LOL you don't have to buy another lure for when you go bassing for bait.....

Thats Kool thats one way to collect some lures and yep thats why I use 50 or 80lb test for my leaders I even have some 100lb test now 

it probably wrapped around a stump before they knew it was on there 

I always had a problem with my leaders snapping with just real light pressure ... about 5 lbs or so when I was using 3-way swivels and when I quit using the 3-way swivels it quit happening ... I kept going up in line size until i got to 50 lb test and thought that something's wrong with this picture ... ain't no way I should be breaking 50 lb test with just 5 to 10 lbs pressure on my line and I noticed that my 50 lb test had nicks all in it and then I tied up differently using a dropper loop with a long dropper loop instead of the three way swivel and then there was no way I could break the leaders and they quit getting nicked up ... even the drop to the sinker had nicks in it so after I quit using the 3-way swivels I have never lost any more fish like that ... I don't think the fins can cut the line but the line can cut the line when it wraps around your mainline or gets tangled up in a knot like can happen with a standard carolina rig and float on the leader ... the fish can hit it and go around the mainline in a way that the mainline will rub hard against the leader and cut right through it like a hot knife through butter when the mainline slides down the leader in one spot fast and with good pressure against the leader. I especially don't think that the bluecat fin is sharp enough when they get older cause the older they get the duller their fins get ... just my observation though ... maybe those ohio bluecat get them a rock and sharp their fins up ... hehehe .. just kiddin. one thing is for sure though ... when ya lose a big fish to leaders getting cut it always makes ya wonder what in the world and then ya start to over analyze the situation and start theorizing about there must be a diver down there cutting my line ... someone needs to shoot that rascal next time he comes up for air.

I almost forgot what I was gonna post when I read those posts about line cutting ... anyhow ... that's one of my rigs on the rare occasion that I drift fish ... I'll use crankbaits rigged up as carolina rigs with the front hook tipped with a small sliver of shad fillet ... the fluttering action seems to get bites when the standard drift rig and baited hook won't get hit ... small white crankbait on one and small ... well medium sized crank baits with oversized trebles on them ... one white one and one shad colored bomber type medium diver drifted at about .2 to .4 mph tipped with shad fillet ... caught lots of fish on them but the crankbaits usually get the paint scuffed pretty badly on them ... I also use a bass colored one and fire tiger sometimes but the white and shad colored ones seem to work best.

Believe it or not, I actually crankbait for flatheads on the lake that Tiny fishes. Never have caught a blue which is the main catfish in lake Keystone.

What I do is use the largest billed bait I can find and trolling motor over gravel/mud points in the daytime. The bait needs to go down at least 15 Ft. and dig into the bottom. No rod holder here, you better have a good hold on that rod.

As the bait jumps around and stirs up mud and such, I think that the fish think it is a crawdad spurting away. Bronze or copper color with a rattle a plus.

I told WVBowhunter this once and I think he thinks I am nuts, which is true. He's a pretty good judge of character.

I've caught a few channels on shad raps on the potomac and shenandoah, there is always a muskie fisherman or two that picks up a big flathead either early in the year or very late at Burnsville Lake,,but the dangdest thing I was ever involved in was a buddy pulling in a trotline he left over the winter on a lake in OK...a 28lb blue hit an empty stainless steel hook as it rose thru the water  it dropped my buddy to his knees while he hung on then we landed it all the while laughing our butts off.