Thanks guys. Joe, this is something I've entertained doing for a couple years now. With Bowlerman's help and advice along with others from a catfish forum I finished getting rigged up and have just began scratching that itch trying to catch big catfish. Funny thing is I'm having a hard time catching white perch for catfish bait. When these fish hit a rod they slam it making it hard to even get the dang rod out of the holder. It's all fun though and all the catfish live to fight another day (I prefer eating crappie).