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June 29th 2005, 02:15 PM #1
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Male - ChristianGiant catfish found
Whoa this thing is huge.
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June 29th 2005, 02:31 PM #2
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Male - ApatheistRe: Giant catfish found
I'm wondering how exactly they caught that thing. Did they use a net? Did they use rod and reel? And what type of bait? Did they use fat gerbils or hamsters or some such thing?
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June 29th 2005, 02:39 PM #3
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Male - ChristianRe: Giant catfish found
Look at the other pictures. seems like they already had it in captivity and it died. It is a former catfish. It is no more.
edit: oops. I was wrong. says:
Caught last month (May 1) in the Mekong River, a team of fishermen struggled for more than an hour to haul the creature in. It tipped the scales at 646 pounds (293 kilograms).
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June 29th 2005, 02:41 PM #4
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Male - ChristianRe: Giant catfish found
ACK! For some reason the picture of them cutting it up freaked me out.
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June 29th 2005, 02:45 PM #5
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Male - ApatheistRe: Giant catfish found
'E's passed on! This catfish is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! ' 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-CATFISH!!*
Originally posted by JohnSparks
*Note: All parrot related comments have been edited out due to the fact that this is a catfish, not a parrot.“History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.”
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June 29th 2005, 02:52 PM #6
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Male - ChristianRe: Giant catfish found
Originally posted by Nicholas
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June 29th 2005, 03:04 PM #7
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It didn't take long.
It figures, who let the cat in? Originally posted by Bill the Cat
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June 29th 2005, 03:36 PM #8
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Male - ChristianRe: Giant catfish found
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June 29th 2005, 03:38 PM #9
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Male - ChristianRe: Giant catfish found
So, I take it they're not doing catch and release?
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June 29th 2005, 04:17 PM #10
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I'm thinking it would take some seriously big hush-puppies to make a side dish for that thing...
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June 29th 2005, 05:16 PM #11
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Boggling.
I'm still trying to get my mind around the size of the lemon needed. I wouldn't want to handle that piece of citrus with a paper cut of any description.
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June 30th 2005, 05:50 AM #12
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Male - AtheistRe: Giant catfish found
And now for something completely different... Originally posted by Higon
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June 30th 2005, 05:38 PM #13
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Male - ChristianRe: Giant catfish found
Meanwhile back in the States...
From the AP, Alton, Illionois, one Tim Pruitt quite recently caught a 58 in. long, 44 inches around blue channel cat of 124 pounds...rod & reel, Mississippi River.
I am a bit in mourning because from my part o' the world came the current champion at 121 lbs., 8 oz. -pulled out of Lake Texoma...(and that's not a Texan-style exaggeration either !)
Oh, so close ! Aw, fishsticks !!
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This is a far cry from what God meant when he told us to exercise "dominion." (Pastor Greg Boyd.)
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June 30th 2005, 06:01 PM #14
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Male - ChristianRe: Giant catfish found
You guys ever hear of, "Noodling"? I'd like to see somebody 'noodle' that big boy outta the river...
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June 30th 2005, 06:20 PM #15
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Male - ChristianRe: Giant catfish found
He would have to use his whole body!
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