You have permission to publish this article in its entirety either, electronically or in print, free of charge. As long as bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be greatly appreciated! Thank You. Lockport is about 20 miles north of Winnipeg airport on RED RIVER OF THE NORTH. My brother and I went there for 6 days of fishing. Stayed at "Cat's on Red". Rented a boat for time we where there. The River was in perfect shape. The weather also co-operated in being mild to warm most of time. We were told of another 2 guys from KY. that had been up there a week before had caught over 350 cats! They must have spent 12 hours a day fishing for you can NOT haul those huge channel cats in a boat in just a couple minutes.
I must says having to use barbless hooks works out very well. We did NOT lose a fish by hook coming out . Once fish was in boat it sure made it so easy to get hook out. So you can lift big fish up for picture. By all means take your camera for your pals won't believe you without proof of photos.
We did O.K. landing over 70 Channel cats most over 20 lbs. My brother caught largest one of 29 lbs.!! Your odds of getting a Channel cat that large out of Ohio River are very slim. My brother got around 45 and I landed around 28 cats. As a bonus caught around 8 white perch from 5-12 lbs.