First catfish of the year!

I did get my boat in the river on the 22 nd. Put my lines in the water at 08:00 ,had a bite at 08:10. Hooked into my fish at around 08:25. A nice 6.5 pound channel cat 24 inches long. That catfish really tore into the smelly old shad I was using for bait. That fish gave me a great fight, took some effort to get the net on it since I was by myself. Tried 2 other spots down river but no bites at all. I returned to my 1st stop, had more bites and missed setting the hook on another fish. It was just getting too hot for me so headed back to the ramp around 12:30. It was good to finally get a line in the water, and I got some reward for the effort.

I intend to get back on the river at least one time during the next week. Hope to get out with my fishing pal to see if we can get him a catfish the same size or even bigger. Tight lines.

Might get fishing by may 22nd.

The river level is falling and may get down to 28 ft. by May 22nd. Of course it all depends on not getting any more rain before then. In the mean time I will be working on trying to sell off some the costume jewelry. Have not seen any items at the yard sales to buy lately.

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No catfishing any time soon!

With the Ohio River around 44 ft., it will be at least a week before it is fishable. That is without anymore RAIN! I did get some positive feed back for my presentation on catfishing last Monday night.


So in the mean time I will be working on trying to sell some of the costume jewelry I have from collecting the past few years. Right now I am at the point of not being eager to even shop for anymore items since I have not been able to sell off at a profit the past year. I now know how to take much better photos of the items, so will keep trying to sell items via postings on collector groups and Craigs List. It has been very hard to locate folks that are interested in collecting costume jewelry; for those are the folks that I want to sell my items too. They have the knowledge of what the company names value of the items they produced. I just do NOT want to give the items away when they do have value per the research I read on those items.

Catfishing speech went well

I gave my speech and presentation on Catfishing on the Ohio River at Cincinnati on May 4th. The guys were asking many questions that I answered to the best of my knowledge. The hand outs were of a few of my favorite fishing spots and the baits I have used to catch catfish. Today I went to an Estate sale auction and this time I was able to win a few bids. I am n ow the owner os a number of good jewelry women rings. My hope is to be able to check with my friendly jeweler and convert them into a reasonable profit. The Ohio River is going too hig to fish for at least the next 7-10 days. So I will spend my time taking some photos of the costume jewelry I have to offer for sale. Have a great day.

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