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Man Catches 121 pound catfish in Texas...WOW!

#1 Postby southerngale » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:01 pm

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SHERMAN, Texas -- It's a whale of a tale, and an angler produced a 121-pound catfish to back it up.

Cody Mullennix, 27, of Howe, was fishing from a bank on the Texas side of Lake Texoma Friday when his rod and reel went down, the Herald Democrat (Sherman-Denison) reported in Monday editions.

After a 20-minute struggle, he was able to land the 60-inch long blue catfish. He needed help from longtime angling buddy Jason Holbrook to weigh the fish.

"I was out there by myself and we didn't have any scales beside a 50-pound set," Mullennix said. "Jason brought a 100-pound set of scales. This fish bottomed those scales before we ever even got the fish off the ground.''

Officials say it's one of the largest caught in Texas.

After getting an accurate weight of the fish, the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens transported the fish back to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department facility to be put on display.
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#2 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:56 pm

Let's have a fish fry! :-) UMMMMMMM Good!
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#3 Postby timNms » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:14 pm

Bet he'd be as tough as shoe leather!
My brother and a friend of his caught a huge catfish many yrs ago in the Okatoma creek about 4 miles from home. I can't remember how much it weighed, but it filled my mom's bathtub up!
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#4 Postby Skywatch_NC » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:48 pm

Hey Ma, make some hushpuppies...we have ya a FISH!!!! :eek: :D

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#5 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:40 pm

That even made it on my local news last night Kelly!! I was like OMGosh!! that thing could swallow a car. Unbelievable. He is definitely in the books on that catch. To bad Marshall. lol.

But, they could have gave it to an aquarium instead of killling it. :(
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#6 Postby chadtm80 » Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:43 pm

Wow.. Im jealous. Ill be going out fishing this sunday, but dont expect any pics like that.. lol
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#7 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:49 pm

This guy was standing on a bank. Unbelievable. You never know chad.
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#8 Postby StormCrazyIowan » Wed Jan 21, 2004 7:25 pm

!!! Display?? Fry that sucker!! :lol:

Actually, I usually throw my fish back!!! *sob* I WANNA GO FISHIN!!!! And NO, I do not mean ICE fishing! :lol:
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#9 Postby mf_dolphin » Wed Jan 21, 2004 7:45 pm

Come on down Jacki! Chad and I will take you fishing :-)
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#10 Postby streetsoldier » Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:22 pm

The biggest catfish on record was caught a few years ago from the bank of the Missouri River, right here in the "Show-Me State"; it was 5" 10", and weighed in at 152 lbs, 5 oz. :eek: :eek: :eek:

I think the lucky fishermen threw it back...not sure.
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#11 Postby Anonymous » Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:16 am

WHOA! I didnt know catfish even got that big :eek:

Guess mounting it and putting it on the wall was outta the question lol
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#12 Postby Suzi Q » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:20 am

Ok, I'm stupid. Did they kill that poor fish or not? Sorry but I'm a critter person and if that poor fish was that big, he was prolly was a happy old soul who "I think" should been left alone to live out his days in peace.

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#13 Postby azsnowman » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:50 am

Mmmm, Mmmmm......fried taters, coleslaw, fried bisquits, with an RC Cola??? Do it get ANY better than THAT?*drools*

I've caught some cats in my day but NUTHIN' that big, think the biggest cat I've caught was a misely 24 lbs!

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#14 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:18 am

Dang! 121 lb. catfish?

Which proves one thing, everything's big from the Lone Star State.
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#15 Postby Skywatch_NC » Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:37 am

I've heard of monster cats being pulled from rivers in NC...like the Pamlico and Cape Fear...they don't call it the Cape FEAR for nothing...LOOK at the SIZE of that FISH!!! :eek: :eek: :lol:

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#16 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:56 am

My guess is that he did get a big aquarium to reside in, if he lived. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wouldn't "put him on display" on a wall, right?
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#17 Postby Lindaloo » Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:59 am

Suzi Q wrote:Ok, I'm stupid. Did they kill that poor fish or not? Sorry but I'm a critter person and if that poor fish was that big, he was prolly was a happy old soul who "I think" should been left alone to live out his days in peace.

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I agree!! He should have at least been given in an aquarium. He is probably on his way to the taxidermy man as we type. :(
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