Dokken: Battle-scarred fiberglass ‘E-Cat’ catfish rod still reels ‘em in after all these years

Dokken: Battle-scarred fiberglass ‘E-Cat’ catfish rod still reels ‘em in after all these years

“I can’t believe you’re still using that fishing rod,” friend Brad Durick said the other day at the start of a 3½-day sturgeon fishing trip to the Rainy River. “You should write a column about it.” That sounded like a good idea to me, so here goes. First, some background. A Grand Forks catfish guide, Durick and I first got to know each other in the spring of 2003 while I was reporting on the controversy surrounding a boat ramp that was being pr…