Well I had all this last week off and priority 1 was fishing. I went to the cat house on Thursday night. I woke up to a heavy layer of ice on my boat and fog like crazy. Water temp was 50 degrees.
Things started off great I got the trip best fish on the first cast. It was 31" long and 11 pounds.




I fished until about noon and decided I was going to head into a place I had never been able to go. I got there and even though I didn't catch a pile of fish there I was happy to be able to figure out how to get there




On day two of my trip the weather forecast was rain, and that came true. Even though the rain was heavy at times the fishing was good. I lasted until about noon and made my way to the truck.





Day three was actually Monday because I took Sunday off to see my Uncle on his birthday. On Monday I again was planning to go to a place that I had never been before. It was a three hour drive up river to get there. I was not disappointed in the fish I found.





On my way back to the truck I found another spot that I thought would be good to fish the next day. I got up early the next day and hit the water hard.







I ended up the catfish portion of the trip with 57 cats. The average size was around 28" long. I get several fish 30" and over. It was super trip.

The last day of my fishing was 3-20-15 I went sturgeon fishing.
I spent the day Thursday getting my boat ready and everything loaded. I got to the hole on Friday Morning at about 8:00 am. I was happy to see that the big girls were there to greet me. The first one was a 6 foot fish that drug me all over the place.



The second one was a foul hooked 6 foot fish hooked in the fin and was a bugger to get played out.



The third one was another 6 foot fish. None of them jumped because of the cold water but they all pulled like a team of horses.



What an awesome start to the new fishing season. Ron

What an awesome start to the new fishing season indeed!

Ron,

Even though it didn't involve shooting....THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for something new and refreshing to read! Looks like you had a great time. Our streams and rivers are open here now but the ponds and small lakes are still iced over. I've had enough ice fishing for this year so I'm getting a serious itch to start open water fishing myself!

BPS

EXCELLENT POST!! I really like your fishing adventures.

Good stuff Ron! Congrats on a GREAT trip!

Can't wait to hit the back wood brooks to do a little fishing myself. By the way it's going up here, it won't be until July!

Thanks guys.
I got the video's up my my youtube site.

https://www.youtube.com/user/idahoron?feature=mhee

wow great catfish those would be huge here in rhode island

Ron,

That must be a blast fighting one of those Sturgeon! The NYDEC has reintroduced Lake Sturgeon into some of the larger Finger lakes near my home but we are not allowed to target them. If one is caught, they must immediately be unhooked and released without removing them from the water or handling them in any way. I do know of several large specimens that have been caught and released. These fish were once native to Seneca and Cayuga lakes but like so many other things they were extirpated. The bright side is, they're beginning to make a comeback.

BPS

I wonder how big they will get. It is good news that they are trying to make a comeback.