DN: interesting description of the CC's cleaver evasiveness.
My grandpa was a master cat-fisherman who made his own stink-bait (but that's another story). He would always fish for cats with pencil-corks (less resistance) and no weights of any type; and he never fished tight-line style. He taught me how set my depth so the pencil-cork would stand nearly vertical with the bait resting on bottom. When the cork lied down horizontally, that signaled a "bite" since the cat was lifting the bait. He'd make me anxiously wait until the cork finally darted downward or started briskly moving sideways. His hook-sets were something to behold - and I quickly learned to NEVER stand behind him as he "crossed their eyes".
Regarding keeper-size; he told me that if they had whiskers, they're big enough to keep.
