM

Was cranking a rockpile Tuesday afternoon on Norman, strike, hookset, then after about 5 seconds...uh oh. This is NOT a bass.

Turned out to be an 18# flathead that was just butt ugly. At least I got my Tuffy back.

MaumeeBasser · February 14, 2009, 10:24:35 PM

we have a lot of flatheads over 35# pulled from our damn area and some big blues down south on the ohio river

Knuckleballer32 · February 24, 2009, 02:39:20 PM

Very creative and very nice color combinations!

Lipripper · February 24, 2009, 04:05:07 PM

Quote from: SlingBlades on February 12, 2009, 07:31:07 AM
Was cranking a rockpile Tuesday afternoon on Norman, strike, hookset, then after about 5 seconds...uh oh. This is NOT a bass.

Turned out to be an 18# flathead that was just butt ugly. At least I got my Tuffy back.

Di dyou get a

of it and the lure you caught it on

and they arn't ugly

just have a face that only a mother could love

aqualung · March 30, 2009, 01:54:15 AM

Well done

, I've never seen that before!

bassn1 · March 30, 2009, 05:58:35 AM

Great Job Lip. Caught many a bass with a bullhead sticking out it's throat back home in Idaho. Non yet, here in Iowa.
Surprising what a bass will attack.

River Rat316 · March 31, 2009, 07:41:46 PM

You haven't caught one with a bullhead sticking out of its throat in Iowa because all the locals are eating the bullheads themselves