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Member Name Earl Knapp	BOC Screen Name Catfish Earl	BOC Join Date September, 2007
Date Caught September 30, 2007	State Caught In MO	Body of Water Fished Upper Osage River
Catfish Species Flathead Catfish	Catfish Weight 58 Lbs.	Rod Used 8' Ft. Berkley Glo Stick
Reel Used Cabella Gold Series baitcaster	Line Test & Type Berkely Big Game 25 lb. w/ 90 Lb. green dot leader	Hook Used 8/0 stainless Eagle Claw Kahle
Bait Used 7 inch live shad	Approx. Time Caught 9:00 P.M	Air Temperature 70-750
Weather Conditions Foggy & misty	Bite Activity Rating 6	Boat or Bank Fishing Boat Fishing

Fish Tale of the Catch:Had a hard time finding shad of any size but got a few decent ones. Caught a couple small fish right off but then it slowed down after dark. Thought about going home and decided to stay a little longer, then caught a 10 lb and got revived. Waited a while for the next bite and it was worth it ! The clicker started to go off slow but steady.I picked up the rod and got ready. I re-engaged the reel & then the rod started bending slowly and I figured it was a flathead. ( I hoped anyway!) I set the hook & reset once more & the fight was on. Long story short , the fight was less than 5 minutes, he came up and saw me , made one more short run and it was over. He was in the net and I was happy. I had had a dry spell last trip and I needed this to cheer me up. Anyway it was great fun !!

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Member Name Jay Reisenbichler	BOC Screen Name bushwack	BOC Join Date November, 2006
Date Caught November 15, 2006	State Caught In MO	Body of Water Fished Mississippi River
Catfish Species Flathead Catfish	Catfish Weight 53 Lbs.	Rod Used Bass Pro 6ft medium bass rod
Reel Used Diawa bass caster	Line Test & Type 20 Lb. Mono	Hook Used 9/0 Gama octopus(Not circle)
Bait Used Live shad - about 4 inches	Approx. Time Caught 11:20 AM	Air Temperature 600
Weather Conditions Kind of overcast, not raining	Bite Activity Rating 5 - So-So	Boat or Bank Fishing Boat Fishing

Fish Tale of the Catch:Lost a big one at this dike about a month earlier,(just came unhooked). Hadn't caught anything all morning so I decieded to try this dike again, sat there for a hour and 15 min with no bites, i was getting ready to leave when one rod started getting a bite(A good flathead bite), i reeled in a 16 lbr, weighed him and put him on a stringer, I turned around just in time to see one of my other rods going down real slow, and just kept going, I lifted it out of the rod holder and imediatly I knew i had a monster,,, well after about 20 min of getting him off the bottom I got him to the top by the boat, I stuck my net under him and the hoop touched his belly and he took off straight into the net,,Whew!!!! I was all by myself, I had to just sit there and regroup for awhile,, fished for another 15 min and then headed for the ramp, there were about 25 people there including a lot of deer hunters(Which I knew)who had all struck out, I told them they should have been fishing instead of hunting. Thats my story and im a stickin to it

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Member Name Branden Stombaugh	BOC Screen Name BKS72	BOC Join Date June, 2005
Date Caught August 11, 2007	State Caught In MO	Body of Water Fished Missouri River
Catfish Species Flathead Catfish	Catfish Weight 44 Lbs.	Rod Used 7' UglyStik Tiger M/H
Reel Used Ambassadeur 6000 baitcaster	Line Test & Type 80# Shakespeare Ugly Braid	Hook Used 8/0 Gamakatsu Octopus circle
Bait Used Cut Shad	Approx. Time Caught PM	Air Temperature 900
Weather Conditions Clear evening	Bite Activity Rating 5 - So-So	Boat or Bank Fishing Boat Fishing

Fish Tale of the Catch:Took Dale Castle (dcastle) out for a trip on the MO river for a story he wanted to do for the Northeast News. We anchored off a wing dam in downtown KC and casted towards the dam. We were fishing for blues using cut bait on the current side of the wing dam. We had just got the lines in the water and sat down when one of the clickers started screaming. I knew it was a nice fish when I picked up the rod, but didn't realize how nice until we finally got him off the bottom. Probably took between 15 and 20 minutes to get him in the boat. I was very surprised to see it was a flathead since we were in some current and using cut bait.

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Member Name Troy Greenwood	BOC Screen Name spoonfish	BOC Join Date July, 2205
Date Caught August 18, 2007	State Caught In MO	Body of Water Fished Truman Lake
Catfish Species Blue Catfish	Catfish Weight 81 Lbs.	Rod Used Surge Elite Trophy cat series 7'10" MH
Reel Used Abu Garcia 7000 IC3	Line Test & Type Ande envy green 40# Mono	Hook Used Double snelled 8/0 octopus circle
Bait Used Cut shad	Approx. Time Caught 7:30 AM	Air Temperature 800
Weather Conditions Overcast and fairly cool morning.	Bite Activity Rating 10 - Great - Catfish really biting!	Boat or Bank Fishing Boat Fishing

Fish Tale of the Catch:I finally caught MOBY today. My new PB 81.44# pound blue catfish What a day...... Went to a local tournament with Primitivefrn (JIM) today up on Truman lake. Jim had a bite as soon as we got set up. We knew it was a good fish and finally got it in the boat. Jims fish was a 55.60# POUND blue!!!!!! We no more than had her in the boat and my rod went down hard. We still didnt even have the hooks out of Jims fish yet. I knew mine was a good fish also. We seen the tail come up and still didnt know for sure how big it really was until Jim finally got the boga grip in its mouth. It took both of us to get it in the boat because we couldnt lift her. Finally we both just started walking backwards and pulled her over the side and she was in the boat. Offical weight was 81.44# POUNDS!!!!!! This was at 7:30 am and we had only been fishing for 30 minutes. We ended up with our 5 fish limit for the trny. and culled a 1/2 dozen others. Needless to say we had big fish and total weight with those two at 137# POUNDS!!!! We didnt even weigh in the other three.... WHAT A DAY!!! Both fish were released to fight again.

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Member Name Andrew Carnes	BOC Screen Name Fishking	BOC Join Date May, 2002
Date Caught August 2, 2006	State Caught In MO	Body of Water Fished Missouri River
Catfish Species Blue Catfish	Catfish Weight 77 Lbs.	Rod Used Penn 11'3'' M/H
Reel Used Abu Garcia 7000	Line Test & Type Berkley BG 40# Mono	Hook Used 8/0 Circle
Bait Used Cut Asian Carp	Approx. Time Caught 12:30 AM	Air Temperature 660
Weather Conditions Heavy Thunderstorms	Bite Activity Rating 7	Boat or Bank Fishing Boat Fishing

Fish Tale of the Catch:Caught this bluecat in heavy current and during a servere thunderstorm. Cut Asian carp was the bait of choice. It took about 45min to get it in the boat. Was the toughest battle I have ever had with a fish. The fish was CPR'ed.

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Member Name Branden Stombaugh	BOC Screen Name BKS72	BOC Join Date June, 2005
Date Caught August 11, 2007	State Caught In MO	Body of Water Fished Missouri River
Catfish Species Blue Catfish	Catfish Weight 70 Lbs.	Rod Used 7' UglyStik Tiger M/H
Reel Used Ambassadeur 6000 baitcaster	Line Test & Type 80# Shakespeare Ugly Braid	Hook Used 8/0 Gamakatsu Octopus circle
Bait Used Cut Shad	Approx. Time Caught 8:00 PM	Air Temperature 850
Weather Conditions Clear evening	Bite Activity Rating 5 - So-So	Boat or Bank Fishing Boat Fishing

Fish Tale of the Catch:Took Dcastle out for a trip on the MO river for a story he was writing. We were on the river in downtown KC, set up on the upstream side of a wingdyke with a big sandbar in front of it. The fish hit around 8PM. Took about 15 minutes to get him to the boat. Took some pix and turned him loose. Dale's daughter in law caught a 55 pound fish about an hour after we boated the 70# fish.

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Member Name Matt Merten	BOC Screen Name Bigbluefisherman	BOC Join Date August, 2006
Date Caught May 3, 2008	State Caught In MO	Body of Water Fished Missouri River
Catfish Species Channel Catfish	Catfish Weight 14 Lbs.	Rod Used Ugly Stick Lite 7' M/H Action
Reel Used Ambassadeur 7000 C3I	Line Test & Type Berkley Big Game 40 # Mono	Hook Used Team Catfish 8/0 Circle
Bait Used Shad	Approx. Time Caught 10:00 PM	Air Temperature 450
Weather Conditions Foggy Night	Bite Activity Rating 10 - Great - Catfish really biting!	Boat or Bank Fishing Boat Fishing

Fish Tale of the Catch:Caught this Channel cat along with several other fish in a flat on the MO river using shad for bait.

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Member Name Willie Robinson	BOC Screen Name Catfish_Willie	BOC Join Date April, 2008
Date Caught April 5, 2008 (Gateway Classic #1)	State Caught In MO	Body of Water Fished Mississippi River
Catfish Species Channel Catfish	Catfish Weight 12 Lbs.	Rod Used Catfish safari river rod
Reel Used Tidewater300 baitcast	Line Test & Type 80 Lb. Power Pro	Hook Used 7/O circle
Bait Used Cut Shad (head)	Approx. Time Caught PM	Air Temperature 650
Weather Conditions Sunny	Bite Activity Rating 5 - So-So	Boat or Bank Fishing Boat Fishing

Fish Tale of the Catch:Pulled up behind a wing dyke. Fish a hole in about 55-60 foot of water. He didnt hit it hard, He just slacked the line and went up river. Set the hook and it was game over.

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Member Name Alex Davis	BOC Screen Name cubedweller	BOC Join Date April, 2007
Date Caught May 26, 2007	State Caught In MO	Body of Water Fished Kenagy Park Pond
Catfish Species Channel Catfish	Catfish Weight 11 Lbs.	Rod Used Shakespeare Contender 7' Med Spinning
Reel Used Shakespeare Contender Spinning	Line Test & Type Shakespeare 30 Lb. Mono	Hook Used 4/0 Circle
Bait Used Cut bluegill	Approx. Time Caught PM	Air Temperature 750
Weather Conditions Sunny	Bite Activity Rating 2	Boat or Bank Fishing Bank Fishing

Fish Tale of the Catch:Caught while fishing with my nephew at Kenagy Park pond in Raytown, MO. In short, I didn't expect to have any takers on my offering of freshly cut bluegill. Saw the rod go down in a bank holder while watching my nephew catch some panfish. The line had been in the water for about 30 minutes. Weighed in at 11 lbs 8 oz.

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