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100-pound catfish invade Susquehanna
http://www.post-gazette.com/ ^ | Friday, July 26, 2002 | By The Associated Press

Posted on 08/24/2002 11:07:42 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:34:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LANCASTER -- One-hundred pound flathead catfish could eventually take over the Susquehanna River and disrupt its ecosystem, according to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

Last week, commission officials confirmed that the species recently entered the Susquehanna River. And officials are worried the predatory fish, which can reach more than 100 pounds, could cause problems for other species.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: catfish; fish; flathead
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Flatheads prefer live fish. They eat bass, bluegill and other catfish.

They taste great.


81 posted on 08/16/2004 7:53:30 PM PDT by Bluntpoint
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To: Willie Green

Trolling for catfish.

Ping all the other troll hunters and ridicule him.


82 posted on 08/16/2004 7:54:25 PM PDT by Bluntpoint
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To: wildbill

I saw those guys on TV. Quite interesting


83 posted on 08/16/2004 7:55:14 PM PDT by dc27
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To: madison10

Wow next thing you know the Sturgeons gonna eat a human lol. Any way check out what I found. http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=19036


84 posted on 08/16/2004 7:55:17 PM PDT by OverPowered Godzilla
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Flatheads love basketballs!

http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=20;t=001024


85 posted on 08/16/2004 8:03:39 PM PDT by Bluntpoint
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To: Bluntpoint

Lol I know,I find that story to be very funny lol. Also On the link I gave you Fish can get alot bigger then some say.


86 posted on 08/16/2004 8:06:17 PM PDT by OverPowered Godzilla
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To: Free Trapper

lol, live bait.. depends on what size you want. I was down on "kentucky lake" years ago when I saw first hand what fishing for Big fish was all about. They used 1/4 inch nylon rope on a hand cranked winch with a 3 pronged anchor for a hook. The bait - 1 whole 6 pound chicken. The Bobber was a full sized styrofoam cooler. The fish, well, there's plenty of pictures of them in the local restaraunts up and down the river, 6 feet on up. Now *that* is fishin for cat lol.


87 posted on 08/16/2004 8:11:45 PM PDT by Havoc (.)
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To: Bluntpoint

Here's a link to some amazon Cat's. http://www.bassmex.com/pages/amazon_catfish.htm


88 posted on 08/16/2004 8:22:30 PM PDT by OverPowered Godzilla
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To: ReaganIsRight

Plus catfish are son-a-bitches they live forever plus they can skip along dry land for quite a long distance without taking air like other fishes. Same with eel's.


89 posted on 08/16/2004 8:23:44 PM PDT by KingNo155
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To: Hermann the Cherusker

Dude you should see some of them asain Cat's. Ive seen pictures of noodlers with Cat's like 10 feet. How do they pull thsoe things out of the water. They can grow up to like 15 feet on top of that. People die every year noddling for those Cat's.


90 posted on 08/16/2004 8:29:51 PM PDT by OverPowered Godzilla
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Nope. Flat Head Catfish almsot always eat nothing but live bait.


91 posted on 08/16/2004 8:32:16 PM PDT by OverPowered Godzilla
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To: prisoner6; Arrowhead1952; DrewsDad; basil

We have cats at Mansfield Dam here on Lake Travis that are 12 ft long, according to our divers.


92 posted on 08/16/2004 8:32:37 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: OverPowered Godzilla

Meow.


93 posted on 08/16/2004 8:37:30 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: txflake

Edible?


94 posted on 08/16/2004 8:40:16 PM PDT by maro
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To: txflake

Is this lake in America. Also I would love it more than anything to go to one of those places on the Amazon river like many other popular people do and catch three foot bass and try to catch a 16 foot CatFish lol even though he would pull me in the water. Even if three men were holding an ugly stik with 500 pound test line the rod would break lol.


95 posted on 08/16/2004 8:41:26 PM PDT by OverPowered Godzilla
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Lol.


96 posted on 08/16/2004 8:42:00 PM PDT by OverPowered Godzilla
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To: Free Trapper
mentions a 315 pound blue caught in the Missouri

315 lbs.

My God.

97 posted on 08/16/2004 8:47:56 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Free Trapper
I just wandered across this article, why wasn't I pinged?Please put me on all fish articles ping list,315 lb blue eah, now thats what I call a fish.
98 posted on 08/16/2004 9:02:45 PM PDT by eastforker (Maybe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure what I said is what I meant_John Kerry)
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To: eastforker
This was a hoot, watch these old boys catch some catfish...takes a minute to load and they don't catch the first one until about 8 minutes into the video.

http://www.fishwithus.net/includes/noodling.html

99 posted on 08/16/2004 9:05:22 PM PDT by Cap'n Crunch
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To: prisoner6
At a lock and dam near St. Louis the divers refused to go in unless provided with a sharkprod.
100 posted on 08/16/2004 9:07:17 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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