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River Monsters -Wells Catfish

On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:14:36 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:41:20 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Jun 20, 8:30*am, "mmc" wrote:
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... Anybody watch "River Monsters" last night? *It was on the Wells
catfish. with some of these monsters being well over 200 lb. *the
biggest the guy caught was in Spain and it weighed 177 lb. Once it was
pulled on shore it seemed rather docil and harmless, but once it was
gently taken back into the water, the thing snapped around like it was
going to take the guys leg off.

the guy doing the fishing said it was quite possible that these things
could actually eat a human baby as ancient folklore had said.

I couldn't believe those huge filets being tuned loose. **Sniff*

Yeah, but who's got a cast iron skillet that big?

You have a point there.Besides that it would probably take the fun out
of fishing.

at 157 -200 Lb.?

One catch and you have a freezer full.

The boys in Louisiana "grab" them. They wade along the edges of the
banks feeling for them up under the lip and drag them out by hand.
Sometimes it takes a couple guys to rassle them up onto the bank.
I guess they grab a gator now and then, that is why guys have names
like "Lefty" and "Stumpy".

Snapping turtles too.

There have been a couple of drowning deaths reported using the
"grappling" or "noodling" method. Never wanted to try it myself.

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