NC record catfish. 127lb.

whoa.......i am tthinking the previous record was.on the neighborhood of 90 lbs. If correct that recorf was destroyed.
 
GoWolfpack said:
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.
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It’s a catfish. You can’t kill them.

I caught one, walked a mile and a half back to my truck, through it in the bed on a 90 degree day, drove 20 minutes to grab some lunch and then 30 minutes back to my buddies house. Put the catfish in the sink and turned on the water to rinse him off and the bastard came back to life and went Berserk.

I just hope it doesn’t turn out he tickled it up or some such and the record sticks.
 
Yea there are a couple of NC catfishing pages that went pretty active last night. First word I saw was it maxed out 110lb scale and they were looking another. Then they needed proper transportation as they intended a live release. The guy that holds other NC catfish records was in FL and reached out to get these guys help. NC Wildlife Biologist (B. Ricks) met them in Goldsboro to certify the catch and the fish swam off under its own power this morning back at the landing on the Roanoke. Full size truck tool boxes were used as livewells. The two helped design the rods they were using with Mad Katz Gear and put them to the test.
 
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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.
 
He caught it in the Roanoke near williamston. I’ve fished there a bunch, there’s some big fosh in that stretch of River, it’s deep, moving, and loaded with structure
 
HMP said:
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.
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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.
 
reptiles and fish just keep getting longer as they age.
mammals and birds reach an adult plateau of height/length.
all, however, can increase in weight/mass with available food.
 
BowWow said:
whoa.......i am tthinking the previous record was.on the neighborhood of 90 lbs. If correct that recorf was destroyed.
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Article said they beat the record by 5 pounds.
 
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... 🤪
 
The War Wagon said:
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... 🤪
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They live on the islands eating unsuspecting campers.
 
BigWaylon said:
Not as funny after I had to go figure out his new username for you. 🤣
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I thought that there had been a member with @catfish as a handle, but when I checked and it was not taken, I figured that I was safe to make a tease at the name. WhozBinFarteen is a classic, though.
 
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GreatGazoo said:
I thought that there had been a member with @catfish as a handle, but when I checked and it was not taken, I figured that I was safe to make a tease at the name. WhozBinFarteen is a classic, though.
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The War Wagon said:
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... 🤪
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Hahahaha! I heard the same exact story...several times...except it was about Fontana dam. Gotta be true!
 
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frakncylons said:
Is that a mod only thing now? I used to be able to see the clock but it is gone.
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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.

Somebody told me recently (maybe at lunch last Friday?) that they could still see them for the first 30.
 
Chdamn said:
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.
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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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wvsig said:
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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