Everyone here is Fishing all wrong. All you need to fish is: your hand, a decent lake/stream/river, and a good sized underwater hole. You stick your hand in the hole and wait for the monster catfish to strike, wrestle it to the boat/shore, and the clean it and cook it. First catfish I ever caught I caught grabblin'. The thing weighed 28 lbs and was determined that I was going underwater with it. Grabblin is more fun than you can shake a stick at!!!