so i was out in little elm side of lewisville lake tonight and bite was pretty slow, every now and than youll see a good hit. well just as we are about to leave, one of my poles go down!!! hard hit and fighting HARD! this sucker is pulling drag like crazy.. anyway, my buddie said he saw this hoss roll ontop of the water just as my line get loose..... and hes gone.... im not gonna lie but i was extreamly angry...

i think its time to upgrade to a pole with good backbone and a DAMN good spin-cast reel. would love the help guys

Spincast reel or Spinning reel???

Get a Heavier rod and a nice spinning reel with heavy braided line and you should be set.. dont need to spend a whole bunch on it, just something a little beefier from what it sounds like.

What kind of hooks are you using?

If you want cat rods, a good set up would be a 7-8 ft. Ugly Stik or Tournament Choice rod with an Abu reel. I would go with the 6600 Abu baitcaster. A good spool of 30 pound hi vise line works good to see bites better. You could also use a 20lb flouro leader if worried about the fish seeing the line.

Did he break line or hook come out sounds like hook came loose since drag screemin nothin wrong with rod & reel need big SHARP hooks just check um on your fingernail

http://www.crucialtackle.com/catfish_tackle.html

John has a good selection of rods and reels that should fit your needs.

If we're going to recommend websites I'll recommend http://catalog.catfishconnection.com/. They have one of the widest selections I've ever seen. And some products I've never seen anywhere else and some of there stuff is about $10 cheaper than most places.

3/4 TON spinning rod
65 lb TUG O WAR braided line
5/0 or 8/0 DOUBLE ACTION catfish hook

Okuma ABF 50 spinning reel with bait feeder.

We got um all if you are interested.

I just bought a Pro-Angler baitcaster (New $50). Got tired of buying that cheap Made in China stuff. Loaded it with the new Team Catfish braid and put everything on a medium action Ugly Stick.

Now all I need is a 40+ to test it out.