Catfish,
I took a neighbor who really wasn't all that keen on catfishing (yeah, I know LOL)... I didn't spend a lot of time trying to catch bait, since a brought everything I could thing of for bait... I just think I set up in all the wrong places.. I anchored uptide from a nice deep hole, but missed the end of the gut by about twenty yards trying to get right on top of the end of the deep water while the tide was ripping was a challenge for me. I won't get discouraged. It was good to catch a fish... this was the first "real" fishing trip in the boat, so I didn't expect too much from either the boat or myself. It is a little unnerving to actually not have to worry about having the engine run hot or some other mechanical failure... there's going to be another trip soon, with different results I hope. One of my friends was headed out when I was heading in. He uses a 100' gill net to catch bait, so I might be in the market for a net......