Catfishing at Lincoln Beach

[Kent]

Size of cats is one issue, the other issue is where one fishes. If one fishes an area that is right next to the bull rushes the fish can immediatedly head for them. If one fishes an open area like off of the dike at Lincoln Beach, one would probably run out of line before it could reach anything (except rocks on the bottom) to wrap around. I have never had the pleasure of having it happen to me, but I have heard of people hooking cats, at Utah Lake, with line much heavier than 12 pounds and been unable to turn them before being spooled. Of course how much line one's reel holds is a factor. Channel cats are notoriously hard fighting fish.
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