07-24-2009, 09:00 AM
Thought I would share a couple of big cat pics caught while bass fishing recently. The first is a decent flathead caught during the recent CBA night tourney on the 11th. The flattie hit a 8" Yamamoto grub with CB's Hawgsauce in 20ft of water using 15lb P-Line. As you can imagine, the fight was on! emoBig
<br />The second is a big blue cat that hit my Indian Creek football jig(also with CB&#39;s) in 28ft of water on the 20th. It took several minutes to get the cat&#39;s head turned with my 15lb line! Finally the fish tired out enough to reel it in. I could not believe the line didn&#39;t break and it is a good testament to the strength of P-Line CXX! The scale on the fish &#39;grabber&#39; read 44lbs. Obviously, around here they get much bigger but still a handful on bass tackle! emoEek It was kind of a let down after setting the hook on something solid only to have the drag scream off the reel and immediately realizing it was not a green fish on the other end but these &#39;trash&#39; fish!...I get much more excited about a 5lb&#43; bass than a 50lb&#43; nasty catfish!(thought you cat guys might like that)emoBig J/K they are still fun to catch. Both fish were released unharmed waiting on someone else to catch the slimy things! emoTongue<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
<br />The second is a big blue cat that hit my Indian Creek football jig(also with CB&#39;s) in 28ft of water on the 20th. It took several minutes to get the cat&#39;s head turned with my 15lb line! Finally the fish tired out enough to reel it in. I could not believe the line didn&#39;t break and it is a good testament to the strength of P-Line CXX! The scale on the fish &#39;grabber&#39; read 44lbs. Obviously, around here they get much bigger but still a handful on bass tackle! emoEek It was kind of a let down after setting the hook on something solid only to have the drag scream off the reel and immediately realizing it was not a green fish on the other end but these &#39;trash&#39; fish!...I get much more excited about a 5lb&#43; bass than a 50lb&#43; nasty catfish!(thought you cat guys might like that)emoBig J/K they are still fun to catch. Both fish were released unharmed waiting on someone else to catch the slimy things! emoTongue<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />