Another skinny catfish

Last night, I got another channel catfish that had almost no belly i.e. it was sorta skinny like the other one - but not as bad - cause it weighted 4lb 6oz - so I put it in the freezer.

I don't know if the catfish are just not getting enough to eat or what - but this is the time of year that catfish overeat to get ready for winter i.e. they normally are 'fat' this time of year.

The lake has plenty of food / especially shad - I get them in my cast net every day when I'm trying to get little bream. In fact, the only reason I baited the trotline last night was because I had dozens of shad with just a couple throws of the cast net - and I hated to see them go to waste (freezer is already full of them)