7-31-16 Catfishing

[Kdub]

Put in at Mutton Creek around 6:30 this morning and fished until noon. Spent an hour or two trying to net shad but couldn't find them, but I did net a couple carp. So I chunked up the carp and drifted the humps at the mouth of Googer Creek. Caught at least 10 channels and a couple big white bass. All you Walleye fishermen will be happy to know all fish were released to be caught another day. ? Wish I would have come across a blue or two but it was a nice day on the water anyway. Water temp was 87-88. 

[walleyeguy]

 Don't think there are any blues any stockton,  just channels and flatheads

[Kdub]

Ok. I was wondering if there were. I've never caught a blue out of Stockton myself, but work with a couple of guys that say there are some. I wish MDC would stock them. 

[walleyeguy]

Moved there in 98 and fished it for 13 years.  the mdc is not going to stock any blues or hybred stripers. when stockton was built they stocked some northern pike there and the state record came from there but water was to hot and they all died out.  They just just put a boat load of 3 to 4 walleyes there about every year.  some big flat heads there thou

[Kdub]

Cool, I had never heard about the Pike's. I used to live just 3 miles from Turnback Creek, just east of Miller. I fished that creek from a kayak like I was on a mission. I got into limb lining and would catch  pretty decent flat heads all the way up there. I've seen pictures of some pretty big flatheads that have come from Turnback. I haven't fished it for a long time but I really need to break out the canoe and make a trip. It's a heck of a fishing creek.