Author Topic: James River, VA (Read 3951 times)

Machias · « **on:** April 06, 2013, 04:37:18 PM »

I took first place in a Wounded Warrior/Disabled Vets fishing tournament today on the James River. Caught my biggest ever blue catfish. A real toad at 59 lbs. I was using fresh cut shad. What a fish, thought it was a striper until I got it to the surface and it rolled on the surface.

sumbeech66 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2013, 06:36:59 PM »

Nice job!

looks like fun.

Gobble Doc · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2013, 06:49:19 PM »

Awesome job. Nice.

Heredoggydoggy · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2013, 07:22:43 PM »

Nice pics, but I've never seen a catfish in a red jacket--OH, sorry....

My parents lived in Hampton, after they retired, and the little church in Phoebus where they were married, in 1944, is still there! if Dad had gotten discharged from the Army a week later, I'd be a Viginian instead of a Birch-bark Yankee....

Thenewguy · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2013, 07:43:05 PM »

Nice work Machias

Turner89 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 06, 2013, 07:51:56 PM »

Cool, How big do those things get?

Machias · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2013, 08:18:42 PM »

Thanks guys, the current state record is 143 pounder caught in 2011, but anything over 30 pounds is considered a trophy. The guy I was fishing with today is a hardcore blue cat hunter and his personal best is 56.

Here is a photo of the VA State record

Bone_Collector · « **Reply #7 on:** April 06, 2013, 08:38:41 PM »

nice work and nice fish!

B_C

ribka · « **Reply #8 on:** April 06, 2013, 09:03:59 PM »

Nice catch Fred

How deep and how much weight?

. The James holds some big cats and smallies.

you're having too much fun out there on the E coast

mulehunter · « **Reply #9 on:** April 06, 2013, 09:08:46 PM »

Glad you had fun!!!!

Machias · « **Reply #10 on:** April 07, 2013, 05:27:46 AM »

Quote from: ribka on April 06, 2013, 09:03:59 PM

Nice catch Fred How deep and how much weight?

. The James holds some big cats and smallies.

you're having too much fun out there on the E coast

We wer anchored on 17 feet, had baits on one side of the boat soaking in 25 feet and my fish came out of 8 foot, off a feeder creek. We were using 10 and 12 oz weights.

rasbo · « **Reply #11 on:** April 07, 2013, 07:05:51 AM »

thats awesome fred,cool pics ...

HUNTINCOUPLE · « **Reply #12 on:** April 07, 2013, 07:14:13 AM »

Wholely catfish!!!!!

cohoho · « **Reply #13 on:** April 07, 2013, 09:35:21 AM »

Right on Fred, awesome job. Heading back to WV this summer and will be hitting them in the Ohio River again....

Machias · « **Reply #14 on:** April 08, 2013, 07:09:54 AM »

Quote from: cohoho on April 07, 2013, 09:35:21 AM

Right on Fred, awesome job. Heading back to WV this summer and will be hitting them in the Ohio River again....

Good luck! What part of WV?

pianoman9701 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 08, 2013, 07:33:53 AM »

Holy crap, Fred. You'd better watch out or you're not going to want to come back when it's time.

Machias · « **Reply #16 on:** April 08, 2013, 08:54:31 AM »

Trust me, no danger of that happening. All you have to do is get in your car and try and go ANYWHERE and you start dreaming about living anywhere else in the world!!

Wacenturion · « **Reply #17 on:** April 13, 2013, 06:54:39 AM »

Wow...nice cat!

lokidog · « **Reply #18 on:** April 13, 2013, 07:46:53 AM »

Nice fish!

Machias · « **Reply #19 on:** April 16, 2013, 03:33:45 PM »

Thanks guys!

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