1. djmc85
    - Rock River

    Details: Muskie with a white spinner jig head

    Crap day out 65degrees really calm. Buddy throws a lure a couple times Bam FISH ON! Now if you don't know this Muskie in this part of the river a very very rare! ...more Last one seen 12yrs ago! Awesome catch

    1. djmc85 0
      Learn CPR; catch, picture, release.
    2. Nuzzo 0
      Good sportsmenship and hope tht fish repopulates!
    3. fltlevel410 0
      @fishin_man good to hear and nice catch!
    4. djmc85 0
      @fltlevel410 @Nuzzo of course hope some gets to catch this beast.
    5. Nuzzo 0
      Release the fish??
    6. fltlevel410 0
      Catch and release?
    7. jason felter 0
      Awesome
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  2. djmc85
    - Rock River

    Details: Common Carp with a cast net

    In the early spring trying to net bait. I get this "rat fish" carp secrete a slim as soon as they feel stress and makes your net smell really bad. Yes ...more dnr promotes killing carp around here

  3. djmc85
    - Rock River

    Details: Channel Catfish with a shad

    Prospecting spots. Any small inlets will produce fish most of the time.

  4. djmc85
    - Rock River

    Details: Blue Catfish with a "shad cocktail" (6dayoldgarlicshad) the smell will kill

    This sandbar has produced so many cats and hit while the sun is about to drop. You don't have time to bait a hook and you're getting another hit.

  5. djmc85
    - Rock River

    Details: Redeye Bass with a shad

    Huge front coming through fish are going crazy 78 degree air 70 degree water front came and dropped it to 67 degree air. Hitting off the edge of a sandbar. They ...more are HUNGRY!

    1. djmc85 0
      Haha no problem thanks @MulletHead
    2. Gabe Mitchell 0
      Sorry bud, we miss some Blerts sometimes. I got it added
    3. djmc85 0
      Hey @MulletHead what more do I go to add for info to get my book?
    4. djmc85 0
      I use a 8ft cast net
    5. Joe Joe 0
      Where do you get your shad?
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  6. djmc85
    - Rock River

    Details: Hybrid Striped Bass with a 5" shad 0/7 treble!!

    Try to catch what's left of cat season and this guy has the guts to hit my bait!! Wow!

    1. djmc85 0
      Very close body type. Stripped bass have long linear horizontal lines. Perch are vertical blotches or black/dark coloring with yellow/orange color between.
    2. caleb12 0
      Is that what that fish is because I caught a lot and thought it was white perch but I am happy to know what it is
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  7. djmc85
    - Rock River

    Details: Flathead Catfish with a shad

    Very cold 43 degree night. 12 hrs of fishing tied for 5th with a stringer of 12.79lbs winner had 22.5lbs. biggest flathead @ 29.3lbs. but the guys from bass pro ...more are at the weigh-in tons of free stuff.

  8. djmc85
    - Rock River

    Cat tourney 500 for biggest fish, 250 best stringer of 3. It's going to be a long night but I think we have the advantage.

    1. nick vojtek 0
      Good luck!
    2. djmc85 0
      Have to try some new stuff to get different result I guess!
    3. djmc85 0
      I've been hitting a sandbar (shad sunbathe in) getting tons of fish but no weight. Using 50lbs line. 0/9 gamakatzu octo circle hook. Dead shad marinated in garlic. ...more With 2oz barrel weight.
    4. Swamp Mafia 0
      Fallen trees, stumps, logs, brush piles, rock, boat docks, and roots. Most of the time its 3-7 foot of water.
    5. Swamp Mafia 0
      That kind of sounds like the water I fish. I'm using 11/0 mustad circle hooks, 2'-3' under the surface with sunfish hooked behind the dorsal and above ...more the spine. I fish near structure, any thing from
    6. djmc85 0
      And have been very successful. Just was curious on the cold front that's coming through I it changes patterns
    7. djmc85 0
      I'm from northern IL and I'm fishing 200' wide max river. With a max depth of 15ft in spots. I've tried using chunks of carp and never get bites. ...more Blue gill and shad have been my go to baits
    8. Swamp Mafia 0
      Cut buffalo/carp in 3"x5" chunks. I tend to fish for the big cats where I find bait(sunfish). Trim fins and check your bait often, replace when needed. ...more Good luck!👍😜
    9. Swamp Mafia 0
      Cold air for a few days will not change the water temp much. It will change the surface and shallows, but I don't know the water your fishing. In our(tx) colder ...more months I fish smaller live baits, and
    10. djmc85 0
      Definitely* hahaha @SwampMafia any advise for a cold snap 43 degree night of fishing it's been 95 all week
    11. djmc85 0
      I defiantly will! I've caught over 100 shad for bait. Made my partner upgrade his poles and I got some "secret" spots that are sure to land some big ...more cats!
    12. Gabe Mitchell 0
      Get 'em! Keep us posted
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  9. djmc85
    - Rock River

    Yes that's my wife throwing a cast net 8ft and she is 4'11" caught us some bait too. Proud of her

    1. djmc85 0
      @VitaminSea23t thanks! She really seems to have a nack at it!
    2. R0LANDSr 0
      That's what's up !
    3. Robert Hanson 0
      @djmc85 Nice! Always nice to have a woman who loves to fish, and catch bait.
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  10. djmc85
    - Rock River

    Details: Redeye Bass with a weird... cut shad

    Knee deep water hitting cat coming up to feed and I get this guy. Looks like a monster but only weighed 2.8lbs. Awesome new spot

    1. Barry Schiesher 0
      smallmouth bass...not redeye
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