How do you hold a catfish?

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patrickacox,<br>The cats can be very painful if the care of handeling is not taken. The cutless glove is best for the untrained and some of the trained for that mater. Once the tecnique is perfected the glove is not needed. <br>I place my thum and first finger right behind the side finns and use my palm to hold down the top finn and hold on tight. It has worked well for me for many years now. WARNING If you let that top finn up at all you will be in pain for about 3 days. <br>Another method I have seen is to grab the lower jaw with plyers and hold on tight. Do not use your hand as the plyers as the bite will cause much pain and the posable loss of a finger or two.<br>Hope this helps you and happy catting![]<br>Another warning: Don't leave a cat or head of a cat laying on the ground as the top finn will go right through a soft soled shoe before you know what happened. Saw this happen on a pier one day. Sure destroyed a great day of fishing for that angler.[frown]<br><br>Texas Gulf Coast Fisher &lt;*(())))))))))&gt;{<br><A HREF="http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/ROSS6959/" target="_new">http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/ROSS6959/</A>