Check out this video of a world record 130 Pound Blue Catfish caught in the Missouri River.
Posted on 07/21/2010 11:04:34 AM PDT by OneVike
Check out this video of a world record 130 Pound Blue Catfish caught in the Missouri River.
The fish was caught using a fillet from an Asian carp that jumped into their boat. After the catfish was reeled to the boat, it took the couple another 30 minutes to haul it into the boat. For those who understand the ins and outs of fishing. It was caught using a Penn 320 Reel with a 40lb test Monofilament fishing line.
Follow the link below to see the video news report of the
130lb World Record Blue Catfish Caught
The other jug we took we didn't fish with it......
How do I know that’s real?
Looks like it could have been one of those gag postcards so popular back then.
meant to say hook
Meant type hook and lake, mispelled them,,,,
Back home we noodle catfish that size for alligator bait. :)
Another thing...I am part Indian and I know how to spell CREEK.
fwiw-
There are still some pretty huge gar in southern rivers...
Prolly find it at...Newsok.com
My Gran father and Great Grandfather were homesteaders in Montana. They had a spread on the Gallatin River just outside of the Gallatin Canyon about 20 mile outside of Bozeman Mt.
Anyway, my grandfather was a great fly fisherman, and he used to keep a record of every fish he caught every year. At hi funeral I was one of the pall bearers. While sitting in the break room, I sat and listened to the old timers who knew him. They told me that my Granpa had caught almost 5000 fish in one year alone ion the mid 1950’s. They told me if I could find his book that it would have many a tail of his fishing trips around the North West.
I looked and looked, but unfortunately the book was lost.
The Missouri and major tributaries like the Osage and Kaw River had a lot of catfish that size prior to the 1950s.
I saw pictures of my grandfather with catfish that big and larger where the cat was nailed to a tree (for skinning) with the tail on the ground and the catfish was taller than my 5’4” grandfather standing next to it.
No insult meant. My spell check missed it. You should hear how I pronounce it. I usually call it a crik. So at least my spelling was closer....LOL
From what I learned the Indians never had metal for hooks. Maybe they used bone, but everything I read says they did use primitive nets, damming the crik, hands, and spears.
Nothing against you if you are an Indian, or part Indian, but I do not have any fantasies that lead me to believe that the American Indians were very advanced. They never even invented the wheel.
My great-grandfather caught a lot of catfish in Ark. using dynamite or black powder sticks out of a rowboat. Stories handed down through the family. I imagine he floated some mighty big ones up back in the 1880s.””
Dad bought me a dozen sticks for the 4th of July the summer I turned 15. We had a helluva time getting the dynamite to go off under water. I got two sticks out of 12 to explode and the rest just went to the bottom—we used wax fuse, packing in grease, wax, and everything we could think of. No fish worth keeping came to the surface—very sad day but kinda exciting for a kid. God rest his soul, Dad followed the road less traveled. Miss him since his passing in 1996.
Yeah, and your real name if Amos Moses, named after a man of the cloth.
The woman is ignorant. There’s no need to ridicule her physical appearance.
“The woman is ignorant. There’s no need to ridicule her physical appearance”.
...yeah. You’re right. One of her ass cheeks is probably 10 lbs less than the fish.
He had one of his sons rowing and, yes, he almost got caught in the blast a time or two, according to the family stories. He used a 1/4 stick at a time.
Apparently my Great Grandfather had it down to a science. I think the fuse is the main thing, since it contains it’s own oxygen. If it won’t burn under water you’re in trouble!:)
Very good point. We tested the fuse first in a 3 gallon bucket of water attached to the dynamite cap—the cap ruptured the metal bucket. So, we assumed the same would work in pond water.
"General Sherman". Previously caught by a guy named Homer, giant of a man, 7ft tall, huge shock of red hair, red like the fires of hekll.
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