A catfish ruined my mojo.

[Darth-Baiter]

First cast.  ‘Bbbbrrrrrrzzzpppt”. My drag got to work. I thought I was gonna be posting up a DD pic.  The fish came up fast and hard and I thought it was going to jump. Nope. It just swirled huge. Swirled?  Bass don’t normally swirl.  I work it towards my kayak and my hook popped out. I run my bait back down the line and reset it.   I lost the next 6 bass!  Haha. I looked at my hook, and I didn’t notice the first mystery fish tweaked my hook a bit. It was too dimly lit for me to notice. I put on fresh stuff and went back to work. I got three modest bass. 
 

im fishing thin wire hooks. I was unwise not to closely check my hook.  Duh!    I then hooked another cat. This time I recognized the pull without head shakes. I played it into my lap. 12lb!   I let it clamp down on my thumb hard while I tried to take a pic.  It squirmed free and I think we both got a laugh out of it.  The cats were crazy today. My poor rod   they wouldn’t leave me alone.   I never redeemed a five bass limit.  Grrrr   
 

bass pics later if they don’t suck.  

[Alex from GA]

IMO catfish fight harder than bass so if you're not keeping fish what's not to like?

[throttleplate]

Cats are a blast to wrestle with especially in the river current, i always play the big girls by loosening the drag and let them run because i catch 99% of them fishing for walleye using 1/8 oz jigs and they do bend the hook on those.

[Bird]

Catch most of my cats when the wife and are looking to fill the frying pan with bluegill.

We're throwing nightcrawlers and always catch a few nice cats.

Yes, they go into the frying pan as well and are a top 5 fish as dinner fare. Imo