1. Robert Coleman

    Re-post of Lori's bowfin from our visit to see Capt. Morris Campbell! She thought she had a monster bass on! Inhaled the bait. We didn't weigh or measure ...more it, but it was a big one. Lots of razor sharp teeth so she did not want to hold it!

    Bowfin with a Rat-L- Trap

    1. Jacob Anderson 0
      Mondo! I've always wanted to catch one of those
    2. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      That thing swallowed a ratltrap. All the way in the gullet
    3. Arthur Huttemeyer Sr. 0
      True dinosaur
    4. Bobby Logwood 0
      Boy that's a big one !
    5. Kevin McCarthy 0
      Sweet!!
    6. Melissa Norris 0
      nice catch 😀
    7. b ripoer 0
      They are a blast to catch.
    8. Noah Shapiro 0
      nice
    9. Bryan Harper 0
      Cool lookin’ fish
    10. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      That's the one. Multiple tail spots
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  2. Robert Coleman

    Set the hook on this guy and knew a kitty cat came in to play! Helluva fight! Could tell by the weight is was too big for a bass, plus it didn't jump.... like ...more Chris' sturgeon! 😂😂😂😂

    7 lb. 14 oz. 28 in. Channel Catfish with a Live Green Sunfish

    1. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Karen! 👊
    2. karen eichman 0
      Nice kitty!
    3. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Arty! 👊
    4. Arthur Huttemeyer Sr. 0
      Very nice
    5. Robert Coleman 0
      Come on over Chris, I'll find you one over 10!
    6. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Josh👊
    7. Christopher Pereira 0
      man i haven't caught a channel cat in a long time
    8. Josh Sommerville 0
      i cant find your boots Robert lol. very nice channel bud👍
    9. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Melissa
    10. Melissa Norris 0
      nice one 😀
    11. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Jeff and Bryan! 👊👊
    12. Bryan Harper 0
      Beauty Robert! 🎣🍻
    13. jeff mcelroy 0
      nice channel
    14. Robert Coleman 0
      Not big enough for a saddle! 😔😔😔
    15. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      There's a 7 lber
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  3. Robert Coleman

    Spilt firewood for 6 hours today. But before I worked, I went out to play! That's how it works, right? Haven't been at the pond in over 2 weeks.... withdrawals! ...more Caught 13 bass over three pounds. With these two being the biggest! TWINS! They both measured 21" and weighed 5#1oz. One of my best days there!

    5 lb. 1 oz. 21 in. Largemouth Bass with a Live Green Sunfish

    1. Robert Coleman 0
      I ran out of bait Chris, and I want to stay warm this winter! 😁
    2. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Josh👊
    3. Christopher Pereira 0
      problem is...how do you stop fishing to go to work...
    4. Christopher Pereira 0
      problem is...how do you stop fishing to go to work...
    5. Josh Sommerville 0
      nice hawgs Robert👍👍
    6. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Melissa👊
    7. Melissa Norris 0
      great catch 😀
    8. Melissa Norris 0
      great catch 😀
    9. Tim Bingham 0
      No worries!!! Keep hookin'em!!!
    10. Robert Coleman 0
      @Bango: I've been fishing this pond for over 20 and the past 3 years it has finally found a good equilibrium. It is just under 2 acres with a couple of small ...more points/ bays.
    11. bango 0
      Nice pair Robert! What size pond do you have there? Seems to hold plenty of nice bass and large cats.
    12. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Jeff and Bryan 👊👊
    13. Robert Coleman 0
      Lol Thanks Tim 👊
    14. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice catch Robert! 🎣🎣🍻👍
    15. jeff mcelroy 0
      nice pair robert
    16. Tim Bingham 0
      I'm digging the shirt and agree 100%
    17. Robert Coleman 0
      I didn't see Spot today! I'm gonna have to start working harder on names. I like the idea of Stick Marsh North! 👍👍👍👍
    18. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Stick Marsh north
    19. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Nice Lunker brother! What's that ones name?? :) come on 7 lber
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  4. Robert Coleman

    Found another pond full of green sunfish that were perfect for bait. Went back to the bass/cat pond for another round. I won today with the big girl. 5#8oz/21"

    5 lb. 8 oz. 21 in. Largemouth Bass with a Live Green Sunfish

    1. Robert Coleman 0
      I use a 4/0 Kahle hook and hook it right behind the dorsal fin. Suspended below a float with a 2 foot leader and a couple of split shots.
    2. Christopher Webber 0
      How do you rig your sunfish?
    3. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Steve! 👊
    4. Steve Cooper 0
      Very nice!
    5. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Rich! 👊
    6. Rich Pardy 0
      Nice bucketmouth buddy!!
    7. Robert Coleman 0
      Lmao, thanks Chris! 👊👊
    8. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Bryan👊
    9. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice fatty Robert! 🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🍻👍
    10. Christopher Pereira 0
      nice green carp!
    11. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Allan👊
    12. Allan Prasil 0
      Nice catch
    13. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Ed!👊
    14. Edward Payne 0
      What’s in the water in Iowa? Haha!!! You have a lot of big Bass over there man!!! Great looking BUCKETMOUTH Cap’n!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
    15. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks everyone! 👊 And yes Gene, all C&R so I can come back another day to catch them.... even the kitty cats!👍
    16. Jeffrey Ultican 0
      That's great I like to bobber fish them for bass
    17. Gene Cowan 0
      unusual to see a fish that size with such symmetry. u did well. hoping it was c&r. If the hatch is as good as the one we're having on Hickory, next spring ...more will be a record year. The fish have been eating buffet style since March and im still seeing new fry.
    18. Melissa Norris 0
      great catch 😀
    19. Jimbo Harwood 0
      Pigs EVERYWHERE!! LOL great labor day fishing weekend!
    20. jeff mcelroy 0
      good fish robert!
    21. Josh Sommerville 0
      Good Hawg Robert👍👍
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  5. Robert Coleman

    Nephew, Mike, won today with the biggest cat I've seen come out of this pond! 10 pounds 10 ounces!!! He thought he had a world record bass! I just laughed, ...more because I've been there!

    10 lb. 10 oz. 31 in. Channel Catfish with a live bluegill

    1. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Rich👊
    2. Rich Pardy 0
      Heck of a cat!!
    3. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Chris and Thomas👊
    4. Thomas Davey 0
      Meow!
    5. Christopher Pereira 0
      yowzer!
    6. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Jeff👊
    7. jeff mcelroy 0
      very nice channel
    8. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Bryan👊
    9. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice Cat! 🎣🍻
    10. Robert Coleman 0
      Lol guys! Thanks Morris, Jimbo & Noah. 👊👊👊
    11. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      I think it's growing fatter with every bluegill you feed it.LOL
    12. Jimbo Harwood 0
      looks like that same cat just getting fatter.. lmao. just kidding buddy!! 😁 keeping her in a livewell, pull her out every few months.. lmao. happy labor day!! ...more 👍🎣
    13. Noah Shapiro 0
      Dam Robert, I need to fish with you
    14. Dennis Rhinehart 0
      Thanks Robert looks like I gotta go catch so cats.
    15. Robert Coleman 0
      This one is maybe 2 acres tops! Cats will help! 👍👍👍
    16. Dennis Rhinehart 0
      Robert how big is the farm pond you Fish? I have a 5 acre pond I fish. Has big fish in it, but way to many stunted bluegill in it. Would some channel help or hurt? ...more The pond only has panfish in it. bass, bluegill perch and crappie. No northern pike and dont want any.
    17. Robert Coleman 0
      Lmao Touché Josh! 👍😉
    18. Josh Sommerville 0
      Maybe you otta craw up in there to your boots and check it out bud 👍LMAO.
    19. Robert Coleman 0
      Yes they are Josh. He had a belly full of something! 👊
    20. Josh Sommerville 0
      Damn nice channel Cat. Thats where all your bluegills are going too,in his belly lol.
    21. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Melissa & B👊
    22. Melissa Norris 0
      very nice 😀
    23. b ripoer 0
      That s a nice catty Robert, some dandy bass to.
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  6. Robert Coleman

    Weathered through the morning storms till noon. Over an inch and a half of rain. Headed to a pond after 3pm and landed a few nice ones up to 4#5oz/20".

    4 lb. 5 oz. 20 in. Largemouth Bass with a live bluegill & senkos

    1. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Rich👊
    2. Rich Pardy 0
      Man that will make up for a rainy day, nice bass guys!!
    3. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Jeff👊
    4. jeff mcelroy 0
      good fish robert, wtg
    5. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice chunks! 🎣👍🍻
    6. Robert Coleman 0
      Lol... thanks Morris and Jimbo👊
    7. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Nice work Brother!!
    8. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Heck I am going to start taking my trips on that pond:))
    9. Jimbo Harwood 0
      great bass brother!! 👊🎣
    10. Robert Coleman 0
      They are now! We have a chance of rain for the next 7 days too! Soybeans are starting to turn yellow too!
    11. Josh Sommerville 0
      Are the farmers having a tuff time out there getting thier hay cut cause all the rain.
    12. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Josh👊
    13. Josh Sommerville 0
      Nice Bass Men👍👍
    14. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Melissa & David👊
    15. David Rideout 0
      Bite !!!!
    16. David Rideout 0
      Nice Robert wish we had the rain to make fish but
    17. Melissa Norris 0
      nice job 😀
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  7. Robert Coleman

    This was the BIG surprise of the day. Biggest Yellow Bullhead I've ever seen, let alone, caught! Thought it was just another medium bass. Best part is, big enough ...more for a Master Angler Award for Iowa!!! Now I can notch that one off the list!

    1 lb. 8 oz. 15 in. Brown Bullhead Catfish with a White Spinnerbait

    1. Robert Coleman 0
      Not a bullhead Master, so I'll believe you. Mine are getting white too Morris!
    2. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      I used to have yellow but they all turned white.
    3. Huge Fish4 0
      Well that is either a brown or black bullhead...definitely not a yellow. Yellow bullheads have yellow barbells under their chin.
    4. Robert Coleman 0
      Yes Noah, Iowa just has one category of bullhead in general. Lol, thanks Morris! 👊
    5. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Of course he is:)
    6. Noah Shapiro 0
      Is it still a master angler?
    7. Huge Fish4 0
      Nice one but that isn't a yellow bullhead it is a brown bullhead.
    8. Randy Randolph 0
      nice bass farm
    9. Robert Coleman 0
      Private farm pond @Randy
    10. Randy Randolph 0
      waterway?
    11. Edward Payne 0
      Breeeeeeeder freak Bullhead.
    12. Robert Coleman 0
      BAHAHAHA😂😂😂😂 I'll check into that Morris!
    13. Noah Shapiro 0
      Lol
    14. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Didn't they change the name to "THE Robert Coleman Trophy Citation " sponsored by the state of Iowa???
    15. Melissa Norris 0
      great fat cat😀
    16. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks guys! Will do Tim. Usually wait till end of year and turn them all in.
    17. Tim Bingham 0
      Nice!!! Make sure to claim that award now!!! Post it on here when it comes in please!!!
    18. Bob Jefferis 0
      Never saw one that big would like to find a few tho
    19. Noah Shapiro 0
      Fatty
    20. john stimson 0
      nice catch ,ya 15 inches here in N.M.
    21. Chris Pole 0
      Nice catch! Damn I always forget about the angler awards. I have a few in ny but never did anything about them. Tks good luck!
    22. jeff mcelroy 0
      nice catch
    23. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks everybody! 👊
    24. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice Robert! Big bullhead! A 14” is a M.A. bullhead here
    25. Josh Sommerville 0
      Good bullhead Robert👍
    26. mike gardiner 0
      Nice Robert! I've caught channel cats in spring on keitecs by mistake, but never bullhead.
    27. Robert Coleman 0
      This was definitely a fluke Morris! Was NOT the target species! Lol I will pass on them when we get back to Stick Marsh, BASS it is!!!!!!!
    28. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Nice!!! They are in the stick Marsh too.
    29. Russ Emanuel 0
      Nice bullhead. the only place I have seen bullheads that big was below the woolen mills spillway in Amana. for whatever they used to grow huge there.
    30. Kevin McCarthy 0
      Nice they don't get that big as far as I've seen he looks like he swallowed a frog or two lol!!!
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  8. Robert Coleman

    Tried a couple different ponds today with my nephew. First one produced a lot of medium bass and a couple nice gills. Second pond held much bigger bass, and the ...more biggest was a 20.5 incher weighing 4# 13oz. on a senko. Nephew caught a 3# 14oz. on a live bluegill, but released it before I could get a pic. Force of habit he said. His loss! Lol

    4 lb. 13 oz. 20 in. Largemouth Bass with a Senko

    1. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Brendan👊 Thanks Rich👊
    2. Rich Pardy 0
      Nice bass , gill and shirt!!
    3. Brendan N 0
      LoL, yeah.
    4. Robert Coleman 0
      *Fished, not finished, stupid autocorrect!
    5. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Brendan, no, never have finished tournaments. Just love fishing and teaching family and friends to love it!
    6. Brendan N 0
      Do you ever fish tournaments dude? You catch some nice fish!
    7. Melissa Norris 0
      nice work 😀
    8. Rob Duffy 0
      Great outing producing some nice fish especially that sweet bass! Full sun and high boat traffic sent fish deep again in NC this weekend. The Whopper Plopper was ...more chased a lot but the strikes were sluggish - amazing considering the conditions though! I've gotta find some ponds!!
    9. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks guys! 👊 Plopper Power 💪💪💪
    10. jeff mcelroy 0
      good fish Robert
    11. Bryan Harper 0
      WTG Robert! Nice Chunk! Senkos have caught most of my bigger Bass this year except for a Whopper Plopper! 🎣👍👍
    12. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      That's a fine Bass
    13. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Phillipe delivers!!!!!
    14. David Rideout 0
      On spinner bait?
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  9. Alonzo Johnson
    - Robert Coleman

    First ever gar Sandusky river

    1. Bryan Harper 0
      Sweet!
    2. Kevin McCarthy 0
      It is hard to get a hook set on them but cheese cloth on the hook helps they love creek chub
    3. Jim Holland 0
      Very nice. I've come across a few and have never been able to get them to bite.
    4. Shuckster (Todd) Shuckatelly 0
      congrats on your catch!
    5. Alonzo Johnson 0
      Thanks TIGHTLINES
    6. Jimbo Harwood 0
      Sweet catch Alonzo!
    7. Alonzo Johnson 0
      Thanks TIGHTLINES
    8. David Rideout 0
      Good one
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  10. Alonzo Johnson
    - Robert Coleman

    Under bridge Sandusky ohio U.S 250 soft plastic

    1. Ralph Witt 0
      Nice!
    2. Shawn Gearinger 0
      Good catch!
    3. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Nice Bass Alonzo
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I live in Iowa City, IA. Love to fish for anything that swims! Have the Iowa River close by and lots of farm ponds. Travel north every year ...more for ice fishing trip and once during the summer. Can't wait to try deep sea fishing and notch that one off of my bucket list.

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  • Species Smallmouth, Largemouth, Walleyes
  • Waterway Wherever there is water!
  • Lure Crankbaits, plastics and live bait

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