chris olivarez Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 When I lived in Arizona somebody told me about a diver who went to check out a car wreck that was in Roosevelt Lake,spotted a catfish that was as big as the car and got the hell out of there and that was long before there was an internet. Catfish can grow to be huge especially in larger bodies of water. I bet there are some in the Mississippi River that are gigantic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maren Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 History of the “Catfish King”—David Beard ... David and Jerry would cut up the fish daily, using a process of hand washing the fish in clean, clear, fresh water, two, three, and sometimes more times, to bring out the flavor of the fish. How to put a positive spin on "to wash out the flavor of the mud"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryan Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 That's a big one. Up in this neck of the woods the really big (and really old) fish are sturgeon, which tend to lurk in the depths of the Winnipeg river. Never caught one myself, but know of several people who have. I believe the record is over a hundred pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 History of the “Catfish King”—David Beard ... David and Jerry would cut up the fish daily, using a process of hand washing the fish in clean, clear, fresh water, two, three, and sometimes more times, to bring out the flavor of the fish. How to put a positive spin on "to wash out the flavor of the mud"? Yeah, a river or a lake cat can taste muddy sometimes (not always, though; usually not, actually). But a farm raised, grain-fed catfish will actually have a bit of a sweet taste to it. And the meat is soooo tender. Delicious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I still can't get over these things.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 May I have this dance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 I worked off the coast of Alaska one summer on a salmon processor. In their spare time, some of the guys fished for halibut... and several caught ones that measured six feet long and weighed 200 pounds. It usually took one to two hours to bring them to the surface, and as they rose struggling out of the water the first mate would lean off the side of the boat and shoot them. The guys sold them back in Seattle for six bucks a pound, and that was about 15 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted May 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Fisherman hauls in 124-pound catfish ALTON, Ilinois (AP) -- Tim Pruitt went fishing and pulled up a whopper of a beast. No, seriously: It was roughly the size of a sixth-grader. Pruitt, casting his line in the Mississippi River on Sunday, hauled up a 58-inch long, 44-inch around blue catfish that weighed a whopping 124-pounds. To get a sense of just how big that is, the state record holder was a mere 85 pounds and the world record holder tipped the scales at 121 pounds, eight ounces. "My adrenaline was really pumping, so it wasn't that bad," said Pruitt. "Later on, when I was lifting him out of the livewell and into another tank I really felt the weight." Now, Pruitt, whose fish has already been weighed in the presence of a conservation police officer and measured by a biologist for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, is expected to submit documentation to the International Game Fish Association so that it can be certified a world record holder. Once that's done, the catch should be approved as the world's largest blue catfish, replacing the current champion that was caught January 16, 2004, in Lake Texoma, Texas, said Becky Reynolds, a spokeswoman for the association. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Wow! Them be some big fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Bump.... Anybody ever seen Goliath Tigerfish before? They're big, and have some nasty teeth too! They are found in the Congo River in Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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