january 15, 2008 06:53pm

Steve Nelson/Mickey Petree Do it again!

Jan. 13, 2008
North Texas Trophy Cats @ Lake Grapevine TX
Steve Nelson and Mickey Petree
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We spoke with Steve Nelson after the tournament about the pairs winning methods during the catfish tournament. We were also wondering what Team Catfish tackle they were using to get an advantage over the other anglers. All of the questions were asked directly to Steve Nelson in a question and answer format. This is what he had to say about the duo's win.

1.Can you explain to us how you caught your catfish at the tournament?
We started out in 37 ft of water anchor fishing on top of a hump or underwater island. We struck out there. We went and fished a few other locations just like the first piece of structure. We decided after fishing for 5 hours with a grand total of 4 catfish weighing aprox 6 lbs we should quickly move on. The next method of fishing was to try some shallower water in the range of around 9 to 15ft. We anchored on a little ledge. The blue catfish were targeted on the transition from shallow to deep. This small bottom transition was only around 4 ft. The top of the drop was 10 ft and the bottom was 14 ft. The bait of choice was fresh gizzard shad cut up into chunks.

2. How many catfish did you weigh in, what were the species and what was the total weight? 5 blue catfish were taken to the scale, the total weight was 72.9lbs and our largest blue catfish weighed in at a nice 25 lbs.

3. What was the water temp.? The water was about 52 degrees.

4. What were the weather conditions? Weather was partly cloudy about 55 degrees and a North West wind around 10 to 15 mph.


5. What Team Catfish tackle did you use to catch your catfish? We using the 8/0 Double Action catfish hooks, the Catfish Grip, and the Team Catfish Sinker Slides.

6. How would you rate the catfishing at lake Grapevine TX? For the size of the lake which is only 6000 acres it has some good catfishing. During the tournament there were 3 blue catfish lake records caught and weighed in by the catfish anglers. The final blue of the day, and new lake record ended up weighing 43lb.

7. Was there good boat access? Yes.

8. What boat ramp was used at the tournament? The tournament ramp we used in a private marina by the dam. It cost $10 to launch and load.

9. How many contestants were there fishing the tournament? 32 teams or 64 catfish anglers.


A great big thanks goes out from the folks at Team Catfish to Mickey Petree and Steve Nelson for representing catfishing in a positive manor and using our Team Catfish Tackle.

Team Catfish would like to thank North Texas Trophy Catfish Tournament Series for holding another quality catfish tournament in Texas.

TEAM CATFISH

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january 14, 2008 04:10pm

Team Catfish Seminar Dates 2008

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We will have the Team Catfish products for sale along with the Team Catfish Truck to view at these midwest locations in early 2008. This will be a chance to see first hand the catfishing products we are introducing nationally in 08. Hope to see lots of catfish anglers and their families at the shows. Tell us you saw the TeamCatfish blog and you will get a coulpe 5X4 Chrome Team Catfish Decals for free. Here is a link to view the truck, come out and see us, we want to visit with the you in person.
Here we go:

Jan 4-6 Collinsville IL Lets Go Fishing Show
Jan 8-13 KC MO Boat Sport and Travel Show
Jan 30 through Feb 3
Tulsa OK Boat Sport and Travel Show
Feb 6-10 St Loius Boat Sport and Travel Show
Feb 21-24 Des Moines Iowa Boat Sport and Travel Show

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january 14, 2008 04:03pm

Bill and Cody Mullennix Win Big at North

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Bill and Cody Mullennix Win Big at North Texas Trophy Cats Tournament.

Dec 8th 2007 A huge 5 fish limit of Blue Catfish were weighed in by Cody and Bill Mullennix. The Father/Son team accomplished this at Lake Lavon Texas during the North Texas Trophy Cats Tournament.


For_Immediate_Release:
United States of America (Press Release) December 11, 2007 --

The Father/Son catfishing team of Cody and Bill Mullennix hailing from Howe Texas separated from the competion on Saturday December 8th with a massive weigh-in of 167lb of Blue Catfish. The next best weight was in the 80 lb. range. Cody and Father Bill live in the Lake Texoma/Lavon area and were excited to get the chance to fish the winter tourney at Lake Lavon TX. They are experienced when fishing catfish tournaments and that experience showed up in a large way at this December event.

We caught up with Cody after the tournament and had him explain how he caught his Blue Catfish at Lake Lavon. Cody replied," They started out fishing the tops of humps in the shallow water 14-18 feet of water. Then he moved into deeper water humps 30-36 feet of water." They approached these humps by anchor fishing. The bait of choice that Cody used was cut buffalo/carp and gizzard shad.Cody, Can you tell us about the different kinds of equipment that you used to catch your Blue Catfish? Cody used Team Catfish Fish Grips, Team Catfish Double Action Circle Hooks, Shakespeare Ugly Stick, Pflueger Sinning reels and Contendor casting reels, 65 lb Power Pro braid and 50 lb mono leader line.

What were the weather conditions and water temperature like? Cody replied, "The weather was cloudy, a bit overcast, starting out in the morning and as the day went on it warmed up. The wind switched to the south at 15-20 mph. Water temperature was varying from 64-60 degrees.

Cody, How would you rate the catfishing at Lake Levon? Cody replied, "It was excellent for trophy Blue Catfish."

Team Catfish along with Cody/Bill Mullennix would like to thank North Texas Trophy Cats for hosting a great event at Lake Lavon.

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