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Location: Annandale, MN | I know this isn't an eye', but here goes...what do you think? Is it a real pic or not? A friend of mine sent me this from a local newspaper in Texas. Jon
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(new state record catfish.jpg)
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | Looks real to me! |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Thats one very BIG.....very, very Greeeesy Channel Catfish. 
Edited by walleye express 2/21/2004 8:36 AM
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Don't let your kids near the water!
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Location: Sth/side Chicago | It is the Current World Record Blue Catfish. The guy that caught it donated it to the Texas DNR alive. So it is now on display at the Headquarters. Pretty cool deal. |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Originally written by Musky Fishin Kevin on 2004-02-21 9:58 AM
It is the Current World Record Blue Catfish. The guy that caught it donated it to the Texas DNR alive. So it is now on display at the Headquarters. Pretty cool deal.
Oh ya. Thats the one they had the guy on Fox News with. They were going to keep it on display alive and see if it would eat. If it would not, they were going to release it back into the lake. That old boy has to pushing 30 to 40 years old.
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| It's not a channel cat. Its a wells. From Europe. |
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| Catguy.
You beat me to the punch.
It's definitely a wels from Russia or another country in Europe.
One look at the tail an anyone can cleary see that it's not a catfish native to North America..
This has been going around for months now and people still believe it.
I also believe that fish in the picture would weigh in at around 300 pounds by comparison to the guys who're holding it. |
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Location: Rhinelander | That thing would represent one heck of a big fillet! I wonder if they are edible, anyone know? |
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| Sure they are... they taste just like 30 lb muskie. |
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| Here's the real scoop:
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/thread-view.asp?threadid=1412...
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Location: Menominee MI, In Da UP Eh? | Originally written by sworrall on 2004-02-22 3:51 PM
That thing would represent one heck of a big fillet! I wonder if they are edible, anyone know?
I'd be game to try some with some cajun style breading and some cornbread with a side of Beans N rice..bring on the hot sauce!!!
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Location: Sth/side Chicago | Here is some info off of the of the Texas dnr website. The picture you guys have here may well be a Wells catfish, but the 121lbs blue was caught recently: The 121-pound ‘cat’ is now out of the bag. Cody Mullennix of Howe caught a new rod and reel record blue catfish from Lake Texoma on Jan. 16. The leviathan weighed 121 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 58 inches in length, shattering the previous Texas rod and reel record of 100 pounds also caught from Lake Texoma in 2000. Mullennix was fishing from the bank with a surf rod and 20-pound test line using 3-inch shad for bait when he caught the giant fish.
“I’ve been waiting for this fish for a while. It was a total just excited, different state of mind when I saw it,” said Mullennix, who’s been fishing catfish for 10 years, (since he was 17). “There was something about the blue (catfish) that grabbed a hold of me and I stuck with it,” (and he means that both figuratively and literally). How exactly did he “reel in” a fish that large? “I guess I gave it everything I could to get it over the ledge. I kept it out there in 10-12 inches of water and kept pouring water over it. I was too scared to put it on a stringer, or out in the water.”
Mullennix donated the fish to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, where it is doing just fine, according to hatchery manager Jim Matthews. To be considered for a world record by the International Game Fish Association, a fish cannot contain any foreign objects that could alter its weight. X-rays taken at the TFFC gave the catfish a clean bill of health.
The catfish is acclimating to its new environment and is being treated for stress—standard procedure for new fish at TFFC. Currently the fish is isolated in its own tank and responding well to treatment. Visitors are able to view the catfish during the regularly scheduled tram tour Tuesday-Friday at 11:30 a.m., Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and Sunday 2:30 p.m. Guided walking tours to see the fish before it is moved to a permanent display area are scheduled at 10 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. TFFC exhibits coordinator Genie Hilton hopes to move the catfish to its permanent display quarters in about two weeks.
Mullennix has two sons, ages 3 and 6 who sometimes accompany him when he fishes.
“They were real excited. They’ve been out there with me. It gives you great enjoyment when you do catch these fish and its quality time being out there — there’s nothing bothering you. There’s nothing in the world like it. It’s something every kid should learn to enjoy.”
The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is an innovative aquatic nature center and hatchery complex operated by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department located 75 miles SE of Dallas on FM 2495 four miles east of Athens.
Attractions include 300,000 gallons of aquariums, daily dive show and on-site fishing. Hours are Tues.-Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday 1-4 p.m. Admission is as follows: adults $5.50, seniors $4.50, children ages 4-12, $3.50. For information, visit the Web http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ and click on fishing or call the Center at (903) 676-2277.
Editors: Photos of the catfish are available on line http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/news/newsroom/photo/
LH&KE 01/26/2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some pictures: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/hatchery/tffc/images/measur... http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/images/mullenix-splash.jpg http://espn.go.com/winnercomm/outdoors/fishing/i/P2_f_fea_bluecat_r... http://espn.go.com/winnercomm/outdoors/fishing/i/P2_f_fea_bluecat_r...
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Location: YouTube.com/LyubakaVideo Instagram @LyubakaVideo | Yep
Silurus Glanis
There are very often also albino forms... Channel Cat...Hm-m-m-m
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Location: Sth/side Chicago | I was just looking at the pictures I posted of the fish(some from the texas dnr site, some from espn), the guys and the fish do appear different then the guys and the fish in the first picture in this topic... |
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Location: Milw, WI | Ralph,
If you put all that stuff on some shoe leather it would most likly
Taste the same.
How would you know if the fish was any good? |
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