4-year-old catches 45-pound fish in Trinity

10-16-09 | Domingo Ramirez Jr.

[Dysart]

FORT WORTH — This story may sound fishy to you, but the Smith family of Joshua has a photo to prove it.

Four-year-old Caden Smith, who weighs 40 pounds, hauled in a 45-pound flathead catfish Saturday while fishing from the banks of the Trinity River near downtown.

"He battled for his life," his uncle Dan Smith of Hurst said Wednesday.

[Dysart]

Story concludes by reporting he threw Moby Dick back. I would have thrown in a frying pan after a light breading.

[Lurker]

Flatheads are good eating, that’s for sure.

[Jeff Chandler]

Story concludes by reporting he threw Moby Dick back. I would have thrown in a frying pan after a light breading.

I don't know. That sucker is no spring chicken and the younger ones tend to be better eats.

[Graybeard58]

[NormsRevenge]

Dang. That’s a big ‘un, son.

[manic4organic]

I wouldn’t eat anything that came out of the Trinity.

[JRandomFreeper]

Cool for the kid. That's a forever memory.

BTW, that looks like a yellow cat, and the best way to prep is to fillet, and trim away the dark meat, cube, roll in corn meal and cayenne, and deep fry. Serve with hush-puppies, fried okra, and your heart meds of choice.

The cheek steaks on one that size are large enough to serve 1 person.

Biggest I've caught was 34 lb yellow cat out of Lake Worth, Texas. Which makes me a little jealous of the kid.

/johnny

[brivette]

did it hurt?

[trumandogz]

That kid must have a bad case of hemorrhoids.

[Dysart]

Your point is well taken. Maybe irradiation would be in order.

[GeronL]

don’t eat the mutatnt fishes from the Trinity...

oh thats the West Fork of the Trinity River... its the East Fork that toxic

[EGPWS]

4-year-old catches 45-pound fish in Trinity

Half the battle, now who is available to make it eatable?

[Vaquero]

Trinity event....nothing fishy here.

[tropical]

Thank you for that post. The tears are still rolling down my cheeks...

[EGPWS]

Oh worry worry, what to do?

Pazo or PreperationH? ROTFLMAO!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I heard that the best recipe was;
Nail fish to fence post in order to skin,
Skin, using ViceGrip pliers
Soak in brine solution,
Discard carcass.
Eat fence post

I know! Painfully old, but it just came to mind!

[JRandomFreeper]

Fastest thing in Dallas county is Amon Carter on a bicycle, headed to Ft. Worth. ;)

/johnny

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Ooooh. OWWW. Them antlers musta hurt comin’ out!

[Rebelbase]

HAR! That must of hurt!

[VR-21]

"I wouldn’t eat anything that came out of the Trinity."

No kidding! I remember jokes about "Trinity trout" when I lived in Dallas.