Too tired (lazy) to clean catfish

First - for those that don't know me - I'm Mr. Organized. When I do things I keep everything organized (old habit from work). I use lime green drop lines on every other hook - plus on hooks number #6 - #8 on first half of line and hooks #5 - #7 on second half of line I use wax line for the drop i.e. I always keep up with what bait goes 'where'

For example, last night I put a small dead bream on first hook - then I put live bream on all other lime green drops - and I put magic bait on the alternate (white drop) lines. Then on the wax lines #6-#8 - I put the tail section of two big shad I cut in half - and on #5-#7 I put the head half of the two shad
Summary - I really am that organized (btw: That helped me survive layoffs at work since I was very organized which made it possible for me to get things done faster than most others)

Bottom line: I usually know what bait 'makes the catch' - and last night I figured the least likely to make the catch was the dead bream I threw on the first hook so I wouldn't get a bath when I first pick up the line (yep I try to Not catch fish on the first hook near the weight - it causes problems getting it off and staying dry at 6AM :(

Okay - so by now you know I'm going to say - 'guess which hook got the 2 lb 13oz Channel catfish last night. Give up ? Okay it was the first hook and when I felt the weight come up out of the mud I got a 'jerk' and then a shower

Sidebar:
Definition of a fisherman: A jerk on the end of a line waiting for a jerk on the other end.

When I got back to shore I saw that the almost 3 lb catfish was lucky and the hook just barely missed it's eye. I was very careful to take the hook out and didn't do much damage and when he/she rolled her 'now saved eye' - I felt sorry for him/her and decided to break my new rule

Old rule: If catfish is 1.5 lb or bigger - you must clean it - unless it's too hot to keep it alive very long.
New rule: If catfish is 2 lb or more - you MUST clean it - early in morning before it gets too hot to kill / spoil the fish

Today's policy - if catfish is lucky enough to save it's eyeball - (and I'm going back to bed for nap) - then it needs to be 3 lb or more for me to clean it in this heat - e.g. I'll look for this catfish with a scar next to it's eye next year when it's over 3 lb - then I'll have to clean it

Besides I let it go in my brush pile - maybe it'll stick around and grow some more

bye - nap time :)