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Giant 14ft, 800lb stingray is the biggest freshwater fish ever caught with a line and rod [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| March 12, 2015
| Lydia Willgress
Posted on 03/12/2015 8:05:08 AM PDT by C19fan
A stingray weighing nearly 800lb has become the largest freshwater fish ever caught by rod and line. The gigantic flat fish, which was 8ft wide and 14ft long, took nearly two hours to reel in. It was caught by American TV nature conservationist Jeff Corwin on the Mae Klong river in Thailand earlier this week.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: fishing; stingray; thailand
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To: circlecity
That’s nothing compared to the giant catifsh I caught below the dam at Lake Barkley, Ky. Easily a ton and a half. Hooked it on a pocket fisherman with steel leaders. It took two backhoes and a bulldozer using steel cable to pull it to shore. It fed an entire city for three weeks during the blizzard of ‘78 - saved a lot of lives those fillets did. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. ROTFL!
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03/12/2015 9:11:18 AM PDT
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Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: LadyBuck
Around here, hunting and fishing puts food on the table. It isn’t about bragging rights. I come from poor folks myself who fished for table protein but it didn’t stop them from bragging.
Fishing and hunting stories are as old as language they may even be the very foundation for language.
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03/12/2015 9:15:41 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: showme_the_Glory
I never caught a Sturgeon but while fishing on the Connecticut River I spotted one in a canal swimming back and forth, I estimated it was about 7 ft long ,not sure of the weight but it was an amazing sight. Found out later it’s not legal to catch them. They are pretty rare.
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posted on
03/12/2015 10:31:39 AM PDT
by
ABN 505
(apo)
To: C19fan
But does he taste good, Uncle Lar?
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posted on
03/12/2015 10:32:15 AM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/12/2015 10:39:17 AM PDT
by
Bratch
To: ABN 505
Sturgeon are common in the rivers and sloughs in the west. I have seen a 10 ft Sturgeon caught in the Columbia river OR/WA.
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03/12/2015 11:41:44 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
To: circlecity
That’s nothing compared to the giant catifsh I caught below the dam at Lake Barkley, Ky. Easily a ton and a half. Hooked it on a pocket fisherman with steel leaders. It took two backhoes and a bulldozer using steel cable to pull it to shore. It fed an entire city for three weeks during the blizzard of ‘78 - saved a lot of lives those fillets did. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. And I found an unwater cave once while swimming with a lit candle.
"How did the candle stay lit under water?"
If your fish loses some weight, I'll blow out my candle.
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posted on
03/12/2015 11:48:01 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: circlecity
I think I’ve been seated next to you at the neighborhood bar.
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