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Tim Pruitt caught a blue catfish in Illinois last Saturday and it was fucking huge. The biggest ever caught in Illinois. The biggest ever caught in THE WORLD. This sucker tipped the scales at 124 pounds and 58 inches long.
It took more than a half-hour for Pruitt to get the fish into his boat. The catfish was so enormous that it dragged the boat that Pruitt, his wife and their friend were in for a half mile downstream. But finally Pruitt got it in.. and we can only imagine how exhilarating and exhausting.. and how FREAKY that'd be.
The fish has been kept alive, at least for now, and is in a bigass tank at Cabela's in Kansas City. Pruitt says that later this summer they'll be returning the catfish to the Mississippi where it was caught... but all we could think of was how much of our favorite catfish dish, blackened catfish, that a 124 pound fish would make!
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"biggest catch in Illinois", "World Record"... let's think of the catfish itself. how old was this thing? how long must it take for a catfish to grow this large? what is the lifespan of a fish?
these are questions that no one will ever be able to answer... pass the butter.
poison fish... poison fish... tasty fish!!! i like it beer-battered and fried. mmmmm
I'll admit to the fear of fish, but that thing is eleven kinds of freaky. Thanks for my new nightmare.
I heard this guy on ESPN Radio while driving home from work yesterday. The fish has actually since died and will be autopsied to determine its age & sex.
Somebody finally caught General Sherman! One man before actually came close. Went by the name of Homer. Seven feet tall he was, with arms like tree trunks. His eyes were like steel, cold, hard. Had a shock of hair, red like the fires of Hell.
this is probably old news for everyone, but this still just freaks my shit out:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/noodling.asp
What jerks. I hate how every time we catch a record animal we have to keep it in captivity until it dies. What a great loss to the river.
Actually a friend of mine heard they were in the process of transporting it to a grocery store so it could be on display for everyone to see. They then intended on sending it back into the river. PApparently the poor fish died of shock. You would think they would of taken better care of the fish. Everyone knows that fish tend to die when you move them around too much.