Planer boards for cats?

[ch312]

this report is a bit late, but i'm sure nobody will mind

 

while trolling for pike a month ago at a very unique long point location i was marking the odd single big fish and after a few passes i hooked into this bad boy. i figured it was a big pike that was staying on bottom and pulling like a tank, so i can only imagine the look on my face when this thing appeared. i've never caught any catfish while trolling before.

 

caught him on the bigger sized williams wabbler (3.5-4"?) 135ft back off a planer board going 3.5 mph. any guesses on it's weight? for reference, that's my hand and i'm 6'1...

 

 

 

Edited June 26, 2012 by ch312

[Ralph Field]

It would surprise me as well, and my guess would be 12 to 15 lbs,

[aplumma]

10-12 lbs on the size. I am not surprised I have caught quite a few while throwing crank baits for bass. The Channel Cat above 5 lbs is know as a top end predator that prefers fresh caught prey over dead baits.

 

 

Art

[fishindevil]

cheers on the nice cat !!! and last week we caught 5 while trolling harnesses on the ottawa river,we get them alot that way every year !!!! cats will chase down a bait for sure !!!!