Posted on 12/02/2016 8:47:10 PM PST by nickcarraway
It was hook, line and sinker — literally — for a man who went out fishing over Thanksgiving.
Equipped with only a small rod, Wilmington, North Carolina, resident Riahn Brewington struggled as he tried to pull out a fish from Cape Fear River last week.
He caught a catfish, but not just any catfish: a giant catfish that weighed more than 112 pounds.
The bloated fish was bigger than the top half of Brewington’s body.
Brewington couldn’t believe his eyes, and neither could his friends when the fisherman posted his prized catch on Facebook.
“Holy Catfish!!!” one Facebook user exclaimed.
“Is this real life??” another asked.
The North Carolina man assured them that the fish was all too real. It was obvious to many that the fish was a clear candidate for a state record holder, but unfortunately the fish fell a few pounds short.
According to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, the record holder for biggest catfish is a blue catfish, weighing in at 117 pounds, 8 ounces, caught on June 11.
But Brewington doesn’t consider the catch a loss. He released the massive creature in hopes of catching a bigger version of him again someday.
“This was huge and Riahn Brewington released him to fight again,” said friend and fellow fisherman Dean Hall, who witnessed Brewington’s epic catch in person.
One hard lesson I learned—keep the webbing between your thumb and Mr. Pointer away from the pectoral spines.
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Keep that same webbing out of range of a parrot’s beak too.
Also learned the hard way.
Wonder what his story is, he couldn’t very well go back to his ‘hood, the bottom.
Did someone pull him out, do you know?
Or certain semi-auto pistols.
The beef steaks, you mean?
Avocados & Catfish?
that’s lame argument
Yes. Beef. In my understanding, it should be OK, but I’m always willing to learn.
Yeah, a boater that photographed that pic deflated the ball and removed it.
That was my first thought to! Glad they added that to the headline or I'd have thought it was while he was taking a shower.
I could easily slam you with wiki entry on kashrut and jewish dietary laws but i’ll leave you with this one
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/kashrut.htm
within the jewish community there are many levels of
observation
Only if done strictly by the book, whichever one that is.
Consolation here is that brisket is A-OK, so are Ribeye steaks, big ribs, and standing rib roasts. Fair is fair, we smile at the laws that say a fish without scales is treif and that a bat is a bird, but them's the rules. Of course I cannot/do-not entirely keep Shabbat (I'm posting to you right now, obviously) but Kashrut dietary law is something I adhere to.
She was studying for a doctorate in Religion at some small black bible college.
I suppose she felt like she had to walk the walk. I never had a problem cleaning them with pliers, easier than scaling them.
The fish. Not secretaries.
That’s good to hear. Thanks.
So you can’t have bacon?
My deepest sympathies ...
If you're fishing with light tackle, as Brewington said he was, you have to run up and down the bank with him so that the fish never gets the line out to full tension.
After a time, which can be an hour or more, the fish will tire and can be bought close to the bank. At which time, you go in after him and drag him ashore...
Soak it in buttermilk... look Ma, no more muddy taste!
He’s gonna need a lot of buttermilk then.
Ah! Thanks! I wonder if the nerves can carry prion diseases?
...a keeper
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