Boy saves allowance for new rod, lands 83-pound catfish

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[mylife]

Autry Hogan saved his allowance to buy a new fishing rod and last Saturday the 7-year-old Tennessean broke in his new equipment by landing an 83-pound flathead catfish.

According to Clarksville Now, Autry was fishing on the Cumberland River with his father, grandfather, and younger brother, when he hooked a catfish that was about as long (47 inches) as he is tall

The fish was released but based on a photo supplied by the family, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency confirmed the species as a flathead catfish.

[mylife]

Ahh,, ye trusty snoopy zebco rod and reel..

[Flick Lives]

Holy carp!

[Vaquero]

a country boy can survive

Also when he’s a tad older and bigger he can noodle him up a catfish.

[mylife]

[mylife]

the city is no place for a country boy, but pretty men go thar..

[zek157]

Terrible method to hold a fish one intends to release. Catfish are tough, but a hand in the gills is never good. Especially after the exertion from being fought and landed.

[mylife]

they shoulda fried him up

[mylife]

we’d nail his head to a board (trophy) and eat him.

[circlecity]

“they shoulda fried him up”

The big ones are never that good of eating. 10lbs. and up are for the trophy photos - 2-3 lbs are for the frying pan.

[Kriggerel]

...PeTA issues a statement decrying the “monstrous cruelty” of fishing, and tries to brutally shame this seven-year-old in 5... 4... 3... 2...

[outofsalt]

Boy’s head would fit in the mouth of that fish.
He will remember it for the rest of his life.
I was younger than him when I caught a baby octopus while fishing with my dad. He cut it up for bait. I was livid at the time, but I remember it fondly 55 years later.

[bert]

so, we get it

You care

[crusty old prospector]

“Maybe you best go down to a town. Get out of these mountains.”

“I’ve been to a town, Del.”

Jeremiah Johnson.

[dljordan]

“Also when he’s a tad older and bigger he can noodle him up a catfish.”

Yeah, a nice, even tempered Alligator Gar.

[gundog]

Looks like he’s got the operculum.

[moovova]

I prefer fishing the old fashioned way.

[mylife]

I’ve done that!

[gundog]

Always sayin’ something to make ya split yer sides alaughin’....

[Mathews]

Best times of my life were spent fishing with my dad and my boys.

[eastforker]

I will tell you first hand that is horse hockey. The big ones eat just as good as the little ones, it is all in how you clean them.