Rather than re-type my whole diatribe, I've copied below what I posted on the NCBF:

YEE-HAH!!!

Well, I finally caught my first double-digit fish! 10.5 on the Berkley scale, caught on a weightless, T-rigged watermelon/black flake 7" SENKO (4/0 Owner J-hook). (Trying to do it the way DARCE does!).

I caught it back in the island pond on the back side of the levee @ Shadow Cliffs from my Outcast kickboat, while the Raiders were gettin' their BUTTS kicked out on the field in Oakland. (Had the whole place to myself, which was sweet!).

Man, talk about an adrenaline rush!!! You can imagine how much of a **disappointment** it was, though, when I realized it was a **CATFISH** on the line!!! :-(

BIG ol' sucker, though -- had to be 8-9 inches across at the whiskers! I still can't believe he went after that 7-inch Senko! He hit it just as it hit the surface -- BAM!! -- just like a bass would. Even 30 seconds into the fight, I still thought I had the BASS I've been trying for for such a long, long time! Pullin' like a hawg ('til he started rollin' on me)!

Have any of you other NCBF'ers caught a catfish on a Senko? It's not exactly the kind of bait you'd think they'd go after!

Well, it was my only bite of the day. Just goes to show ya, though: you may not come away with what you came for, but it's always good to have another TALE to add to the archives! Y'never know WHAT might happen out there, if you just get that line in the water!

Tight lines, guys -- & bring awn the SPAWN!!!

C-Rig