Surprise!

[wargoth]

So there I was, fishing one of the local river spots that I have found to be fairly good for smallies, it is dusk, close to dark, and I had had no luck at all with the bass. So just for giggles as I was getting ready to go home in defeat, I noticed a little jointed Rap I had forgotten I had, about 3 inches. "What the hell?" I think to mysself, and tie it up to pitch it once or twice on my ultralight. Second toss out and WHAM! something hit it and hit it with a vengeance dragging out line like crazy. Here I am thinking I must have hooked into the state record smallie or a trout. So after about 15 minutes of playing the fish, I got a glimpse of it and think what the hell? Did I hook up with a muskie? It was certainly no bass nor trout. Finally, I got it into the shore, and was able to see it, a nice little 3 lb. (according to my questionably calibrated scale) channel cat. So, no bass, but I did get dinner...