Great Night For Cats And A Racoon

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A buddy and I went out to Washington County again, and really killed them. I was getting bites ever five to ten minutes for three hours from sun down on. I have to admit, Geno's Cheese Bait was the clear winner between dip, cut bait, and punch bait. It was catching fish four to one. Ended up bringing four good eaters home and returned the rest for next time.

Funny, and I swear true... We had our fish on a stringer between us. My buddy heard a growl and found a coon. He got my attention and I swear the coon was pulling the stinger into the bank. I yelled at him, and he just looked at me and kept pulling. Eventually, I clocked him with a fist size rock and he took off for the night. Never seen nothing like that before. Made for a funny story. That ever happen to anyone?

[Wayne SW/MO]

Sounds like fun. I would take a variety next time however because in my experience they can be picky at times. We used to use JB's a lot and it was good probably 2/3rds of the time, but when it wasn't it wasn't. They do seem to come back to a successful bait however, eventually.

We were trotline fishing on the Washita river in OK one night and a channel around 10# was caught on a R & R. Knowing wild critters were around he put it in a wire crappie basket for safe keeping overnight. Next morning he found the door, that had been wired, was torn open and bent out of the way and of course empty. There were otter tracks all around the area. You could see where it had first tried to pry the wire apart on the side, but then figured out how to get the wire loose and then bend the door out of its way so that he could pull the fish, which wasn't much smaller then the door opening diameter, out.

Coons down here are notorious for getting distemper and when they do they lose some of their fear. I don't know if that is what you witnessed or not.

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Coons down here are notorious for getting distemper and when they do they lose some of their fear. I don't know if that is what you witnessed or not.

I was a little concerned about rabbies when he didn't spook after I yelled at him. He was a small side, but he could have been a yearling.