Rainy day cat

[Catrat]

Made it to Lincoln Beach just a little after 12 pm on Saturday. Despite the weather I had to scratch the fishing itch the work week had left me with. In between microbursts of wind and rain the kayak was launched. After dragging a curly tail for a short ways fresh WB was on the menu. Half of the WB was hooked and sent back into the water in hopes of a cat. One hour and a couple of close calls with big waves later, no fish. I was making one last pass of the weed line between the boat Harbor and the mouth of BS, when I finally tied into a cat. It dragged me and my yak into the weeds that are partially submerged along the south shore. 15 minutes later it was wrestled out and attached to the yak via a string and a lip-gripper. A quick trip back to the harbor for pictures and it went back into the water.

30 inches long and weighed 13 1/2 pounds. A new personal best.