Went out to my secret az lake y'all might remember I was fishing about a year ago catching non stop 5-8lbrs lol. Well no bass but did manage this nice channel cat. Good ol strike king 6xd. Buddies caught a few too. I tried uploading a 3rd pic of a muscly channel cat also lol. But man the fish in this lake are mutants. 

 

 

Those are some big cats....nice job.  I am always mad when they hit some crank bait and i think i have a pig on only to find out it is a catfish.  Still a good fight though.  

filett her, put lemon pepper on her, and grill her ,i'm in !!

I'm sure those cats gave you a fight.  Those are some beasts!

If channel cats would "reliably" take lures in all the same presentations as bass, I'd probably chase them exclusively.  They fight HARD!  Had to be a fun day!

7 hours ago, senile1 said:

I'm sure those cats gave you a fight.  Those are some beasts!

Heck ya they did!

Nice fish....had a big blue on a chatterbait earlier this year......mean!!!  Love catching them but dang those hooks don't come out easy!!

Nice going! 

Those are big channels . I love catching them myself . On my home lake I troll crankbaits on the flats for them . They are easy to see on a depth finder and if the gulls and white bass are busy the cats are biting .