Badin lake fishing reports

[catfishrus]

Posted by jerry 9497 feb 16,2008

Moose and I went to Badin today (sat) there was a bass tournement and the wind blew pretty good, We sat on each spot for 1 hour and fished 5 spots, bite was slow and bullheads mostly. I did get a 28lb about 10am but wind and traffic was killing us. I didnt go up river. I caught bait in garr creek.

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[catfishrus]

posted by CMJ feb 28,2008
Went to Badin this morning, 2-28-08, man it was cold, especially with that NW wind blowing. Bait was still easy in gar creek. I got 5 blues, 6 channels, and some pesky bull heads.

[catfishrus]

Posted by catfishrus Mar 8, 2008....NCCATS results
1st place team Chris fraley/ Dennis Leaonard.......33.85lbs $1000.00
2nd place team Phil Leoanard /Lonnie White........32.65lbs $700.00
3rd place team turfman....................................31.45lb s $380.00
4th place team catfishrus.................................28.15lb s $240.00
5 th place team Kevin Custer/ Jerry Hilderbran.....27.30lbs $150.00
big fish (flathead)........................................ ....24.20lbs $210.00

What a miserable day to be fishing is all i can say. High winds made for ruff waters. Winning team had 5 channel cats for a weight of 33lbs. Top five teams was within 5lbs of each other so it was a close but low weigh in for badin standards to say the least. Biggest blue weighed in was around 15lbs by turfman. Second place team had a estimated 20lb blue up to the boat and she came unplugged. Good news was everyone made it out safe in the tournament. 21 teams came to the show today. Sorry i didnt get no pictures of the weigh in. Congrates to the all the winning teams.

My team focused on drifting all day and landed 3 channels and 8-10 small blues in the 2-4lb range. Our day started out bad when my good buddy Hunter got sick when he got in the truck and had to stay home for the day so i let the dip net man take charge of the rods and well .....i see a difference in them two. :2wink: I dont know if its from getting old or what but my balance in that ruff water today was off quiet a bit. This computer has a little rock to it. O yea i got us another 6500 c3 for this fall in the door prizes too. :2wink:

[catfishrus]

Posted by Tomahawk mar 9,2008

Hey I could of won that tour sat if i would of cheated. I caught a 44lber on thursday in the wind and rain. Only fished for an hour.

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[catfishrus]

Posted by Tomahawk mar17,2008
Some fish were bitting at badin this morning. Caught 7 big channels, a 12lb striper and a 15lb flathead. The NE wind started blowing like hell at 0900, so i left. It was nice the first few hours, nobody was up river. Water temp went up to 54*. Bait was scattered out this morning.

[catfishrus]

Posted by jerry 9497 mar 18,2008

I went fishing this morning. bait was hard in garr creek. fish were biteing good. I had 2-3 before daylight. then they would hit 2 rods at a time. biggest was 12 blue also a real nice channel. was really having a good morning until eric stopped by to show me how he was doing. A really nice fish. that nc record holder hard to compete with. congrats eric. come fill us in

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[catfishrus]

Posted by live baiter march 17,2008
Hey that fish maxed my scales. IT only goes up to 50lbs. I estimate the fish was 55 to 60 lbs. What a day on the water. Ended up with 3 blues, 55 to 60,26,18. One flathead 22, and 2 stripers. I missed the first fish which felt bigger. Maybe catfishrus will post the pictures for me.

[catfishrus]

Posted by livebaiter mar 18,2008

Here's some pictures

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[catfishrus]

Posted by DLCATER mar 21,2008

My fishing partner Chris and I tried our luck on Badin this mourning.The fish were biting,ended up with nine blues, five there or four pounders, thirteen, seventeen, twentysix, and a 51 lber! We also caught numerous other channels and bullheads, all together it was a great day to be fishing.

[catfishrus]

Posted by jerry 9497 mar. 24,2008

see what I mean.... I feel shame to put this up. oh well this was 27.3 them yadkin boys are tuff. congrats on yalls fishes

[catfishrus]

Posted by tomahawk mar 26,2008
Badin was slow this morning also. Me and Eric went and only caught several channels and one 22lb blue. Biat wasn't that hard to get if you where to look. Was a nice morning. They were running good current at daylight. Going back torr hopfully it improves.

[catfishrus]

Posted by catfishrus mar 28,2008
Team DLCATTER does it again! I believe it was Chris Fraley this time with a 53lb blue cat. You guys sure have CMJ setting on pins and needles for big fish of the month for March. I know thats at least 5 fish this month in the 50lb plus range for the Yadkin Mastercatters. Congrates on the catch Chris.

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Posted by Tomahawk apr. 9,2008
All i got this morning was 2 blues a 10 and 35lber. Also caught some channels and a 12lb striper. Forgot my didgtal camera but did get pictures on my snap-shot. Nice morning on the water.

[catfishrus]

posted by Tomahawk apr 10,2008
What a morning on the water. Those fish wore me out. For blues i got a 5,20,30 and a 53lber. Fort flats I got a 20lber and a 27lber. Also caught 4 channels and two stripers. That 53lber gave me hell this moirning. I turned around to look at my bait. As I did, he took off with my rod., he alomost pulled it in. He took like a frieght train down river. I thought I had a gaint striper. Then he went over 3 other lines. He came back to the boat and just before I saw him I thought dam this is a monster striper. He finally came up. Then he headed towards the main channel. he turned around right quick and went under the boat. Then headed down river. Remember Iam still tangled with two other lines. So now lines are around the motor and anchor. I got the lines from the motor didn't even know if I still had him on. He was still there. He only wrapped one time around the anchor. What a pain. Befroe that right at daylight I played the chinese fire drill. I had 4 rods go down at the same time. All channel cats, I guess a school of them moved in. It was really nice morning on the water. Posted the pictures in the picture gallery. Can't post them here for some reason.

[catfishrus]

Posted by buck apr 10,2008
heres my dads 44 lber

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Posted by Rookie12 april 19,2008
I fished Badin last night and today and did pretty good. Started off hunting flatheads, got 4, a 20 lb, 17 lb., 15 lb., and 12 lb. Flathead mission accomplished, no hawgs, but I'll take it. Then I started looking for blues, found two, a 35 lb. and a 15 lb. fish. also got a 4 lb. striper, about a dozen channel cats and a few whites and bullheads. I stayed busy out there. biggest five was 102 lb. I got a pic of the big blue, but I need to get the film developed, will post it when I get it done.

[catfishrus]

Posted by Tomahawk april 24,2008

Did pretty good this morning, lots of numbers and variety. I caught two 5lb stripers, a 7lb largemouth, 4 big channels, two 12lb flats and two blues one at 20 and 34lbs. looks like the spring bite is turning on.

[catfishrus]

Posted by Tomhawk april 25,2008

Man were the flats bitting this morning. Caught 3,4,8,12,2-15lbs, a 20, 2-25lbers and a 30lber. All caught on live whiteperch. Most were caught on floatrigs. They really had me going there for awhile. I never got a break. I also missed 3 other fish. Can't wait till next week. For it's only going to get better. I included a picture of a carney yellow flat. Pretty cool.

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Posted by rookie12 sept 1,2008
All I can say is it was a banner night for me on Badin last night. I fished from 6 pm to 3 am and put 31 catfish in the boat. I had nonstop action all night. I ended up with 18 blues and the rest were whites and a few channels. There for a little while I was having 2 and 3 rods go off at the same time, but I could tell it was just white cats because I couldn't hook the. They would just bounce the rod. My biggest blues were 26, 24, 19, and 17. I also had two channel cats over ten pounds. I had a blast out there! I hope they stay put for the tournament coming up, but I doubt they will. Heck, I was having to chase the blues around a little bit to stay on them last night. I also hooked a fish that I couldn't turn around for anything. He was peeling line and I couldn't get him to stop for nothing. After he shattered one of my rods into three pieces, he finally broke my 30 lb. main line. It fought like a blue, but I never saw him. It was a good one though! Awesome night on the water. My biggest five was 98 lb. That's all the big blues and a 12 lb. channel.

[catfishrus]

Posted by Jerry9497 sept1,2008
had a great weekend at the lake, like Rookie said...at times I had several rods slammed at the same time. couldnt begin to say how many I caught but heres picture of best 2.