While smallie fishing recently, I got a heck of a hit, set the hook and it was fight on. Thought I had a world class smallie. Then thought it could be a channel cat but it wasn't fighting like one. Major pullage, drag screaming, and rod bent in half. After about 5 minutes of fighting saw color and realized I just hooked a flathead catfish. It was huge. Biggest one I've seen in the local rivers. Finally the fish bent the black nickel Gamakatsu 2/0 hook and swam off to freedom. Proved to me I must tie good knots
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