Catfish Danny's

Catfish Danny's

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June 11/12/13
We got up early and visited, did a few things around Danny and Marie’s. Then we packed up and went to the bass and bream pond. Danny uses bream for cut bait on his catfish bush lines. It is a man-made pond that is next to a wheat field. (Real nice setting) Danny showed me (Patsy) how to use his bass pole. Neither Bud nor Danny wanted me to make “bird nests” in the bait cast reels, so they took turns casting for me. After several minutes Danny caught two – 2-3 pound bass. He then cast out the line for me and went to check on Bud. He didn’t get but a few steps away and I said, “I think I got hung on something.” He turned around and said, “No!" You got a fish! Set the hook! Set the hook!” So I did. BIG FISH I was reeling in and the fish jumped out of the water. Both Buddy and Danny were laughing. “Reel him in!” I got him up to the steep, weedy edge and could not lift him up. And Danny came to my aid. As we tried to lift the fish the line broke. And 20# of bass swam away – ha ha – It was somewhere between 8 – 10 pounds per Danny and Buddy. Boy, talk about 3 upset fisher people! Danny kept telling me that I did catch that fish! We caught a total of 4 bass to have for supper. Then we caught 50 bream to use for catfish bait. Marie and I fixed a great meal that evening.
The next day, Buddy and Danny wired up an outside electric box and worked on Danny’s ice machine. It makes goooood crushed ice! That evening Bud/Dan/Sassy went out to set the brush lines for catfish. They set about 25 hooks.
Bud/Dan went out at 6:30 AM to retrieve the lines. They came home with 2 – fifteen/twenty pound catfish and two slightly smaller ones. Shortly after that we left to continue our adventure; while Danny had to stay home and clean slimy catfish! Marie made Buddy a gallon of sweet tea and Danny gave me a bag of crushed ice to go! We had a great time and a good visit.


Happy Birthday to Lisa! She is, well, she is older today!