it's good to be a guy

Tonight we caught 207 catfish, though that number doesn't include those that slipped under the net. Their writhing bodies looked like a scene from some science fiction movie. Though eerie to see so many fish in the net, it actually means the juvenile shad when they try to make their way downstream to the open sea will have a rough go of it. I was told cats will eat anything and are capable of eating whole a fish half it's length!

We also caught 3 stripers. I was told a large striper can eat whole an adult American Shad and catching 3 of those striped bass is a bad omen for the Shad as well. They are being eaten coming and going on the river.

Apart from suckers, bass, walleyes, quillbacks, sunnys and gizzard shad we did catch two American Shad, a buck and a roe. We threw the buck back in. I asked Steve's wife, Sue, why we only kept the female. She said she didn't have an order for the male and that everyone wants the Shad Roe.... Ahhh, sometimes it's good to be a guy for you get to live another day...unless a striper takes a fancy to you.

thanks for reading.... if you have any questions I can pass them on to Steve. Or, you can ask him yourself, by coming down to Lewis Island 6 p.m. during the week and 10 a.m. on the weekend.
Throw on some waders and help us out! We'd love to see you.

cheers,
greg