On Mothers Day, My Mom, Sister, and I went out to a little pond to go fishing. I was going for bass and catfish, and setup my catfish rod with a HUGE piece of chopped white bass. I was going for bass for a little bit when my Mom started yelling that my catfish rod was going. I had my backpack and my cooler sitting in front of it. I see my rod flip my backpack over and flip my full cooler over and start booking it over to the rod. My brand new catfish rod almost flew into the water! My Mom was on the phone and grabbed the rod one handed and was holding it until I got there. Once I got there, I grabbed the rod and instantly after I reeled a full turn I hear the drag going crazy, this fish was pulling ALL my line out! I saw the fish surface somewhere in the middle of the pond and it was massive, for sure the biggest catfish I have ever had on the end of my line. I fought the fish for somewhere around 7 minutes until I could see the fish in the water near the shore. I could barely get her out of the water. when I picked it up I knew it was somewhere in the 10-12 pound range. She was around 37-40 inches and her head was MASSIVE. For sure my favorite fish I have ever reeled in.
I'm a tall person, so here's a picture of the fish compared to my Mom
The fish was literally half the length of my Mom lol.
PB fish out of the smallest pond I've been fishing out of. Hope I catch more huge catfish this season. Thanks for reading!
