My brother and I were fishing a few holes in some trees on the western end of Willow Creek Lake in Nebraska using my flat bottom boat. On our way back with no luck, we noticed the old road on the depth finder that was flooded over when the lake was created. Usually this is a good place for Walleye, however we decided to drift from the south to the north while over this old road. A breeze blowing from the southwest started pushing us more west than we anticipated, and we found ourselves heading toward the north dock.

My brother used a jig and worm and I, a Lindy Rig and worm. About midway across the lake we found what we were looking for... By the time we hit the north dock we had two 6 lb channel cats and one 8 lb. We shot back across the water toward the south dock about 50 yards from shore. We both stuck with our current rigs and let the breeze push us across the lake. Again, about halfway we landed a 7 lb, 8 1/2 lb, and a whopping 11 lb channel cat. This all happened over the course of an hour.

For the next 3 hours we experimented with leaches, worms, and stink bait (not sure of the brand, but it came in what looked like a peanut butter jar). Using the same drifting pattern across the lake we caught about 17 in the weight category from 5 lb to 11 lbs. We turned loose all but 4 of the 6 lb cats (not wanting to eat anything bigger or taking home more than our fair share). In the spirit of the movie "Grumpy Old Men" we decided (after taking a few pictures) to release that 11 lb "Catfish Hunter".