On Friday, September 3, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Bob Ward wrote:   
   > Kevin D. Quitt  wrote in message   
   > news:UjXPN86r2qXxNgQFnc1=06gcgEAu@4ax.com...   
   > > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 16:43:03 -0500, "Bill"  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > >...one of the fish chased him until he got away from the   
   > > >bottom.   
   > >   
   > > Rubbish.  If there were a catfish big enough to eat people, it wouldn't   
   > give up   
   > > just because the person moved away from the bottom.  Catfish will come   
   > right out   
   > > of the water to grab something edible.   
   >    
   > Are you sure about that?  Being bottomfeeders, I doubt if a catfish is   
   > likely to jump out of the water... they prefer to let the food come to them.   
      
   I've caught several catfish in the 5-7 pound range on topwater baites. Some of   
   them came all the way out of the water when they did.  Catfish are stronger   
   than bass, by the way.  ...by far. A 7-lb cat doesn't sound like too much, but   
   it took me 10    
   minutes to get him in 30 feet.   
      
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