I have fished for cats in Kentucky Lake for years from the bank, but after moving to Memphis years ago, I just started to entertain the idea of fishing the big muddy, since I can get a couple hours in close to home…
Check it out… I think this was in 2001 or 2002. This was underneath one of the Memphis Bridges.
http://www.arkansassportsmanmag.com/ar_aa060303a/
“On Aug. 3, around 6:30 p.m., Charles Ashley Jr. of Marion was catfishing with two friends on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi River at West Memphis. Ashley was fishing with an inexpensive medium-weight spinning combo he had recently bought. He baited it with a chunk of Spam, cast it out, let it sink to the bottom and set the hook on a 116-pound, 12-ounce blue cat just minutes later. The next day, I certified his fish as a new Arkansas rod-and-reel record, and, just recently, it was certified as a new all-tackle world record.”