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Cats under a cork

I love catching catfish when they are biting on "tight line" on bottom, when they are in the flooded grass and willows during the spawn, over holes baited with soured grain and when they are "on the rocks" feasting on gar eggs. I love the tug of a catfish on a trotline! But my biggest thrill is watching a floater (cork) begin to jiggle on the surface and then disappear, pulled down by a chunky channel catfish that has moved into the shallows to put on the feed bag!

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Flames get even in series with 4-1 win over Stars in Game 4

DALLAS — Rasmus Andersson, Johnny Gaudreau and the Calgary Flames felt much more like themselves, and got even in their first-round playoff series with an onslaught of shots. It helped that they also got to play a lot of 5-on-5 hockey, though Andersson did score Calgary's first power-play goal since early in the playoff opener, as the Flames beat the Dallas Stars 4-1 in Game 4 on Monday night.

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