a friend of mine was crappie fishin on Lay Lake friday afternoon. he was slowly working a 1/32 oz crappie tube on the bottom, stopping it and letting the crappie suck it up. but instead a 40 lb cat sucked it up and took off out to the middle of the channel. after 30 min of fighting he landed it.
Is this a Line class record? it was 40.66lbs on certified meat scales at a grocery store. he caught it on a spinning rod with 4lb. mono. no net.
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That is an awesome catch right there. I heard something a while back about a little girl catching a 25lb channel on a "barbie" pole. But I think your friend has her beat as far as line test goes.
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Without the state it was caught in hard to know. Here is a link to the BFT records page. It is broken down by state. Take a look and let us know.
[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/records/"]Link[/url]
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the state of alabama does not recognize different line classes, and it was bout 5lbs away from the world record, but thanx for the link
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those records are very out of date they need to be updated.
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nice catch too bad it wasn't a record...
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Very nice catch. I caught a 16lb blue on my spinning light rod and reel once and it took me over 30 minutes and was one of the best memories I have of catching a nice fish.
I've caught 80lb blues on my "big rig" and they were not as exciting as that catch.
Very nice.
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what a catch!
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