river fishing and catfish handeling

[IceFishingGod]

Heres how not to get a cat bite. I make sure the fishes belly is facing me. Grip the belly mid way like you are gripping a baseball, slide youre hand up until you touch the front fins. Loop the right fin, (I'm right handed) between youre index and middle finger, press you thumb up until the left fin is extended forward all the way. This way he can't spin and the dorsal fin is pointing away from you at all times. Works well try it. If you do get stung, I always keep a bar of chewing tobacco in the tackle box, takes the sting right out. If you don't put it in a ziplock it gets moldy, I know.