went out last night throwing a swim bait looking for mister bass. slow fishing for a while, then i have a bass come right up to the shore line and hits my bait. like a foot off the rod tip. scared the crap out of me. did not get a hook set on that fish to say the least. keep fishing a while and then it happens. i get a nice long cast in next to a dock. wait a little bit and twitch my bait. all of a sudden there is a boil right on my bait. it look like a 100lb kid doing a cannon ball. set the hook and it is game on. fighting this fish on an 8' stick w/ a 400 and 20' p-line. the fish is going crazy up and down the shore rolling on the top tall walking for a bit. fight goes on for a good 5 minutes of blood pumping drag pealing excitement. my buddy dan is getting ready to help me land this fish. he stops for a second and says " OH $HIT THIS THING IS HUGE" i lean down to help him get it in. as we drag it out of the water i realize it is a huge catfish. it wieghs out a 42lbs. that right a 42lb blue cat had boiled on my m.s.slammer. could not believe it. so pissed and so stoked at the same time. hard to believe a 42lb cat would hit a trout bait, but it did and scared the crap out of me in the process. fish a little more for 1 more boil. all in all a great night on the water. i just love throwing swim baits , because you never eally know what might happen.