Bob Hodge: Despite season, large catfish plentiful at Fort Loudon Lake

To most people, the catfish Eddie Holden was reeling in might have been the fish of a lifetime.
Holden, who lives in Powell, was fishing on a part of Fort Loudoun Lake he really didn’t want to talk too much about. The men he was fishing with — Josh Delaney and his sons Matt and Michael — didn’t want to talk about it, either.
He had tossed a piece of cut shad on a 8/0 hook about 60 yards out to a point where the lake bottom comes to an abrupt drop. A 2-ounce piece of lead makes the long casts on 15-pound line a piece of cake.
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