FIRST CAT FROM THE BANK IN 2012

well went down to a local lake with a buddy and a freind from highschool who i have not seen for almost a year anyways the wind was screaming about 25-30 mph whitcapping on the lake we were fishing for crappie and had brought some cat rods with us  we ended up going to a point i have not fished to much and never have in march steven had some bait to cut up for cats we threw some crappie rods for a bit and i said ok i got to get a cat line in the water i cut the bait up and threw it out put the clicker on walked back to my crappie rod threw it out and heard a click click click and then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz   i ran over to my cat rod fought the fish towards the bank didnt think it was that big got to the bank and it started ripping some drag off got it to the bank brandon said u want me to get him i said yea yea he reached down and put it on the bank i said holy shit that thing has a gut on it we put the fish on the scales brandon said im going to guess 30 lbs i said mmmm maybe 25 put it on the scales and it was 25 lbs 1 oz put the tape on it and it maxed my little 35 in tape out thinking it was around 36 -37 inches took a quick pic and turned her loose only fish we had caught it was a fun time tho anyways heres the pic of it