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This may be off the subject matter but I do have a tale to tell about huge catfish. When the Lake Waco, Texas dam was being built, the engineers drove pilings into the river bottom for anchors. When a diver was sent down to check, he shot back up in a hurry. He said there was a catfish down there big enough to swollow him. Skeptics that they are, the engineers drained that particular section and sure enough, when the piling had been driven, they had trapped a catfish. They needed a crane to pull it up (don't ask me who had the courage to slip a cable around it) and hauled it up onto the bank. The blue cat measured more than ten feet and weighed more than 400 lbs. Its age was estimated at more than 100 years. Its picture was in the Waco paper and I carried it with me for the longest time. Don't see them like that any more.<br><br>
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that reminds me of the stories I have heard about the catfish in the ohio river, they say some of them are as big as a VW Bug. I would like to see one, but never swim where they are!<br><br>kybasser<br>"The two best times to fish is when it's rainin' and when it ain't." ~Patrick F. McManus
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The bigger ones are in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. They use 1-3lb goldfish as bait on a big hook and heavy rope to catch them.<br>Has any one on the board ever caught one of them? <br>I have seen them but have no pic's.<br><br>Texas Gulf Coast Fisher <*(())))))))))>{<br><A HREF="http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/ROSS6959/" target="_new">http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/ROSS6959/</A>
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gotta luv a good kitty story. mine wont compair to yours but is as bazar.<br><br>the last time I was fishing on the Detroit River I caught me a can of cat fish. (No joke a can of cat fish) the little kitty had moved in to a 20 year old paps blue ribbon can and had grown to the size of the can. with no escape. food and water was no problem he just opened his mouth and ate what ever drifted boy the opining. Lord only knows how long he lived in his prison. till I pulled him up and freed him [cool] <br><br><A HREF="http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/MESS6438/" target="_new">http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/MESS6438/</A> <br>Lookie See what the kids are up to.<br>Dave T. Clown
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now thats a whole can of fish there dave. have caught some that swalled potted meat cans before.
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