30 inch catfish 2 and half feet long. I got this from shore!
Nice channel cat, what did you catch it off of?
A fat head minnow. Live bait is the best stuff in the world. I got a really big hit today but since it is a new pole I had trouble landing it. Not use to open face reels yet. Then I put money down on a catfish pole today a St. Croix catfish pole. 120 bucks. I payed 40 to reserve it and will make another payment in 2 weeks and the final payment in 4 weeks. I am insane for getting it but it is handcrafted and made in the U.S.A. It is a telescoping one too. But it is a baitcasting rod or closed face reel. Baitcaster it is. I am hoping to get a used reel and get a better one for next year. I hope I can pass this pole down to my kids some day when I have kids. I probably will put a baitcasting reel on. I hope my parents don’t ask me how much it was when I bring it home. I am just a college kid so they may kill me. I put alot of money away today in my savings account that I refuse to touch. I am going to do the same thing next paycheck. I have to wait a month to get it fully payed for and get to take it home with me.
I hear you, I got a new curado baitcaster with the rod its a $300 combo and I got a new spinning combo with it that was about $175. I just dont let my wife know how much fishing equipment cost. 
Dude! That’s a nice cat. Thanks for sharing it with us.
LOL… That’s why my wife doesn’t come to Sportsman’s or Cabelas with me. That way I can say:
“Honey, look what a great deal I got on this Loomis… only $200!”
and she is non the wiser… LOL 
That hard when your Wife fishes with you.
haha…so what if she’s with you when you spend 200 on a fishing pole. just remind her how she spends 200 on a pair of shoes or a purse or something that she doesn’t need.
So true~
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haha…so what if she’s with you when you spend 200 on a fishing pole. just remind her how she spends 200 on a pair of shoes or a purse or something that she doesn’t need. [/reply]
Well, mine is rather thrifty…$3 purses, $20 shoes…So its hard for her to understand why I’d want to spend a few hundred bucks at a Outdoor store when I can get the “same” crap at Walmart for $30. I’m slowly converting her though, as she has taken an interest in fishing. I convinced her we need to spend money on a boat. And the other day, on a fish finder. Now, I need to get her into shooting so I can convince her I “need” to buy more guns, even though I got a closet full
good luck with that one. 