Man Hooks World Record 124-Pound Catfish (catfish on display in Cabela's fish tank)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/24/05 | AP

[adam_az]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1410672/posts

ITS DEAD!!!!


KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A record 124-pound blue catfish caught earlier this week by an Illinois man fishing in the Mississippi River died on its way to the Cabela's Outfitter store where it was to go on display.

Tim Pruitt, 33, of Godfrey, Ill., caught the world-record blue catfish early Sunday near Alton.

The fish, measuring 58 inches long and 44 inches around, was kept alive and was to be displayed in a tank at Cabela's in Kansas City, Kan., but it died en route to the store.

``We're baffled by this,'' Fred Cronin, a fisheries biologist for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, told The Kansas City Star. ``We took a lot of precautions to see that the fish was comfortable.

``But we're talking about a fish that was very old, very heavy,'' he said. ``The stress of being transported like that could have been too much.''

[AgThorn]

What a neat website!! lots of old pics and 8mm clips from Ethiopia! fascinating.

[AngryJawa]

We call that noodling.

That reminds me of a segment on the Discovery Channel (or TLC?) show called Dirty Jobs.

They followed a pair of good 'ol boys from Oklahoma while they "noodled" an abandoned and flooded old highway.

Very funny, as were some of the other dirty jobs they highlighted.

[cornfedcowboy]

Gonna be a Kansas vs Texas shoot out
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Kansas City, Missouri is where the fish will reside. Sort of lives up to the name of being the Show Me state


Wrong! The fish never made it to Cabela's. It's dead Jim. Sorry, this is an update from IOWA.

[Liberty Valance]

What a neat website!! lots of old pics and 8mm clips from Ethiopia! fascinating.

It is amazing isn't it? That website was put together by a close friend of mine as a tribute to his dad who was a pilot there in the sixties. It was a labor of love, honor and respect for the pilots, crews and families who were stationed in Ethiopia during the mapping mission.

[eastforker]

I am asking everyone if anyone knows the fate of free trapper, this thread would be right down his alley.

[codyjacksmom]

This looks like a good link...


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?s=catfish&ok=Search&q=deep&m=any&o=score&SX=4293d71ab5fb599c313ee71ff8638e74d5562b62

[laceybrookesdad]

Great link. Thanks! Wouldn't it be great to fish on the Mississippi. We should try to do that this summer. It's only a couple hour drive. We might need to get a larger net! I can't even imagine bringing in a 124lb catfish. That's 109lb's heavier than your monster catch.