I caught this 11.46 lb blue cat in a farm pond today with a double Jackall Crosstail Shad rig using 10 lb power pro main line with 8 lb invizx leaders and gamakatsu 1/0 g lock hooks on a Daiwa Lexa 721MLFS rod and a Daiwa Lexa 2500 reel. It was EPIC. It took a solid five minutes to land it. I'm so glad I added that bearing to the drag! Had to share.

 

That's a Fat Cat !

 

Congrats

 

A-Jay

yeah it is! And he's back in there to give some other unwary angler a run for their money. Thanks, man!

That's a fun looking fight on lighter tackle

Nice, ain't nothing like big fish on light tackle.

You should remember that fight for a long time!

 

 

BTW, I like the twist you put to part of the Bhagavad Gita!

Yeah, that's something I won't ever forget.

 

I got it from Oppenheimer when he successfully created the bomb, but it does sound like something Kali would say.

That's a blast! I've got a farm pond I fish that big cats like that will crush a white mepps

I've heard that about mepps, but I've never caught one that way. I caught a small flathead on a Senko once and I've snagged a channel cat or two with a trap.

Bladed jigs kill them here. I caught nearly 3 dozen channels night fishing with my black and blue bladed jigs last Thursday, up to 10 pounds. Missed another dozen to 15 of them, they about jerk the rod out of your hands when they hit. 

yeah, they do! Since I was fishing a modified double fluke rig I thought it might be 2 fish at once while I was fighting it, but after a couple of explosive runs I knew it had to be a cat.

Beautiful! Wish we have bullheads that size.

Bladed jigs kill them here. I caught nearly 3 dozen channels night fishing with my black and blue bladed jigs last Thursday, up to 10 pounds. Missed another dozen to 15 of them, they about jerk the rod out of your hands when they hit. 

Man , I'd like to experience that . Do you sell those  ?

Wow nice job!!

 

Bullheads... Is that what this is?

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Bullheads... Is that what this is?

That is a bullhead, the op post is a channel cat.

Nice bullhead, looks like a brown bullhead.

I wasn't sure what it was. Caught that wacky worm in a Senko. I thought the original posting was a blue...

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Bullheads... Is that what this is?

Yep, caught my first one in years last Thursday flipping a Pit Boss into the water willows.

I wasn't sure what it was. Caught that wacky worm in a Senko. I thought the original posting was a blue...

I was sure it would be a channel since it came from a pond but the razor straight anal find screams blue cat.

Well, I know they threw 3 in there that they had caught elsewhere years ago, so I'm guessing it's one of those.

Awesome catch you got there!