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Chasing Cats in Alabama (vanity)
me | 5/13/17 | eastforker

Posted on 05/13/2017 6:30:28 PM PDT by eastforker

Catching catfish when living in Texas was always a passion of mine as you can see from my profile page. We retired in Alabama 2 years ago but last year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer and I never got to fish during recovery. Cancer is all in the past so this year we are back chasing cats. Brought this 40 pounder in this morning but still looking for old grandad, he's out there somewhere.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: alabama; catfish; texasexpat
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I will no longer fish when I am unable to bait a hook.
1 posted on 05/13/2017 6:30:28 PM PDT by eastforker
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To: eastforker

https://www.facebook.com/lauramoorechambers/posts/10203211185755847?comment_id=10203211312039004


2 posted on 05/13/2017 6:31:20 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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Keep up the good work. Good to have a passion..........


3 posted on 05/13/2017 6:33:12 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: eastforker

Great catch!


4 posted on 05/13/2017 6:38:21 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: PeterPrinciple

There is nothing in the world better than a good tug on the end of your line.


5 posted on 05/13/2017 6:40:31 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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I’ll teach you a trick. Go get a beef liver from a butcher shop. Sometimes the livers are not good so they toss them. Then go get a gallon paint straining bag, 3 # 10 trebles. I make my own steel leaders with materials from Bass Pro. Place hooks in the liver with one barb on the outside. Place liver in bag and munch it into a ball. So now you have a basketball shaped, sized bait. Drop in a 5 gallon bucket to ripen. Use accordingly. The smaller cat will hit it but only a large one can mouth it.

Good Luck


6 posted on 05/13/2017 6:41:41 PM PDT by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: eastforker

Which lake in Alabama are you fishing on?


7 posted on 05/13/2017 6:44:23 PM PDT by Lakewood
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I use live bait, flatheads don’t usually bite dead bait but they all like live bait. I use black saltys or goldfish about 3 inches long.


8 posted on 05/13/2017 6:44:43 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: Lakewood

I fish a tributary off the Tennessee river called crow Creek but it is also upriver from Lake Guntersville.


9 posted on 05/13/2017 6:46:31 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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Okay. Got a place on Neely Henry and was going to ask you to stop by. You must be near Huntsville a little north of us.


10 posted on 05/13/2017 6:50:34 PM PDT by Lakewood
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Wow.

That is way bigger than any fish I’ve ever caught.

What did you use for bait.....depth charges?

I’m glad to hear that you are also doing good medically.


11 posted on 05/13/2017 6:51:28 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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I found old grandad.

12 posted on 05/13/2017 6:51:51 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Don't be a pessimist, be an optometrist.)
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To: Lakewood

Stevenson Alabama, like mayberry or hazard county.


13 posted on 05/13/2017 6:52:09 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: blueunicorn6

I use live bait, black saltys about 3 inches long, kin to goldfish, don’t catch many small ones, 4-5 pounds is about the smallest.


14 posted on 05/13/2017 6:54:58 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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God’s country. Not a bad place to be.


15 posted on 05/13/2017 6:56:05 PM PDT by Lakewood
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Welcome to Alabama. Don’t tell anybody what a great place it really is.


16 posted on 05/13/2017 6:59:46 PM PDT by Himyar (Sessions: the only real man in D.C.)
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To: Lakewood

Funny thing, I had never ever dreamed I would have ever live in Alabama after living in Texas for over 30 years but after my late wife died I remarried and she has 2 daughters that live in Scottsboro. So we came out here and I fell in love with the place.


17 posted on 05/13/2017 7:00:21 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: BipolarBob

Hey, didn’t Marvin Gaye get two shots of that?


18 posted on 05/13/2017 7:01:11 PM PDT by 11Bush
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Especially NE Alabama.


19 posted on 05/13/2017 7:02:32 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: 11Bush

No, that would be just plain Dad. -(


20 posted on 05/13/2017 7:05:00 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Don't be a pessimist, be an optometrist.)
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