INTENSE BATTLE! 82 Pound Blue Catfish Chickamauga Dam

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] whew [Music] [Applause] so [Music] [Music] all right people catfish dave here it's the end of september the title this video is revenge in chattanooga i am in chattanooga i've only been here one other time and i came during the spawn well i wasn't catching jack squat in fort loudoun i figured i could go farther down river and maybe catch some fish that were maybe come off farther downstream because the waters typically heat up faster downstream well i ended up with two small catfish spent most of the day out here now it was spawned if i would have fished at home in fort loudoun i probably wouldn't have caught jack dooley's squat either way the bite wasn't hot it's no longer spawn it's the end of september we're getting into early fall lots of current flow we're at the time of the year they're releasing water from douglas lake and cherokee lake to start dropping them they drop them before they drop the lower lakes for winter pool well that gets this river flowing real nice either way i don't know all i know is there is some flow and i'm here for a better catfish dave show than what i got last time if i don't score a big fish before dark i'm probably going to stay after dark because i drove a good ways to get here and i am here for revenge so i'm seeing lots of something break around here i don't know what it is i don't know if it's that smaller fish i don't know if it's white bass or if it's skip jack i did bring a bait rod maybe i can score some fresh bait while i'm here always bring your bait rod with you people i'm gonna drink this gatorade and i'm going to find out what's breaking in the water there see if it's catchable let's see if i can figure out what's breaking in the water around here i'd like to see some fresh skipjack i'm a little far below the dam to be getting them in numbers i would think but who knows this section of the river if it has a lot more skipjack well you'll find them all the way down the river in my reservoir they're about wiped out [Music] there we go i got something oh yeah yeah yeah he actually got in the boat man oh he came off right as i got him in the boat it is skip jack that's good news we got bait always carry your bait rod with man they got some skipjack in this part of the river wish i lived around here [Music] oh [Music] yeah there we go doubles doubles you can see them busting everywhere so don't fish for it loud and damn for skipjack watchbar damn come down here to chickamauga they easy i ain't seen nothing like this since the 1980s now if we can just get the catfish to bite they probably will after dark either way i'm getting bait [Music] got him laying on the bottom of the boat i'll pick him up in a minute and these are those perfect size skip jet because they're big enough to be a good bait but yet small enough you could put the whole thing on there perfect size [Music] i haven't got my revenge yet but i have got some bait this is easy easiest skip jack i ever seen chickamauga easy easy skip [Music] all right y'all i'm going to continue to catch bait but i'm not going to put it on camera because i don't want to chew it my camera card time i'm saving it for my revenge on these catfish so probably stop the bait catching right here so i can save me some camera time [Music] i thought i was in chattanooga but there's some kind of major party going on over here and it sounds like i'm in little tijuana dag blasted i just can't get no peace here man now that pontoon boat that just left out of here they're just hanging out just downstream just downstream where i can't shine my light you got to be kidding me man all right y'all what's going on here is these idiots are gonna hang out downstream from me so i'm gonna have to leave my light off and when that gosh dang it [Music] and when my rod gets bent i'm going to turn the lights on and i'm going to blind them you think you get some peace out here on this river at night but you just ain't going to do it do what oh i i'm anchored down the river here it'd take me 10 minutes to pull my anchor and pull these rods in these crazy people over here they had some kind of ball going the river they want me to pull my anchor in and pull my rods in that i just got set up to get the stinking ball for them i'm glad the ball is in the river maybe some of this noise will quit maybe they'll go inside goodbye ball oh shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot that's a big fish [Music] that's a big fish right there [Music] i'm in strong current too [Music] i'm gonna land this one and i'm getting out of chattanooga [Music] big fish if i get this in i will be vindicated [Music] this is a big fish [Music] it's a big fish big fish [Music] come on come on come on in [Music] oh come on up honey here comes this pontoon boat [Music] i can't do nothing with him yet he's going around the other side of the boat [Music] going around the other side of the boat [Music] this current is rough there goes the drag okay [Music] he's still pulling red oh man my light just went out right there in the middle of this spot you gotta be kidding me this fish is still pulling dragon my lights went out it's a big fish and a lot of current big fish and a lot of current hey okay [Music] i can't wait to get this fish in so i can get out of chattanooga oh there goes my dang light again come on wow [Music] i'll be glad when i can see this fish he's still pulling drag [Applause] come on come on up hon come on [Music] there he is i see him i just seen him he's a fat hog he's a fat hog i'm getting tired come on up honey i see him come on come on huh come on up come on there he is he's a tank he's a tank if i can get his head first like get his head first if i can get his head first this current makes it rough [Applause] revenge of chattanooga big fish i'm getting too old for this 82 pounds oh [Music] ugh [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] do now i'm getting out of a this place where these people drive me crazy i got my i got my revenge down here chickamagua nika jack there's your magic kingdom come to fort loudoun you're gonna have a hard time i've been to chattanooga twice second time i caught that must be something to it [Music] that was a long fight in this heavy current this is a video there was a big fish in the video i am vindicated there are some good fish down river it's catfish today with another one signing out you

Channel: Catfish Dave

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Length: 26min 41sec (1601 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 28 2020