Sunday-Monday - slow = 1 keeper

Slow fishing yesterday (Sunday) for my 2 hr fish trip - got 8-10 baby catfish and one about 1 lb (which I let go)

Today (Labor Day - Monday) = Super slow - fished 3 hours - 1 - channel catfish (1 lb 15 oz) - went out at 10AM to see if crappie fishermen were having any luck - they said super slow - but I fished one hour just cause I was already there - didn't get a bite - didn't even lose Secret-7 bait off hook.

Went back for my 2 hour fishing trip at 5PM and the catfish were not biting - so I took the time to rig up an old fly rod for crappie fishing - and I was throwing chum and yellow bass were eating it like crazy - reason I know it was yellow bass I end up catching three of them on the crappie jig that I was playing with

Well I was getting ready to leave after 1.5 hours - cause I had not had a single bite - none - nada . I wasn't paying attention to cork and looked up as the cork was 'swimming away and pulling the rod toward the side of the boat - figured it was baby catfish - but it turned out to be the 2 lb channel cat which had swallowed the hook - all the way to it's belly. Of course I then had to fish 30 more minutes - and did not get another bite - ONE BITE in 3 hours is terrible but lucky this was a greedy / hungry catfish.

The catfish's belly was huge and when I opened it up to get my hook - I found one cube of magic bait (not mine - probably belong to people fishing on bank) - 2 small minnows - 1 small shad - one small crawfish (whole e.g. catfish swallowed it whole) and last but not least some of the catfish food / chum that I had been throwing out e.g. this catfish was full and still wanted the Secret-7 bait I was using - on there was skeleton of another minnow but most of the belly contents were fresh - not even starting to break down yet.

Bottom line the only catfish in the whole lake that was hungry today (eating everything) happen to swim bye my hook - lucky he didn't take my rod n reel over the side :)