Man Catches124-pound blue catfish

[Holmes_Fans]

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In a photo from Tim Pruitt and provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Tim Pruitt, of Alton, Ill., holds a 124-pound blue catfish early Sunday morning, May 22, 2005, that he hooked late Saturday on the Mississippi River near Alton. The fish is 58 inches long and 44 inches around. It took Pruitt more than a half-hour to drag the fish into his boat. It is the largest of its kind in state history, and is expected to be certified a world record by the International Game Fish Association. The fish has been kept alive and will be on display in a tank at the Cabela's Outfitter store in Kansas City, Kan., according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. (AP Photo/Handout photo provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources)[IMG]In a photo from Tim Pruitt and provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Tim Pruitt, of Alton, Ill., holds a 124-pound blue catfish early Sunday morning, May 22, 2005, that he hooked late Saturday on the Mississippi River near Alton. The fish is 58 inches long and 44 inches around. It took Pruitt more than a half-hour to drag the fish into his boat. It is the largest of its kind in state history, and is expected to be certified a world record by the International Game Fish Association. The fish has been kept alive and will be on display in a tank at the Cabela's Outfitter store in Kansas City, Kan., according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. (AP Photo/Handout photo provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources)


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[AggieJohn]

that's the fabled "old blue"

[sicem74]

come on its fake!!

[Holmes_Fans]

Originally posted by sicem74
come on its fake!!


Originally posted by Holmes_Fans

In a photo from Tim Pruitt and provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[spiveyrat]

Not a fake. They do get that big. You can go visit one of comparable size caught last year in Athens, Texas. (http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/hatchery/tffc/newsrel/bigbluecat2.htm)

[neck_06]

well, that just killed my dream of catching the worlds biggest catfish!!1 ;)

[Ranger Mom]

I'm just glad they are keeping it alive. I wonder if there are fish vets that can look at his teeth and tell you how old he is?:thinking:

[kaorder1999]

holy crap....

[sicem74]

they should kill it and feed it to ppl they can get alot of money that way????

[RBARKER]

Fry that baby up and get me some fries :D

[sicem74]

lol ya thats wha tim talkin bout

[BHKrystal06]

omg that's a scary lookin fish

[spiveyrat]

I can't imagine that fish would taste all that good.

Sad to see "Splash" (the fish in Athens that was taken from Texoma last year) replaced by a new world record outside Texas.

[c-town_balla]

Charles can you make a smart comment every now and then?

[GOFOR2]

Originally posted by sicem74
come on its fake!!

get some brains in that musclehead of yours and you will realize it is not a fake.
he must of been working out too!

[sicem74]

dude i was jokin and nick lol dont take it serious ok!:eek:

[cdlvj]

on the way to the tank.

[spiveyrat]

Originally posted by cdlvj
on the way to the tank.

Really? Where'd you see/hear that?

[Holmes_Fans]

Originally posted by spiveyrat
Really? Where'd you see/hear that? espn had footage of it in a tank somewhere

[sinton66]

Well, this may just be a "campfire" story, but I know divers that will swear there are catfish in Possum Kingdom as big as Volkswagons. They claim to have seen them first hand.

[cdlvj]

Originally posted by Holmes_Fans
espn had footage of it in a tank somewhere

Austin American-Statesman

World-Record 124-Pound Blue Catfish Dies
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A record 124-pound blue catfish caught earlier this week by an Illinois man fishing in the Mississippi River died on its way to the Cabela's Outfitter store where it was to go on display.

Tim Pruitt, 33, of Godfrey, Ill., caught the world-record blue catfish early Sunday near Alton.

In a photo from Tim Pruitt and provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Tim Pruitt, of Alton, Ill., holds a 124-pound blue catfish early Sunday morning, May 22, 2005, that he hooked late Saturday on the Mississippi River near Alton. The fish is 58 inches long and 44 inches around. It took Pruitt more than a half-hour to drag the fish into his boat. It is the largest of its kind in state history, and is expected to be certified a world record by the International Game Fish Association. The fish has been kept alive and will be on display in a tank at the Cabela's Outfitter store in Kansas City, Kan., according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. (AP Photo/Handout photo provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources)
The fish, measuring 58 inches long and 44 inches around, was kept alive and was to be displayed in a tank at Cabela's in Kansas City, Kan., but it died en route to the store.

"We're baffled by this," Fred Cronin, a fisheries biologist for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, told The Kansas City Star. "We took a lot of precautions to see that the fish was comfortable.

"But we're talking about a fish that was very old, very heavy," he said. "The stress of being transported like that could have been too much

[spiveyrat]

Originally posted by sinton66
Well, this may just be a "campfire" story, but I know divers that will swear there are catfish in Possum Kingdom as big as Volkswagons. They claim to have seen them first hand.

I've heard similar legends about divers who have gone down to check/maintence the turbines in the dam at Sam Rayburn Res.

[Old Tiger]

fries and jalopeno hush puppies...