My dad and I took a friend and 3 of his sons out fishing today. The bite was really slow. We all caught something. Most were small. Funny thing happend though. I was fishing in about 2' water with a RC crankbait when all of a sudden I had a bite. I set the hook and fish on. It felt like a good one...then it started moving...very slowly. This was no bass. At this point everyone is pretty much surrounding me. I was trying to follow right behind the fish so he (or 'it') wouldn't spool the line. I had the drag set loose because I only had 10 pound line on. So here we are: zig-zagging back and fourth with 5 guys surrounding one guy. It was a pretty funny sight. We finally got to see this monster and it was about a 35 pound flat-head catfish. I must have snagged it on the side or something. We got to see the fish about 4 times. After about 20 min into the battle, the hook came free. It was a really neat fight, and I'm glad I atleast saw what I had on.

Then I got to thinking. Why would a fish that big be in such shallow water in the middle of the day? It was about 90 somthing degrees and about 1:30...I just don't understand it.

He was probably cruising looking for a snack or cooler water.

Or he could have been sick.

But I would vote he was cruising and looking for a snack or cooler water.  

haha happened to me awhile ago but with a tiny on i snaged on the side unintentionaly  and felt like i had a biggun on  i was all excited to then flip a little cat in the boat grunting at me