Forum member in the lead....:)

[riverrat12]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooneye

this is primo bait for striper and catfish. Like jacks you usually have to angle for them as they readily escape a net and don't school as thick as gizzards. However, the posted link calls them freshwater tarpon which are what skip jack are usually referred as.

The Ohio river has both goldeye and mooneye and unless they are side by side you really can't tell the difference.

I find mooneye alittle deeper than skips it seems and they live alittle longer in a tank than skips. And WOW 500#'s in two day's you guy's were on fire. Fantastic. We need to hook up sometime and do alittle pleasure fishing...like to meet you. Chuck

[Swift1]

Hats off to a great win and a nice payday....................I might have to look into this whole catfishin thing.

[Lowerider]

Anytime Chuck - I've been wanting to get down your way for some time now and get on some real pigs. You guys are spoiled! Although I will admit the blue cats are really getting better and better every year in my pool (Markland).

Be sure to post the next time all you guys get together - if I can make it I will.

Scott

[riverrat12]

Anytime Chuck - I've been wanting to get down your way for some time now and get on some real pigs. You guys are spoiled! Although I will admit the blue cats are really getting better and better every year in my pool (Markland).

Be sure to post the next time all you guys get together - if I can make it I will.

Scott

Sounds great Scott. And yes the blues have made a big come back over the years.Look forward to meeting you , me and the boy's have some good times down here for sure...Chuck

[PRO V LE]

Thought some of you would like to read this.

Kentucky duo bring in 244 pounds of catfish







Written by Register Staff

Friday, 18 September 2009

{MOSImage}The 2009 Ohio Valley River Cats Tournament didnt bring in the largest
catfish ever but the two day event did bring the largest number of
entries and a whopping 244 pounds caught by the winning team.
Scott Cress of Independence, Ky. and Steve Rains of Florence were the
next to last of the 110 teams to weigh in Sunday, Sept. 13 and it was no
surprise when they were the winning team.
The Kentucky duo had a whopping 149.6 pounds to their credit from
Saturdays opening day including the big fish of the tournament,
weighing in at 44.8 pounds.
Sundays catch wasn’t the largest of the day but the additional 94.4 pounds
easily outdistanced them from the runner up team of Johnson and Johnson
with a catch of 197 pounds. That included a total of 118.8 on Sunday.
It wasnt by chance that the winning team was among the final weigh-ins.
You have to be a little Hollywood, Scott Cress admitted.
As for how they were able to catch so many and such big fish, Cress
said, fish deep with big bait.
The win was worth $3,339.90 but the big fish gave them an additional
$4,270.
Not a bad pay for a $50 entry fee, coordinator Frank McIntosh noted.
Overall, $18,000 was awarded.
The second place team of Johnson and Johnson received $2,494.50.
Other winners, their weights and their payouts included:
Debow and Lagnes, 189.6 pounds, $1,994.10; Fulton and Stull, 180.8-
$981; Butler and Wright, 153.2- $948.30; Lovelace and Wolfe, 141.26 -
$926.95; Steele and Crawford, 126.2- $792.10; Elder and Tram, 120 -
$770.75; Murry and Grubbs, 118 - $738.05 and Team Sea Ark, 109.7 - $705.35.
Places 11 through 15 received $100 each. They included: Team Bundy 109,
Team HEdges 103.6, Team Smith 98.6, last years winners Fugate and Davis
88.8, and Colen and Perry 87 pounds.