I was throwing a White/Chartreuse Booyah Spinnerbait with a Zoom White Swim Chunk trailer today, and I managed to catch 4 little bass, biggest was probably 13inches. Then as I walked down the lake making casts here and there I hooked into something that was putting up a hell of a fight. At first I thought it was a real nice bass, then it started taking out drag, and runnin, stopping coming in a little, and running with drag again. This time I got a little look at it, and seen it had a yellowish type of color to it. So im like what the hell  :-?? I finally get it in after a good 5min battle, and its a 22inch channel cat lol. Never thought I'd catch a channel cat on a bass spinner, especially a good size one. Anyway I then tryed lipping it because from what I thought I heard people say they lip them like a bass. So when I lipped it, it clamped down on my thumb like a friggin vice grip, hurt like a sob so I pulled my thumb out. Then I thought maybe I didn't grab him right, so I try again and BAM he friggin clamps down on my thumb again making me pull it out again, this time drawing a little blood hah. So I guess your not suppose to lip them? Anyway I probably wont try it again  .

so I try again and BAM he friggin clamps down on my thumb again

  ;D  LOL  ;D

Funny stuff  

That is one reason why I always take a landing net with me when fishing. Also I have caught them fishing for bass on worms and got one about a month ago on a senko. They are realy fun to catch. Sometimes I target channel cats specifically with dough balls.

Hah I thought you could lip them though? No?

Great report! Sounds like a fun fight, sorry about the thumb!  

I caught a 3-4 lber on a Chatterbait last year.  I believe the best way to hold a 'cat' is to slide your thumb and forefinger under the fins near the gills and grip it with that hand.  Just don't get finned!

Dan

I've caught (or seen caught) cats on t-rigs, rat-l-traps, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, stickbaits, and even on pop-r's. A cat in the right mood will hit anything.

And I lipped one once...ONCE...darn near lost my thumb. And they have spines on those fins that will make you cry for your mother!

I net them and use my needle-nose pliers...I'm not gonna let them slime up MY boat!

I lip em......with a glove on.

I do though, its just easier.

Way to go there  I lip em bare handed and it does tear you up a bit but not bad enough to stop me from doing so.