From the Gone Fishing archives: The casual catman at work

The date: July 6, 2006
The location: River John's houseboat on the Mississippi River in northeast Minneapolis
The angler: Cory Parkos
The technique: Fathead minnow on circle hook
The catch: An eating sized channel cat
The experience: Obviously, pretty comfortable. If at all feasible, you should make a point of fishing for channel cats while sitting in a reclining chair. It is one of the few human pursuits with no discernible downside. From an angling perspective there is another advantage: it gives you an extra measure of patience, always a virtue for the fisherman.