[Domestic Church]

Yep, I've heard of really, really large channel catfish even at small local dams! They scare the heck out of the guys who do the underwater repair jobs.

[Lokibob]

I cought a 765 lb catfish out of Utah Lake. The tough part wasn't catching the fish, it was putting the 100 lb cricket on the hook.

[dozer7]

"Yep, I've heard of really, really large channel catfish even at small local dams! They scare the heck out of the guys who do the underwater repair jobs"

I live in Kansas the biggest on I ever landed on a pole is 89 pounds not even a record now using a sweede is a different story.

[El Gran Salseron]

A friend of mine is a professional scuba/hardhat diver. The company he works for has a contract to clean the cooling water intakes and exhausts for the nuclear power plant down near Bay City, Texas.

One time a team went down, came back up immediately, scared to death and refused to go back down.

They said that there were catfish down there as big as a Volkswagen and could easily swallow a man.

Whether or not it is true I have no idea but I wouldn't think that a pro diver would tell falsehoods about such a thing.