Caught this today on a 11' crappie rod with 4 ld. test line

[Oldrvrrat57]

Kind late on the crappie ! Took me a few minutes to land this channel cat! Surprised I got it in the boat.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Cool. Why does it look misshaped? Does it have eggs?

 

[Tnmountains]

Fun catch on light tackle. Love that ultra light fishing!

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Cool. Why does it look misshaped? Does it have eggs?

Yes it was full of eggs

 

[ncsuwolf]

Nice. Bet that was fun for a few minutes

 

[Chilli]

Kind late on the crappie ! Took me a few minutes to land this channel cat! Surprised I got it in the boat.View attachment 2208816

Great! 10 - 12 lb?

 

[DizzyDigger]

An 11' crappie rod? That's got to be some noodle.....

And here I thought my 10' Lami spoon rod was long....

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Great! 10 - 12 lb?

Around 10

 

[ToddsPoint]

Kind late on the crappie ! Took me a few minutes to land this channel cat! Surprised I got it in the boat.View attachment 2208816

I tried for some channel in a local pond. No luck at all. The state released some otters here and a farmer friend told me they’ve wiped out the fish in our ponds. I just love all the unintended consequences the state provides us with their misguided thinking. They planted Korean honeysuckle at the resevoir and now it’s taking over everything.

 

[DizzyDigger]

I tried for some channel in a local pond. No luck at all. The state released some otters here and a farmer friend told me they’ve wiped out the fish in our ponds. I just love all the unintended consequences the state provides us with their misguided thinking.

Otters are cool, but just not all the time. Those critters will clean out every pond they can find..not intentionally, but they gotta eat.

 

[tamrock]

Must've felt like a monster on the end of the line that usually get away.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Did she swallow the hook, or was it lip-caught?

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Did she swallow the hook, or was it lip-caught?

Lip caught

 

[releventchair]

Congrats!

Eaaaaasy does it.
(You had a good knot tied right.)

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Thems good eatin'

 

[Blackfoot58]

Did she swallow the hook, or was it lip-caught?

Lip caught

that makes it even harder to land with light tackle. 👍🏼

 

[dognose]

nice fish!
what bait were you using?

my wife and I have caught 3 channel cats on crappie jigs on our property.

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

nice fish!
what bait were you using?

my wife and I have caught 3 channel cats on crappie jigs on our property.

Bucktail jig pink and green

 

[Gare]

Nice catch Did you keep it or let it go ?

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Nice catch Did you keep it or let it go ?

Made some Catfish fritters !