May 19, 2006 - Cheney - Mike Cook - Four Lake Guides - Great fish, wish I had taken my sunglasses off. Linh Lenszuk fought this big ol' girl to the boat on Mother's day, May 14th ,06 while fishing with me and her husband Steve. We quickly weighed her and released her back into Cheney.

October 27, 2005 - Marion -
Hi Mike

Thanks again for a great day on Marion. You sure know how to put us onto the cats. And special thanks for giving my brother the best day of fishing he's ever had.

Here are a few photos of a happy man and his best catches of the day. For your notes, he's Jan Groves, my younger brother and one of my favorite people.

We were thinking back on the day. The last stop, on the south shore cove, was no more than half an hour. With 11 fish kept including all of the largest of the day, and two released. It's as close to a catfish feeding frenzy as we've ever seen.

it was a blast.

Take care and thanks again.

Russell Groves

October 24, 2005 - Marion - Saturday fishing at Marion was very slow to get started. We had four fish in the boat at 1:00 o'clock. Then the bite happened or we found the fish or God only knows what happened. But Terry and Bob limited out by 4:00 and that was good enough for them. Water temp dropped to 58 degrees. I'll send pics on a seperate e-mail. (Photographs from left Scott Bull, Bob Gutshenritter, Jim Bull, Lynn Bull)
Mike Cook

September 20, 2005 - Marion

Hi Mike

Thanks again for a great day on Marion. You sure know how to put us onto the cats. And special thanks for giving my brother the best day of fishing he's ever had.

Here are a few photos of a happy man and his best catches of the day. For your notes, he's Jan Groves, my younger brother and one of my favorite people.

We were thinking back on the day. The last stop, on the south shore cove, was no more than half an hour. With 11 fish kept including all of the largest of the day, and two released. It's as close to a catfish feeding frenzy as we've ever seen.

it was a blast.

Take care and thanks again.

Russell Groves

July 16, 2005 - Cheney - Ishika informed me on the phone that her husband Dan and herself have been enjoying the great sport of fishing for about 3 years, but with little success. I told her my customers were doing very well this year and with the high water, I saw no reason for things to be any different. We scheduled a date for later in the week with high hopes of having a great trip for channel cats at Cheney Reservoir.

On June 16th we met at the east shore boat ramp in the late afternoon, due to them not being able to get away from their busy business. The water was up into the parking lot and I would guess it to be 5 or 6 feet high. I told Dan that with the high water the fish should be up in the grass feasting on worms.

Our first stop way back in a cove didn't produce a bite. So after 15 minutes of no action we reeled them in and headed to the north end where the river dumps into the lake. We anchored just off of some willows that were flooded and after 2 or 3 minutes, Ishika got one on that took her into the trees. We reeled in once again and moved into the trees to try and free the hung up fish. It didn't take long and we had had our first fish in the boat. A nice 3 pounder by my guess. We changed anchor positions after making all the comotion freeing our first fish from the brush.

We anchored about 100 feet from where we caught the first fish and started baiting and casting our Wicked Sticky. The third bait hit the water and Ishika screamed she had on another one. The second bait got hammered. The rod was doubled over and the water exploded 30 feet away from the boat at the edge of the willows. Nice fish I told her. She pumped the fish in not at all easy for that 30 feet. When it got to the boat, it broke water and took out that 30 feet she had just fought so hard to recover. When the fish finally came to net it was a monstrous 12 pound 34 inch beauty. After the congratulations I told her we needed to release the fish. She asked if that was the law and I told and explained that I release all my channels over about 8 pounds because they are not that good to eat once they grow that big and every one wants to catch a big fish and if we take them home our chances of catching a big one gets slimmer with each one we take home. And lastly, a big fish like that makes lots of babies. She agreed and we quickly took some photos and slid the big trophy back into the water to thrill someone on another day.

Our next few stops were fruitless. It was starting to get dark and a storm was building way out to the west. So with the wind picking up and lightning flashing in the far away western sky we set up in the back of a cove with the waves rolling in from the lake. It wasn't long and Ishika again pulled in the first fish. I told Dan, It looks like she is going to be the only one of us to catch any fish today. Then Dan's rod bent. Then his other rod bent and I was busy unhooking fish and rebaiting lines. Just the way I like it.