PUDD MONSTER! june 18-19 moonlight fishing

[mjc89]

my bro and i got there around 7:30pm. tried to catch sum gills but it wuz kinda late. the sun went down so we put the gill rods away and pulled out the kitty poles. 8:00pm we were set up. threw the poles in and waited. a little after we threw them in i got a big hit on my pole but he spit it out before i got to it. so we pulled um out and rebaited. a few minutes later my bro got a hit on his pole. so i grabbed it, set the hook, gave it to him and all i heard wus a screaming drag. put up about a 10-15 min fight. he barely fit in the net. had a nice lip hook with the circle hook. removed it and weighed um. he weighed 21lbs. didnt have a measuring tape so dont know how long he wuz. we released him shortly after. swam away fine. then around 1:00am i got a hit on my pole. set the hook and fought um a few minutes. got him in the net, removed the circle hook and weighed him. he wuz only a 3.5lber. he wuz also released. left shortly after. it wuz a nice night at the pudd. :Envious:

[Jeremy Wade Jr]

Nice catch! Didn't even realize anybody caught anything this morning, figured someone would have better luck on the other side by the lifeguard house' GJ sir.

[mjc89]

ya. there wuz a guy on the side of us and he caught like 6 cats. his biggest one wuz like 12lbs

[acquadigio626]

good job out there

[mjc89]

ya thanx. did u go?

[old pudd fisher]

Wow!! Now I know how special night fishing can be at the pudd...Very nice catch, thanks for the pic.

[mjc89]

ya it wuz pretty cool. i think i might go again for the next moonlight fishing

[acquadigio626]

yea but unfortunately didnt catch a thing...what were you using for bait...

[mjc89]

shrimp and marshmallow

[Cartman]

MJC89! I was thrilled when I logged on and saw your post. :Bug Eyes: That's one hell of a big catfish you guys caught. I bet there are plenty of people there next time after that kind of story. No skunks! :Thumbs Up:

[mjc89]

ya. alot of people didnt catch. the bait has alot to do with it but wut really gets them goin is the attractant :Secret:

[acquadigio626]

thanx for the info....i need to try that...awesome job on the release better man than me...although i would have released the big catfish because they taste nasty....the other one would have been dinner :)

[mjc89]

well they were both released. they were both raised there. they have that yellowish brown color. i usually only take the nice silver ones. the ones stocked by fish and game, the ones from SARL or corona lake, or the ones from the vine.

[Catcastfever]

Got there right 7. Seem like most came well before 7 and already set up. Place was packed. I had a good fish on about an hour later, but some (3) guys squeeze in, crossed my line, fish lost. I wasn't really bother by it. However he kept casting sideways on top of my line and blame me when I reel in. Couldn't take it anymore, had to leave. Still nice lil night session.

[mjc89]

dang that sux man. i wooda cut sum lines and kicked sum a**

[manuel149]

I was there from about 9:30 till 11:30 just threw out some mack and all i got was a skunk literally.( besides the weeds) I got a close encounter with 2 skunks. How far out were you casting?

[mjc89]

um it wuznt that close. i wuz casting quite a ways

[Mr.Wolf]

Great job guys ! I love seeing people represent puddingstone that way, its my local lake too and I love that place.

[mjc89]

ya its pretty cool. except for the copers on da nuts

[fish-o-haulic]

Dang bro 21lbs, I had to make sure that didnt say 12 at first. My biggest cat is like 10-12lbs but 21 dang. Nice job on the kittys.

[mjc89]

ya dude. my bro fought it for at least 10 min. 20# main line with a 15# leader

[fish-o-haulic]

Oh yeah thats line that i would use. catfish even small ones can give you a big fight and break you off if you arent careful.

[mjc89]

ya i wuz using a 15# main line and a 14# leader. my other setup i have is 30# braid and a 25# mono leader

[fish-o-haulic]

Wow with that heavy of line one would think your fishing the mississippi for blues and flatheads. Geez bro you really dont want those kitties to have a chance to get away do you HAHAHA.

[mjc89]

haha ya kinda. the only reason i did the braid wuz cuz i got it for really cheap. 300 or 330 yard of 30# for like 10 buxx. i think its spiderwire. but it works good for wen u wana haul the kittys out of the trees

[fish-o-haulic]

I dont blame you, especially with a unexpected 21lber like that. makes spoolin up with some braid worth it. lol

[mjc89]

ya. and i also wanted it to fish the colorado river. big cats in there too. my dad hooked up sumthing big during the day that took his line upstream and still manages to brake the 20#

[fish-o-haulic]

my uncle went there like 10 years ago for stiper, his freinds told him to use nothing under 30 he said man if you cant land a fish on 20lb test your not a real fisherman. while there he hooked into a 40-50 lb striper fouhgt it for like 45mins and the fish striped him of all of his line. Because it went strait down and stripped like 2or3 football feilds worth of line.

[mjc89]

haha ya. thats y id rather have bigger line and b prepared than sorry

[fish-o-haulic]

Ya bro, well nice talkin to you but gotta get some sleep. Probably gonna hit the duct early tommorrow before goin to a doctor appointment.

[mjc89]

ok man. good luck on the duct and the doctor

[onehook]

Moonlight fishing this Sat,9th..from 7pm get there early

[mjc89]

ya. ima try and be there. not sure yet.