FAT CATS FROM A FAT CAT

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[cool]While I was "float-testing" my new Eagle Cuda 168 sonar system, and my "Farce" Fins, Tube Babe was making her inaugural fishing trip in her new Fat Cat. I will let her post her own observations on how she liked it, compared to all of the "donuts" we have gone through, and the Kennebec she just retired.

I have to preface this pictorial saga with the note that when she first started tubing with me, about 25 years ago, she wouldn't touch a catfish. I always had to do the macho man thing and remove her fish when she caught a kitty. She soon graduated to holding them with a thick towel, as she removed hooks and otherwise handled them. I didn't need to stay as close by after that.

Now, as you can see in the pics, she is a "cat-woman" of the first order. We fish mostly with light tackle...4# and 6# line, small jigs and light rods. I never have to watch her, or listen to the walkie talkies we take out with us for communication. I just listen for the "high C"...for catfish.

Last night, on Saguaro Lake, near Phoenix, she beat my butt. I lost one big cat that wrapped me around an underwater hazard. She also lost one big one, but landed three others...21"/3.8#...29"/8.5#...and her personal best from Saguaro on light tackle, a 27"/10.5# chunky kitty...from her new Fat Cat.



THE BATTLE IS ON



THE LONG SLIM MALE 8.5# KITTY



THE 10.5# FAT CAT FROM THE FAT CAT



THE RESULTS OF TUBE BABE'S FIRST FLOAT IN HER NEW CRAFT



I STILL GET TO DO THE "BUTCHERIN'". 10.5# OF CANTANKEROUS CAT

Oh yeah, just for the record, I did end up with a dozen nice fat yellow bass. I might even share some of the scampi style fillets with Tube Babe, for allowing me to fillet her catfish.
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