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Big Fish

The one that *didn't* get away.

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Reply #1 May 24, 2005 10:52:14 PM
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Wow! World record! Congrats!
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Reply #2 May 24, 2005 11:08:10 PM
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That's not me, in case you misunderstood.

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Reply #3 May 25, 2005 1:13:48 AM
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not a bad bit 'o bait to catch the real monster
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Reply #4 May 25, 2005 3:39:03 AM
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Nice fish! Congrats to the angler

[ Interesting to note that a catfish fits into the gamefish category ]

*shameless self-plug, below.

To see a few of the fish I've caught recently, click the link below to go to my photo album

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Reply #5 May 25, 2005 4:30:28 AM
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Wow talking about fish.
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Reply #6 May 25, 2005 5:44:11 AM
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That fish could stans to lose a couple.. er, more than a couple pounds....
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Reply #7 May 25, 2005 5:57:46 AM
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To see a few of the fish I've caught recently, click the link below to go to my photo album

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Wow, those are impressive. I especially like that marlin!

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Reply #8 May 25, 2005 11:13:16 AM
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Maybe I'm not as smart as I thought...A fish drowned?
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Reply #9 May 25, 2005 9:05:20 PM
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Hey horiz0n;

A fish needs to have water moving over it's gills for it to be able to take oxygen from it. By the end of the fight between man and fish ~fish had rolled onto its side and no longer had the strength to keep moving on its own. Water ceased to be moving over the gill plates, so the fish was no longer getting oxygen. Hence it drowned. This happened right at the side of the boat, and can happen in an amazingly short timeframe.

The fight should not have taken as long as it did, but that was one stubborn fish, which kept taking line and diving down deep.

I was [bodily] sore for about a week, but was more upset that the fish actually died.
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Reply #10 May 25, 2005 10:34:43 PM
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Sometimes, if you want to release a fish alive after such a battle, you can put the fish in the water and move it forward and back, manually causing water/oxygen to pass over the gills until the fish has enough strength to do it on its own. This is common with Musky and Northern Pike.
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Reply #11 May 26, 2005 2:51:36 PM
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pffth! You should have seen the only I got! It was this long!
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Reply #12 May 26, 2005 3:59:10 PM
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It was only six inches long?

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Reply #13 June 30, 2005 4:59:56 PM
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In this photo released by World Wildlife Fund-National Geographic, two Thai fishermen show a 293-kilogram (646-pound) giant catfish they caught from the Mekong River in Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Saturday, June 11, 2005. Thai fishermen have caught this giant catfish believed to be the world's heaviest living freshwater fish but died and was eaten after environmentalists and officials negotiated for its release to allow it to spawn. (AP Photo/Suthep Kritsanavarin, HO)


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Reply #14 June 30, 2005 5:51:27 PM
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Reply #15 June 30, 2005 6:55:00 PM
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Here's a link to another story on this fantastic catfish. Link


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Reply #16 June 30, 2005 8:32:19 PM
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saw this on Good Morning America this morning...that is one big fish.
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Reply #17 June 30, 2005 9:49:17 PM
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makes you wonder how big daddy is
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Reply #18 July 1, 2005 1:54:52 PM
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makes you wonder how big daddy is
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Reply #19 August 5, 2005 9:30:22 AM
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