"BULL SHIT!!!" The explicitive was an indication of the gear's horror. "Catfish have teeth. I've seen the kind of wounds they can leave, and I've had to deal with what happens when they get infected because you're wading around in swamp muck!"
He stopped and composed himself. "I apologize for my outburst and my swearing. It's just well, my hands are my livelyhood. If I did something to injure them, espcially something as stupid as sticking them into the mouth of a 20 pound fish..." He looked away "I would deserve to be let go."