We bypassed the unknown, for the tried and true this weekend. Once you have an established honey hole, it's hard to try and find others, especially when you have limited time. And when 5 hours are taken from you just driving, sometimes you make the decision of get those darn fish!!!
That said, Captain Clark is a hotspot this year. Although I didn't have a 26 catfish day, the fishing was still insane!! Not to sure what's up, but the drum were extremely aggressive. Worms, cutbait, minnows...it didn't matter, the thunderpumpers were eating it all. Made for a fun day, as they are possibly the best pound for pound freshwater fighter. Not to mention they get big. Real big. I caught two over 8 pounds and that's just starting to hit their growth cycle.
All 42 drum caught, were successfully released back into the Stone. I wanted to keep a couple to try frying, but everything was over 5 pounds. Just crazy big.
Did manage 6 cats and I believe a Sauger, but could have been saugeye. It was tiny. 12" on a crawler. Stone cats and bullheads were non-existant.
