I keep a pair of side cutters beside my chair and I cut their fin tips off before I take 'em off the hook if I'm gonna' keep 'em.

I have been breakin the fins off the cats now for several years also and this will keep them from stickin each other. I guess it helps on the cooler also because I don't have any holes in it. I break them about halfway off with my needle nose pliers. I think it is easier to break them then to try and cut the fins.

Matt

I used to haul an ice chest, but now I have a stringer I'll keep them on since I pretty much just bank fish. If I happen to have an ice chest, I'll filet them there, toss the meat in a baggie and then throw the carcass back out into the water. This gives me something to do while waiting for the bells to go off again.

champion bass boat. i mean i can fit a few smaller ones in each live well, but if me and a buddy go out and catch 50 cats, we are gonna need a nother place to put em.

If that happens, just call me. I will bring you my cooler. I will even fill it with ice, and bring it to your exact location on the lake.