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Post by steelforce on Apr 10, 2008 1:49:49 GMT -6
I was talking to some people about what the hardest fighting fish was blue cat or spoon bill. I was wondering what your thoughts were on it. I told them it was all in the size of the fish and the type of water you are fishing in. But there is some thing about hooking in to a good spoon bill in fast moving water or a monster blue below a dam can make any anglers heart race. Redmist and I are going on a fishing trip next week and are going after both of this monsters. Hopefully we will have some good pixs for are trip to post when we get back.
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Post by redmist on Apr 10, 2008 15:30:54 GMT -6
After the initial hook set spoonbill become more of a dead weight being pushed by a lot of water. I prefer the fight of the blue cat. I'll let you know next week when we get back.
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Post by thecoleman on Apr 10, 2008 21:25:32 GMT -6
heck i can put some input after the trip possibly?
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Post by redmist on Apr 16, 2008 22:00:25 GMT -6
Well, the spoonbill trip wasn't what we were hoping for. We drove all the way to the Grand River by Locust Grove just to find out the water was up about 50 feet. The water was over the road a quarter mile before the parking area. We ended up driving all the way to Kaw and camping for the night. The water there was about 6 feet low and they weren't running like they usually do this time of year. We were there for 2 days and only saw one spoonbill, and it was only 22 pounds. They guy that got it said he had spent all day snaggin' for 4 days and it was the only one he got. We didn't catch any catfish either. It was still fun, though and I plan on going back up there sometime in the next week.
I snagged a lot of gar, caught some crappie, and caught a decent sized striper by the dam so the trip wasn't a complete waste.
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Post by elkstalkr on Apr 17, 2008 11:44:51 GMT -6
Red,
If you hear/see the snagging getting good at Kaw. PLEASE, let me know. I want to come down from NE and hit it this year, but if I am driving that far I want to make sure the trip is worth it!
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Post by brian89 on Apr 17, 2008 13:57:42 GMT -6
spoonbill are staging in the deeper holes 15 to 20 miles below kaw , a good friend of mine caught the potential state record down there and released her, took three guys to land the fish.. I'll try and find the picture of it, the fish are there, just get below the dam and find the holes they are trapped in.. also heard of another that went 95 that was released also...
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Post by ECHIV on Apr 17, 2008 18:41:57 GMT -6
glad to hear the run isn't over yet. I haven't had a chance to come over and fish but might get to do so in the next couple of weekends.
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Post by thecoleman on Apr 17, 2008 21:17:36 GMT -6
if we had been on the other side it would have been better and my trip sucked i ended up getting sick and ended up throwing my guts up most of the trip
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Post by redmist on Apr 17, 2008 21:45:34 GMT -6
I'm going back on Monday. I know where some deeper holes are up there. I'll let you know how it goes. This time we had the wives with us so we set up camp by the dam and stayed in that general area.
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Post by steelforce on Apr 17, 2008 22:42:16 GMT -6
I heared the spoonbill snagging is doing good in miami around the Twin bridges in the deep holes.
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Post by brian89 on Apr 18, 2008 7:50:32 GMT -6
It's not really a run, they're just trapped in the holes in the river.. there's a couple holes that you can drive up to the river and just wade down there to them..
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Post by brian89 on Apr 18, 2008 9:42:56 GMT -6
about the fight, i agree 100% with redmist, after about 5 minutes with a spoonie its like your pulling in a log.. the blue cat is the better fight pound for pound hands down..
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Post by redmist on Apr 18, 2008 10:00:02 GMT -6
It's not really a run, they're just trapped in the holes in the river.. there's a couple holes that you can drive up to the river and just wade down there to them.. Where are the access roads? |
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Post by brian89 on Apr 18, 2008 12:40:20 GMT -6
maps.live.com you'll see roads, if you have a kayak that'll get you there too...
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Post by redmist on Apr 18, 2008 16:08:03 GMT -6
I figured that part out already. I was hoping you might let me know where you have been going.
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Post by thecoleman on Apr 19, 2008 4:03:20 GMT -6
let me know if you are going again i might want to join you if it is ok
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Post by ECHIV on Apr 19, 2008 12:22:23 GMT -6
if we had been on the other side it would have been better and my trip sucked i ended up getting sick and ended up throwing my guts up most of the trip Now, I would have thought all that chumming would have brought in some catfish or something. Maybe it;s what you've been eating. ;D |
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Post by redmist on Apr 19, 2008 13:17:29 GMT -6
It might be. The boy is the human version of a goat.
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Post by thecoleman on Apr 19, 2008 17:24:25 GMT -6
fish dont like garlic i recon
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Post by redmist on Apr 19, 2008 18:10:59 GMT -6
They sell garlic cheese bloodbait so something has to like it.
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