Sick! Isn't it?

[hanson]

World Record Flathead Catfish

58" x 44" = 124lbs

Mississippi River

The girth on that fish is as long as the big flats we catch.

[Shack]

I wonder how long it took him to reel that thing in?

[mplspug]

Sick that the guy is on the gate of his pickup and probably ate the thing right after the picture!

[The J-Man!]

It is an awesome fish indeed. There are many rumors about how he caught the fish though. Witnesses reportedly said the fish was nearly dead while floating on the surface when he discovered it and somehow managed to hook it. If you dig around the internet you'll find some reports about it.

[PierBridge]

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Sick that the guy is on the gate of his pickup and probably ate the thing right after the picture!

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Your not suppose to crab them by the mouth that coud hurt the fishy.

[slipperybob]

Hmm, he snagged it? or noodled it? or hog wrestled it?

[DTro]

The version I read had him landing it with a Zebco 33

[audemp]

That thing looks like Jabba the hut!

[Andrew Erickson]

That thing makes my biggest muskie look like baitfish!

[DTro]

You know the craziest part of that?

A fish 30lbs bigger than that was once speared in Henderson, MN!