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ProfessorGAC

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8. Shazzam!

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Thu May 30, 2024, 05:52 PM

May 2024

That's a big catfish.
Lots of catfish caught in the rivers around here, but I've never heard of any over 40#, and just that one.
It's stuffed & mounted at a fish restaurant on the river about 12 miles from mere.
This one is 2¼ times the size!

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Man catches record-breaking flathead catfish [View all] KS Toronado May 2024 OP

I have such mixed feelings about this. I hope it gets eaten. marble falls May 2024 #1

Not sure if it should. duncang May 2024 #2

It should have been released after weighing and a photo. Eating was my secondary consideration. Killing for ... marble falls May 2024 #5

I saw an albino one I_UndergroundPanther May 2024 #3

I have two flatheads in my pond. One was caught, Emile May 2024 #4

I agree, trophy hunting/fishing is nothing but salve to the ego and cruelty to the creature. Fla Dem May 2024 #6

He should have let it go. bif May 2024 #7

Shazzam! ProfessorGAC May 2024 #8