Big Otter Creek: Catfish 101, and other species?

[tweedwolfscream]

Great, thanks. Aside from never having gone after cats I've never really done any still fishing except on the ice, hence the basic questions about drag etc. I'll set it tight.

And I might probably experiment with a few baits... I like your argument for cut sucker but it's the one thing that I'm not sure if or where I'll be able to acquire this weekend, as opposed to chicken livers and smelt that I can pick up at the grocery store, or worms that my fridge is already full of.

I'm more after numbers than size, if that makes a difference, since being new to this the big hope is to catch a number greater than zero.