You're going to need a bigger net
Nice catch. I grew up in NJ and was always amazed the stigma people had about fishing for catfish for some reason. Had a friend who lived on a 3 acre lake, his was the 'popular' house to hang out at on weekends, no one would take my offer to fish from the backyard we were standing in and I routinely caught 10lbs cats. Always made me wonder if they could grow to that size in a small lake, whats lurking around a real lake/reservoir...with almost no one targeting them.