03-04-2011, 06:58 PM
A 56" cat would be huge. It would certainly shatter the current world record for channels. Heck, the current blue cat record was only an inch or two longer I think. Using a theoretical formula I found for channel cats, 56" would equal close to 85 pounds... over 25 lbs. heavier than the current world record. If it exists in UL, that's where you'll find me all summer, but I'm afraid my scepticism outweighs my excitement at this point. However, the beauty of fish stories is that sometimes they're actually true or at least almost true. Even if the estimate is 20 inches off, it would peak my interest.
To answer the poll, my heaviest cat was 37 pounds but not in Utah. I grew up in the south and ran 3 trotlines and several poles all summer, mostly just small channel cats in that lake so I never caught a monster, but would occasionally catch some bigger blues and flatheads. My friend was into noodling, and I've seen him come out of the water with 50 pound flatheads and bloody fingers. Pretty fun.
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To answer the poll, my heaviest cat was 37 pounds but not in Utah. I grew up in the south and ran 3 trotlines and several poles all summer, mostly just small channel cats in that lake so I never caught a monster, but would occasionally catch some bigger blues and flatheads. My friend was into noodling, and I've seen him come out of the water with 50 pound flatheads and bloody fingers. Pretty fun.
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