Went back to the hill today and wanted to try trolling for catfish. Pulled probably 2 hours and only a peckerhead hit one rod and bounced it a couple times. No way a small catfish is gonna take a chunk of bait the size of half your fist with an 8/0 circle hook so I guess that small guy figured that out pretty quick. Anyway, the wind picked up to gale force conditions while anchored but it only took ten minutes to get a good bite. Funny thing....after I got this rod out of the holder the rod next to it slammed down and the tip was in the water. I couldnt do anything with it as I pretty much had my hands full. That fish musta went around a rock or something because it took less than a minute and that rod went limp. When I reeled it in the 50# leader was broken. Had almost 1' waves and the whitecaps was slamming the boat. 2 anchors wouldnt hold so I called it quits. Didnt get a weight as my scales didnt work. Put 'er back to catch another day.

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