20 channel catfish in mid afternoon

Today - I decided to fish under the hwy 89 bridge - to see if crappie were biting with this cooler weather - well no crappie - from about 2:30PM until 3:30PM - I was catching channel catfish - got 4 on minnow / crappie hooks - and 16 on magic bait with rod n reel (just threw it out to kill time - and was surprised at how fast the catfish were biting

Now for the bad news - 19 of the channel catfish were between 1/2 lb to 1 lb (I checked weight of one - at 3/4 lb - and it was typical of 'middle size'

I put on a bigger hook and a bigger 'ball of magic bait' and got a 3.5 lb channel so that made it worth time (not to mention it was fun catching fish as fast as I could keep bait in the water (I lost about half a dozen cause I had two rods and some got away

Anyway - not a big deal but with the two catfish I already had (one on trotline this AM - I have a 'mess' to clean (was too tired tonight so 3 fish are in my plastic pens

BTW: Never did get a crappie - but catching 20 fish (even little ones) was fun and the 3.5 lb was a fighter so I had a blast