FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK "OZ" FOR THE HEADS UP ON THE FRIDAY DISCOUNTS!!!; AND THANK YOU TO THE SARL OWNERSHIP FOR THE PRICE BREAK, IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED IN THIS MISERABLE ECONOMY!!! O.K.; TO FISHIN. LEFT WORK, HEADED STRAIGHT TO SARL. ARRIVED ABOUT 4:15 AND TOOK MY PLACE IN LINE. GATES OPENED ABOUT 4:50. PAID MY $9.95 (THANKS AGAIN!!!), AND PROCEED TO CATFISH LAKE. I HAD NOTICED A LOCATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT I WANTED TO TRY, BUT WHEN I ARRIVED I NOTICED THE LAKE HAS RISEN, SO THE AREA WAS MOSTLY SUBMERGED. OH WELL; UNLOADED THE CAR AND PROCEEDED TO THE LITTLE ISLAND PENINSULA. SET UP; STARTED OUT WITH SHRIMP. POP A BEER... 20 MIN BELL GOES OFF, STOLE MY BAIT. RELOAD, CAST TO SAME SPOT... 5 MIN BELL GOES OFF, BAIT GONE AGAIN. SWICHED OVER TO NIGHTCRAWLERS, CAST TO SAME LOCATION...10 MIN BELL GOES OFF, I PULL IN THE APPROX 1.35 THIEF. AT THE SAME TIME MY BUDDY AND HIS WIFE ARRIVES, NOW WE ARE CASTED OUT FROM EVERY ANGLE. 40 MIN LATER, BUDDIES WIFE POLE HAS BENDDO ACTION. SHE PULLS IN A GOOD 1.5 POUNDER (HER FIRST CAT!). ACTIONS SLOWS CONSIDERABLY. AT 8:30 WE DECIED TO RELOCATE. WE PICK A LOCATION WHERE WE CAN FISH CHRIS'S POND AND THE MAIN LAKE. SET UP, MAKE A FIRE, POP DRINKS AND WAIT. NO ACTION. AROUND 10:50 LAKE TRUCK LET US KNOW THAT THE SESSION IS OVER. WE PULL IN OUR LINES. HOOKED TO MY BUDDIES LINE IN CHRIS'S POUND IS A NICE TALIPA, THATS A NICE GOING AWAY PRESENT. SO THATS IT; 2 CATS, 1 TALIPA, GOOD FRIENDS & NO ; ALL FOR $9.95!!!