2009.03.30
200 pounds of catfish on the lower James River
Trevor Ruble, the founder and director of the Hooked for Life ministry, sent me these shots from a great day on the lower James River with Ruble's good friend, catfish guru Mike Ostrander of the James River Fishing School.
Ruble was fishing with friends from their church, Colonial Avenue Baptist, including Darren Bridgers (top) and Jim Rhodes. Bridgers' fish was about 39 inches long and was a fat 40 pounds. Rhodes' fish was 38 inches long and weighed 25 pounds.
Of the group of four's 20 fish, three were citations by either length or weight.
Where's the beer batter??? That's a meal for 10!
Great catch!
--I'm actually betting all of those cats are still swimming. That's pretty much a catch-and-release fishery, in part because of fish consumption advisories and also because those blue cat fanatics don't want to deplete the fishery. mt
Comment by JLS — March 30, 2009 @ 5:27 pm
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Those are some Beautiful FAT CATS!
Comment by Ralph Barton — March 31, 2009 @ 6:48 am