So, last week, I was out at 2:00 a.m. fishing and a White guy came by. He said his pals and he had wanted to catch cats, too, but they didn't know they'd catch anything that late. I told him night was much better for cats. So, I showed him my three fish that I got up to that point. He took a photo of the biggest of the three.
I was using just dead minnows: 5 onto the hook.
He was surprised how that worked. He said he felt smelly oatmeal balls worked best. I said most anything that smelled works.
Something was pulling my line as we were talking. He said that looked like a bite. It was.
So, I gave him a fish and he made me a Y-stick to set my pole onto.