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07/27/2009
Smallmouth Bass
Evening
07/27/2009
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Spent a few hours fishing the rocky shoreline in Tum Tum. The fish wanted nothing to do with fast moving baits (cranks). I caught 2 smallies, one on a jerk bait, and one on a crank. The fish that hit my crank was the smallest fish I have ever latched onto. It was the same exact length as my bait ( 3 inches), crazy. Fished with a grub and nightcrawler and caught a catfish. It was less than ten inches and I'm not sure what type of cat it was. I had no idea there were catfish in this lake. Anyone else catching catfish??


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goosegetter79
7/28/2009 7:30:00 AM
Most likely a bullhead they don't get very big!!!
scottpratt
7/28/2009 9:58:00 AM
Did it have a yellow belly? I have caught several bull heads and mudd cats out of Long while perch fishing.
riprap101
7/28/2009 11:09:00 AM
Sounds like it must have been a bullhead. When you say they do not get very big, what kind of size are we talking about?
scottpratt
7/28/2009 12:08:00 PM
I actually caught a 6lb 7oz Bullhead out of Sprague Lake but I thought they got much bigger. I will have to see what State record is now?
scottpratt
7/28/2009 12:25:00 PM
The link below will take you to the records for WA. The catfish I caught out of Sprague Lake was probably a Brown Bullhead and the record is 11 Lbs. I am definetely no expert on catfish and have never really targeted them. http://www.landbigfish.com/staterecords/records.cfm?state=Washington
fishbio
7/29/2009 7:41:00 PM
Three species of catfish inhabit Long Lake: Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead and Channel Catfish. Brown Bullhead are the most abundant.
scottpratt
7/30/2009 11:31:00 AM
Thanks fishbio!!
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