Potomac Catfish
 

On Aug 14, 12:00*pm, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:45:47 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I loved the Sebastian area before it got over developed. I remember
when there was nothing going on much there. Not crowded at all. Now
it's just like any southeast florida coast, too crowded, too
overdeveloped.

As I recall it wasn't too bad when I was there - about 20 years ago.
Nothing like Boca Raton anyway.
Though it's better fishing on that side, I really like the gulf side
better. *Easier to find peaceful waters, fish or no fish.

--Vic

Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!

Potomac Catfish
 

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!

I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980.
Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting
the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my
eyes.
Too bad they invented air-conditioning.

--Vic

Potomac Catfish
 

Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!

I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980.
Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting
the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my
eyes.
Too bad they invented air-conditioning.

--Vic


Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to
Florida, I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from
Clearwater to Melbourne.

Potomac Catfish
 

On Aug 14, 12:34*pm, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!

I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980.
Pine Island was still undeveloped and *Cape Coral was just starting
the building boom. *Everything down there has gone downhill in my
eyes. *
Too bad they invented air-conditioning.

--Vic

Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to
Florida, I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from
Clearwater to Melbourne.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Just because you don't like some parts of Florida means that to
everyone, it's "wrong part of Florida in which to live"?
WAFA....

Potomac Catfish
 

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:47:07 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:43:39 GMT, John H.
wrote:


Anyway, thanks for the post. Very interesting. I tried to send the guy a
message, but I wasn't registered so the site wouldn't let me. If you're on
it a lot, ask him where he was.

Thanks again.

Here you go, John.
http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=3644

--Vic

Got it Vic. Thanks a lot!
--
** Good Day! **

John H

Potomac Catfish
 

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:32:53 -0400, hk wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Don't care for catfish taste either. The poster said they throw them
back. Said the big ones are about 20 years old.

You can't really throw them back, as they always swallow the hook.
All you can do is cut the line, but you can't expect them to live.

Best to find someone that wants them and give them away.

Casady


Are you referring specificially to "Potomac catfish" and hook
swallowing? I don't fish in the Potomac, but when I fished in St.
Augustine Inlet in Florida, I used to catch lots of catfish on circle
hooks and chunk fish bait, and most of them were hooked in the corner of
the mouth, as they were supposed to be hooked, and were easy to unhook,
especially if you crimped down the hook's barb.

I don't know what it is like now, but that inlet was one of the greatest
fishing locales I ever encountered in Florida, and not just the
fast-flowing inlet itself, but just about everywhere in the immediate
vicinity.

Bullheads and channel cats caught on nightcrawlers, in an Iowa lake.
Maybe I need different bait and hooks.

Potomac Catfish
 

Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:32:53 -0400, hk wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Don't care for catfish taste either. The poster said they throw them
back. Said the big ones are about 20 years old.
You can't really throw them back, as they always swallow the hook.
All you can do is cut the line, but you can't expect them to live.

Best to find someone that wants them and give them away.

Casady

Are you referring specificially to "Potomac catfish" and hook
swallowing? I don't fish in the Potomac, but when I fished in St.
Augustine Inlet in Florida, I used to catch lots of catfish on circle
hooks and chunk fish bait, and most of them were hooked in the corner of
the mouth, as they were supposed to be hooked, and were easy to unhook,
especially if you crimped down the hook's barb.

I don't know what it is like now, but that inlet was one of the greatest
fishing locales I ever encountered in Florida, and not just the
fast-flowing inlet itself, but just about everywhere in the immediate
vicinity.

Bullheads and channel cats caught on nightcrawlers, in an Iowa lake.
Maybe I need different bait and hooks.


Never been fishing for freshwater catfish, never caught one. Don't know
anything about catching catfish on lakes in Iowa.

Potomac Catfish
 

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:19:15 -0400, hk wrote:

Never been fishing for freshwater catfish, never caught one. Don't know
anything about catching catfish on lakes in Iowa.

It is very simple. You use a so called bullhead rig, a y shaped
leader. 1 oz sinker on one arm, baited hook on one, and the third
attaches to your line, Use a bobber of course and when the bobber goes
down, give the line a healthy jerk to set the hook. I use 20 lb line
and you don't play 1 lb fish. You just reel them in. I always used
nightcrawlers for bait. They sell some really evil smelling stuff in
jars, but I never used it. You might also catch a Northern pike, a
perch, or a walleye in Spirit Lake, where my family has a place.

Casady

Potomac Catfish
 

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:30:57 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:19:15 -0400, hk wrote:

Never been fishing for freshwater catfish, never caught one. Don't know
anything about catching catfish on lakes in Iowa.

It is very simple. You use a so called bullhead rig, a y shaped
leader. 1 oz sinker on one arm, baited hook on one, and the third
attaches to your line, Use a bobber of course and when the bobber goes
down, give the line a healthy jerk to set the hook. I use 20 lb line
and you don't play 1 lb fish. You just reel them in. I always used
nightcrawlers for bait. They sell some really evil smelling stuff in
jars, but I never used it. You might also catch a Northern pike, a
perch, or a walleye in Spirit Lake, where my family has a place.

Casady

I've caught lots of catfish in the Potomac using cut up chunks of frozen,
salted eel. When a kid, we used chicken livers. Caught lots of catfish with
chicken livers.
--
** Good Day! **

John H

Potomac Catfish
 

"HK" wrote in message
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!

I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980.
Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting
the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my
eyes. Too bad they invented air-conditioning.

--Vic


Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to Florida,
I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from
Clearwater to Melbourne.

IMO, there are some delightful places to be in Florida in February.

Eisboch