Posted on 08/02/2008 2:35:16 PM PDT by Stoat
What a whopper ... Gill Hudspeth and her catch
Gill Hudspeth, 58, hooked a 72lb catfish the first time she fished with a rod and reel on holiday with her husband and two friends in France.
Her huge haul blew her husband Maurices best ever catch of 42lbs straight out of the water.
Mrs Hudspeth, from Wilford, Nottinghamshire, today said she had never taken up fishing, despite the fact her husband has been a keen angler for 48 years.
She said: Mo match fishes every Sunday, hes very serious about it.
But I dont do it enough to be worth me getting a licence.
We have been going to France for the past four years now. Usually Im just chef and bottle washer but I decided to have a go this time.
It was the first time I had done it with a rod and reel.
Her 72lb catfish, caught within an hour of fishing on the first day of their holiday in June, broke the record for the lake near Le Mans.
Over the week Mrs Hudspeth landed 11 more fish, not far behind her husbands catch of 16.
She added: Mo has never caught anything that big. Hes got a bit of stick from people but he was really chuffed for me.
Ill definitely have another play. It was great fun, we had a fantastic time.
....nice fish....what is that; a Blue cat?....the one in the article looks odd to me....too long and thin...
Bear in mind that it's a French catfish :-)
"snicker"
“Bear in mind that it’s a French catfish...”
....you know, I thought that catfish looked gay.
that’s a good ‘un too....you live in the South?....looks like Spanish moss in the background.
Hey coolbreeze, need some bait???????
We 'probably' wouldn't be able to post an article like that at Free Republic :-)
You'll have to fix your own supper.
Gone fishing!
Love, Gill
hehe! It seems that she's found another skill....she may have been in need of a little boost to the ol' ego:
Usually Im just chef and bottle washer but I decided to have a go this time.
Hey coolbreeze, need some bait???????
Well that’s cut bait for a season....do flounder and drum eat French food?
A season if you're a charterboat captain........
...do flounder and drum eat French food?
Beats me, you're the expert :)
He'd say he was going for a shave and a "hot blow job", which ended up meaning getting his hair fluffed with a dryer.
He'd say he was going for a shave and a "hot blow job", which ended up meaning getting his hair fluffed with a dryer.
Here in the USA, or at least in areas other than Nevada, posting a price list with items like that on it at your 'barber shop' would entitle you to six months' worth of covert FBI surveillance before one of the agents simply got fed up with the whole matter and walked in the front door and advised the owner that his price list could be 'misinterpreted' by some. :-)
Pass the hush puppies please...
oooh Yummy!
First time I had Hush Puppies was with blackened redfish in Nawlins....just love 'em!
She will never let her husband forget about the first time she went fishing.
He has no bragging rights.....ever again.
That catfish thought he was safe in France because he knew girlangler lived in the US of A. *grin*
I thought the term “hush puppies” came from the servants who walked from the outdoor kitchen to the main house carrying food.
I hate her.
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