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Comment by 10.5" RES Sharon on April 16, 2011 at 6:25am

I have one in my pond with about 10 of my hooks in it and several bobbers on broken lines.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 16, 2011 at 5:58am

I've caught them on some pretty unusual things, too. That is one of the great things about fishing - you never really know just WHAT you might catch.

 

That "stupid" catfish looks  be a smallish channel cat, what you might call another sort of "panfish". Generally, they have generous bag limits (if there is a limit at all). So, where you might 'catch and release' a decent gill, there is no reason not to keep cats like that. In fact, since it IS pan sized, it might be well introduced to some seasoned corn meal and hot oil.

This is one of those "glass half full moments" you hear about, where you have a chance to count your blessings instead of cursing your bad luck. While you didn't catch a bluegill... you caught a nice little eatin' sized catfish. Booyah!

Comment by C Barb on April 15, 2011 at 11:29pm

yeah but I never expected to catch one on what I was fishing with, and it did fight hard

Comment by Eric White on April 15, 2011 at 11:10pm

I love catching them stupid catfish great fighters.