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I need to get out! I think you would have owned that state record Joshuaace !!

I thought so at the time, but at 11:30 p.m. with no live well, trying to get that fish to certified scales would have been a death sentence. The Illinois record will fall soon enough, I don't need to offend the fish gods with the unneccessary slaughter of a fish for a record.

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Gordie was a flat fishing machine today, well till around the noon hour. grin

Nice flat Gordie. Biggest one I have ever seen with my own eyes. I pick the spots and people catch fish lol. Just have to work on that bullie wiff casts so we actually have hungry monsters to catch. laugh Shacks food shelf for hungry flats was open and in full swing today. Fun times this weekend with LFC & Elwood. Some nice flats were boated.

Sunburn, sunburn, and can I say sun burnnnn! grin Beware of the sun burn. wink

Nice fish everyone. Things are rolling hard and time is tight.

Josh. Welcome to HSO and that is one heck-of-a-fish. smile

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Joshuaace...that's very respectable that you didn't risk the life of that beautiful fish for a state record. It's not worth it in my opinion...just a name in a book. Definitely bad Catfish karma.

If you don't mind me asking, what river was that fish out of in Illinois?

And Gordie, again, sweet fish!

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Hotpocket and Gordie are on fire this year with the 50 incher club. Nice one! I love how you didn't let one blown engine ruin your weekend. Thank goodness for hot-spares, eh? Another example of why a guy needs to have at least 2 of everything!

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I thought so at the time, but at 11:30 p.m. with no live well, trying to get that fish to certified scales would have been a death sentence. The Illinois record will fall soon enough, I don't need to offend the fish gods with the unneccessary slaughter of a fish for a record.

Very commendable, kudos to you! A big chunk of Karma just fell on your head.

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Joshuaace...that's very respectable that you didn't risk the life of that beautiful fish for a state record. It's not worth it in my opinion...just a name in a book. Definitely bad Catfish karma.

If you don't mind me asking, what river was that fish out of in Illinois?

And Gordie, again, sweet fish!

That was the second monster I've caught out of Clinton Lake, Dewitt county, Illinois.

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I thought so at the time, but at 11:30 p.m. with no live well, trying to get that fish to certified scales would have been a death sentence. The Illinois record will fall soon enough, I don't need to offend the fish gods with the unneccessary slaughter of a fish for a record.

Good call, I couldnt kill a fish either, just to have my name in a book.

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