{"id":24574,"date":"2022-10-26T18:11:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T22:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=24574"},"modified":"2022-10-28T21:47:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T01:47:56","slug":"decimating-blue-catfish-with-my-s4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/26\/decimating-blue-catfish-with-my-s4\/","title":{"rendered":"Decimating blue catfish with my S4"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>By Captain Larry Jarboe<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/floridafishingkayaks.com\"><strong>Wavewalk Adventures, Key Largo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another short visit to the Mallows Bay National Park on the Potomac River.<br \/>\nLaunched the S4 at 10:30 AM and was back on the trailer and headed home before 1 PM.<br \/>\nSo, this is what an hour&#8217;s worth of fishing looks like when you follow the tide.<\/p>\n<p>And, have a vessel to get you far enough out to the river channel where the Blue Cats are getting fat for the winter.<\/p>\n<p>These fish are delicious and considered an invasive species by the Md. Dept. of Natural Resources. They want fishermen to catch and kill them all.<br \/>\nBeen doing my part&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24577 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blue-catfish-caught-in-the-S4-microskiff.jpg\" alt=\"blue catfish caught in the S4 microskiff\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blue-catfish-caught-in-the-S4-microskiff.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blue-catfish-caught-in-the-S4-microskiff-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blue-catfish-caught-in-the-S4-microskiff-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blue-catfish-caught-in-the-S4-microskiff-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blue-catfish-caught-in-the-S4-microskiff-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blue-catfish-caught-in-the-S4-microskiff-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>(Continued): The next day&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p>What other kayak or micro-skiff can carry countless catfish for live delivery? The catfish carrying capacity of this boat is unbelievable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24583\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-loaded-with-blue-catfish.jpg\" alt=\"S4 microskiff loaded with blue catfish\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-loaded-with-blue-catfish.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-loaded-with-blue-catfish-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-loaded-with-blue-catfish-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-loaded-with-blue-catfish-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-loaded-with-blue-catfish-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-loaded-with-blue-catfish-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Had another nice day at Mallows Bay but I think I will target some other species.<\/p>\n<p>Starting to smell like catfish bait&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Captain Larry Jarboe Wavewalk Adventures, Key Largo Another short visit to the Mallows Bay National Park on the Potomac River. Launched the S4 at 10:30 AM and was back on the trailer and headed home before 1 PM. So, this is what an hour&#8217;s worth of fishing looks like when you follow the tide. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/26\/decimating-blue-catfish-with-my-s4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Decimating blue catfish with my S4&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":24585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24584,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24574\/revisions\/24584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}