That catfish thought he was safe in France because he knew girlangler lived in the US of A. *grin*
That’s one lucky catfish, I would have humiliated him long before he got that big (LOL).
Truth is, I am not a catfish fan. If I catch one, I deal with it (I have caught many) fishing for other, more elegant species (LOL). I caught one little one in Texas off my dock a LONG time ago, hooked him in the face, got bit by his gill while trying to release him. I caught him again a week later, off my dock, with the hook still in his face.
My sister and her husband live in Alabama. They call me all the time and give me minute to the minute reports on camping at night on a boat, and pulling in big cats from the Tennessee River.
Those French catfish better stay away from my sister, she’s a catfishing fool.