Katmasters started a COTM Team earlier this year to help out with the Pound Club program and our Catch Of The Month program. During the summer, time sorta took over the team dissolved. After much planning, the Team is back again and here to stay.

This team plays an important role in these 2 programs. Members will be awarded there pound club icons in a much more timely manner. This team also handles the COTM, in which winners will also be chosen quicker then before.

A big congrats and thank you to “PokerKat” and “mountiancat” for volunteering to handle the responsibilities of these two Katmasters’ programs.

Cabelas released a list of dates that has already been locked in for there 2008 season. There are a few dates Cabelas is trying to work out, so don’t be surprised if a few more dates are added to the list before the 2008 Tournament season starts.

February 23rd. Santee Cooper, SC (Rocks Pond)
May 3rd Pickwick-Wilson AL (Sheffield, AL)
May 17th Tawakoni, TX
May 31st Miss. River New Madrid, MO
June 21st Missouri River, St. Joseph, MO
July 12th Cumberland River, Gallatin, TN
July 26th (NIGHT) Missouri River, Waverly, MO
Sept. 6th Point Pleasant, WV
Sept. 13th Madison, IN

Visiting the forum, you will find some new forum sub-sections have been added. Sections added was “Other Catfishing Methods” and “Other Fish Discussion”. The main reason for adding these new sections, was for “Organization”. When you have a large amount of posts and threads on a forum, it is hard to find what you are looking for. The addition of these sub-sections will help members that are searching for information on these titles, find what they are looking for a lot faster.

Sub-Sections Added:

Other Catfishing Methods
-Noodling
-Trot Lines
-Limb Lines
-Jug Lines

Other Fish Discussion
-Bass
-Carp
-Gar
-Musky
-Northern Pike
-Pan Fish
-Steelhead
-Sturgeon
-Trout
-Walleye
-Salt Water Fish
-All Other Fish
-Crabbing
-Turtles
-Aquarium Fish

A Minnesota wildlife official says channel catfish virus is only one of the possible causes of a catfish kill in the Red River at Grand Forks and not the likely cause.

Henry Drewes with Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources says the preliminary assessment seems to be pointing to columnaris, a bacterial infection.

He says final tests at the department’s pathology lab in St.

Paul might be available next week.

North Dakota Game and Fish biologist Lynn Schlueter said earlier that preliminary test results might point to channel catfish virus as the cause of the die-off. The virus normally occurs in hatcheries where a lot of fish are confined together but Schlueter said it can strike in the wild if conditions are right.

About 1,600 catfish are believed to have died in the Grand Forks area.

Click the link below to read the full story and discussion on our forum.
Red River catfish kill still being studied

This month’s winner is Joe for his Personal Best Flathead of 40 pounds. Congrats Joe. You can read Joe’s story of his “Quick Trip To Clendening” by clicking on one of the links below.

September 2007 COTM Page
Read the forum thread for this winning COTM