Once the water level drops in the big river here, and I figure out which cousin has my cast net, I'm going to get a bucket of 6" threadfin shad and hit my "honey hole".
Nothin's better than almost getting pulled in by a monster blue cat because you're not paying attention.
20lb cats are fairly common. If the river was low enough, I could take you out on the river and put you on cats that range from 10-50lbs.
...the good thing about living in historical areas...lots of underwater structure, and canal lock remnants...