Personal best catfish:

[AndyS]

I had a good vacation. First fishing up on the Beaverkill in NY for trout, then logged a good amount of time on Merrill Creek Res, finished up fishing the the club in Blairstown with Wilson. We were looking forward to a fun filled day of perch, crappie, bass and pickerel. We used live shiners today and I got a run off like a usual bass, went to set the hook and felt the weight, I told Wilson we better get off the anchors and hunt this fish down. The fish dragged us around the lake for what seemed to be a half an hour, finally got her to the net, a chunky 31" channel that felt every bit of 15lbs. It was a great fight on 6lb. test and the tiny #8 hook never let go. We got the fish back in the water after a few photos.
2 - PB's over my vacation, a 21" smallmouth at Merrill Creek Res, and the catfish...............back to work !
(again, photo credits to Wilson)