NC man sets new record after catching 127lb catfish
A Four Oaks man caught a 127.1 pound blue catfish on Sunday morning at Roanoke River.
www.wral.com
Man was a little vague on his fishing methods. "Caught with a rod and reel" but no details about bait choice or location.
Good for him. That's a monster fish. Surprised they got all those photos with it and still released it alive.
I dont fish. Not a lot of interest to me, too slow.
There's many things that dont have much interest to me.
But what DOES interest me is large animals. I am completely fascinated that we keep finding these record sized animals.
Good for this guy, that's awesome. MORE awesome that he put it back into the wild.
But, yeah. This planet is awesome, we keep finding things thought to be extinct, finding things that smash previous records for size. It's just cool to me, so interesting.
Article said they beat the record by 5 pounds.whoa.......i am tthinking the previous record was.on the neighborhood of 90 lbs. If correct that recorf was destroyed.
WHATEVER happened to those nuclear catfish, swimming around the dam below the Duke Power nuke station on Lake Norman, that my best friend's uncle's neighbor's dad's first cousin's sister's boyfriend's boss's nephew's college roommate's Navy buddy saw, as a diver inspecting for cracks in the dam - the ones he said were big as a (1970's!) Buick, and could swallow a man whole? 🤔
I always thought one of THOSE would be the state record by NOW... 🤪
Not as funny after I had to go figure out his new username for you. 🤣So, member @Whois Bin Farteen has lost some weight recently?
Not as funny after I had to go figure out his new username for you. 🤣
Hahahaha! I heard the same exact story...several times...except it was about Fontana dam. Gotta be true!WHATEVER happened to those nuclear catfish, swimming around the dam below the Duke Power nuke station on Lake Norman, that my best friend's uncle's neighbor's dad's first cousin's sister's boyfriend's boss's nephew's college roommate's Navy buddy saw, as a diver inspecting for cracks in the dam - the ones he said were big as a (1970's!) Buick, and could swallow a man whole? 🤔
I always thought one of THOSE would be the state record by NOW... 🤪
I think it’s visible to everyone for 30 days. That’s the duration before somebody can change it again…but not sure if the two things are linked.Is that a mod only thing now? I used to be able to see the clock but it is gone.
There are bigger catfish than that around.
There have been divers in the santee making repairs to the dam that claim to have seen catfish big enough to swallow them.
IIRC they can live a very long time and like anacondas continue to grow so long as they have enough food.
I think the oldest documented channel catfish was something like 40. Some one in 2016 caught a Mekong giant catfish that weighted 700+ lbs and was thought to be 176 years old in the Mississippi. Koi have been known to live to be 100+. One was said to be 226. The avg in the US is 18 in Japan it is 40. I have ones that live in my backyard that are 15-18 years old. I am their 3rd owners. LOL
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