07-10-2007, 12:27 PM
if your pole and reel can handle it go with 12 lb. test line. trust me it is more than enough to land you a monster cat as long as you set your drag correctly and you fight it. Don't worry about losing the big one. I have gotten catfish around me by fighting with them on 12 lb. also if you set the drag correctly you should have more than a match for anything. you get to fish down south lucky. I heard they get really huge there. Fighting them can be tiring. Course I am getting ones that are dwarfed in comparison to the ones down south. My biggest was 2 and half feet. I missed getting into the top 5 channel catfish in PA this year by 2 inches. Good luck with getting your monster catfish. Be ready for a fight and hang on tight as you can to your fishing pole. Try dragging a minnow on the bottom with a sinker or fishing weight they are same thing. Slowly wind it back in. You should get some hits like that. Just be ready for something that might go for hours if you use 12 lb test line and they get as big down there as I have heard.
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