Reply by: BITE ME      Posted: 7/21/2010 11:12:49 AM     Points: 5393    

Way sick ! can you imagine noodling that ! It could eat your arm and half your body

 Reply by: gatorjoe      Posted: 7/21/2010 11:26:36 AM     Points: 1263    

It was a blue cat, not a channel cat from what I heard. Still an amazing catch.

 Reply by: EOrf      Posted: 7/21/2010 11:27:53 AM     Points: 2482    

What a fish!!

 Reply by: Robby      Posted: 7/21/2010 11:29:44 AM     Points: 402    

WOW!!!!!!!

 Reply by: Bassackwards      Posted: 7/21/2010 11:33:30 AM     Points: 2327    

For half a second I thought that was Jed (JOhnny). Where is that guy?

 Reply by: gatorjoe      Posted: 7/21/2010 11:57:59 AM     Points: 1263    

Not trying to hijack the thread, but JED is dealing with real life right now. That's why I've been away a lot lately too.

 Reply by: BASS BANDIT      Posted: 7/21/2010 12:24:15 PM     Points: 183    

god that puts a new meaning of river monsters

 Reply by: Nightstalker      Posted: 7/21/2010 1:10:08 PM     Points: 4779    

The dude used an asian carp that jumped into his boat for the bait that caught this incredible beast...

 Reply by: rumncoke0482      Posted: 7/21/2010 1:40:58 PM     Points: 339    

talk about things going your way................. john boat 500 bucks, fishing gear 100 bucks........... bait that jumps into your boat that helps you break the world and state recrod on catfish in one shot price less

 Reply by: reconfisher      Posted: 7/21/2010 1:58:14 PM     Points: 9297    

set to be another world record in 2010...wut a year fishing it has been thus far!

 Reply by: ripley      Posted: 7/21/2010 2:35:41 PM     Points: 620    

I grew up in Illinois and went to college about 10 blocks from the Mississippi river. About 20 years ago there were very few large cats being caught in the Mississippi river system because of years of commercial fishing over harvesting. It is really great to see how well the fishery has recovered and the number of giant catfish that have been caught there in the last several years. If I remember right the record for blue and flathead cats were around 100 pounds just 15 years ago now they are both around 125. It will be cool to see what the fishery can produce in the next couple of decades. In the 1800s there were reports of blues being caught by commercial fishermen close to 200 lbs. That was an awesome catch and hopefully a good sign of things to come.

 Reply by: ripley      Posted: 7/21/2010 2:37:17 PM     Points: 620    

I also hope that the Asian Carp do not ruin all of this progress with the fishery.

 Reply by: FishWhacked      Posted: 7/21/2010 3:48:30 PM     Points: 168    

That's awesome! Dude's life just changed

Don't you get sponsorships etc $$ for making a catch like that, even a blue cat??

 Reply by: aerofanbig      Posted: 7/21/2010 3:57:00 PM     Points: 1841    

There was an article I read today about this, the guy who caught the last record in 2005 tried to get rich lol he said he LOST a ton of money on it.

Great catch, both fisherman believe it will be broken again before too long. The BIG cat world has really made an effort towards CPR lately from what I gather. Good to see positive results!

And the guy had a slooow night and was about to head back home when he hooked this behomth.

 Reply by: FISHRANGLER      Posted: 7/21/2010 4:15:21 PM     Points: 4429    

That is a really big fish!!!!

 Reply by: pbs      Posted: 7/21/2010 4:38:28 PM     Points: 3334    

yeppers...BIG kitty!

 Reply by: Bigfish513      Posted: 7/25/2010 11:00:51 PM     Points: 16    

I cant imagine catching a 130 pound fish... id probably cry like a little girl once i saw it )

 Reply by: bratfish      Posted: 7/26/2010 10:00:13 AM     Points: 903    

a state record let alone a world record would be snazzy. congrats to that fisherman.

 Reply by: itgotaway      Posted: 8/1/2010 8:02:01 PM     Points: 1    

ok son is shipping off to the Navy on tuesday - I want to take him fishing at pueblo res tonight one last time before I lose my buddy. I need info on where to go to catch some big cats, i want this to be memorable. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
Sad Father

 Reply by: EOrf      Posted: 8/1/2010 8:06:13 PM     Points: 2482    

Try the East end use cut bait and of course post how you did..I need to get out there a fish of them..Good luck

 Reply by: Slashbait      Posted: 8/1/2010 8:11:56 PM     Points: 53    

That's a big kittie!