Katherine and Bruce reached out to set up a guide trip for their son, Henry’s, birthday party. After meeting the group at the ramp, we showed the kids how we catch bait. We had the gill net soaking while we picked them up but didn’t expect much bait in the net with the cold snap. They watched us pull the net in and to no surprise there was no bait in the net, which we set in the shallows. We had experienced one of our first very cold nights, with morning temperatures at 36 de

Tuesday morning started off with very heavy fog cover. Everybody made it safely to the launch location and we loaded our gear on the boat. Everybody was out for one purpose, to chase monster fish. Chris and Stan tagged along to help work the boat and we got right to it, catching bait. The gill net caught just a few shad but it was enough to get started fishing. We took off down the river, with all our eyes scanning through the fog. After a bit of a ride, we got to our first l

Tim was looking to cross paths with a trophy blue catfish and bring home a cooler full of fish to eat. We started our trip at 6am with some brisk weather conditions. Tim’s sister-in-law brought her SONY A7III camera to document the adventure and we were able to grab some photos of a gorgeous sunrise as we motored out of the marina. We made a run up river to grab some gizzard shad to use for bait. After a few minutes of soaking the gill net, we had enough bait to get started f