Originally Posted by
shootrj2003
I have one dedicated catfish rod for when I travel to look for big critters,however most of my catfishing is for bullheads,the biggest bull you’ll get is around seven lbs,the average is much lighter so any good med. bass rod or even panfish rod is all you’ll ever need here and if you play a big one right you can still win.
I load most of my poles with green 20 lb braid except the couple ultralights I have ,this the same size as about 8 lb mono so line breaking is not a worry usually.and most of my poles are Mitchell 300’s ( French made)older Penns ,newer ones are Pfluegers,and two bait casters ,a Kastking,and a Lews combo I just bought,they are all pretty capable rigs!better at bringing fish in than I am at finding them sometimes!