I catch a ton of cats during the summer. Yesterday I caught a 6 lb channel on a spinning rod, a 2.2 lb bullhead on a spinning rod, a 4 lb channel on a cane pole, and I had what looked like a 6 lb channel on the cane pull, but he broke the tip. I caught a 5.6 lb channel today on a spinning rod. My biggest was an 8.8 lb channel.