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39 pounder
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Mar 21, 2024, 9:59 PM
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Well, camping/fishing at Lake Greenwood today. I decided to take one more cast with my chartreuse jig with a 1/8 th ounce red jig head (even said out loud..."OK fish, last chance to take the bait"). Just as I started reeling in, a fish took it. I immediately told Pem to get the net, and we spent 25 minutes trying to get the fish to the boat. It was dragging us through the cove we were in, with the drag on the reel constantly being pulled out. I had 10 pound test spiderwire (braided) on the reel, so did not want the drag too tight. It took awhile to get the net under the fish. It was a 39 pound, 13 ounce catfish. She looked pregnant, so she was set free!
Keep in mind as you look at the pic...I am over 6'3", so from my waist down is about 40 inches
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 21, 2024, 10:03 PM
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That pic should make Spud proud! I am not even going to turn it to make it right side up...Enjoy it, Spud!
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Ring of Honor [21727]
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Dang thing looks like a channel
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Mar 21, 2024, 10:06 PM
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Which would be a humongous channel cat. Doesn't have the colors of a blue or flathead
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Re: Dang thing looks like a channel
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Mar 21, 2024, 10:16 PM
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That would be a channel cat, stress and/ or old age turns them from brown to white.
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Re: Dang thing looks like a channel
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Mar 22, 2024, 6:50 AM
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And my experience on Lake Greenwood says the channel cats are the ones most likely to hit a crappie jig
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Re: 39 pounder- congrats on graduating from the
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Mar 21, 2024, 10:17 PM
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Spud school of sideways photography
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Re: 39 pounder- congrats on graduating from the
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Mar 21, 2024, 10:21 PM
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The head looks like a flathead but the belly is full of eggs indeed.
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 21, 2024, 10:23 PM
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Medicare. For releasing it.
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 21, 2024, 10:24 PM
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I have no idea where Medicare word came from.
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 21, 2024, 10:25 PM
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That’s huge
How long did it take you to reel that one in
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 21, 2024, 10:26 PM
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As I said, 25 minutes...it was dragging us all through the cove we were in.
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Which part of the lake were you on?
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Mar 22, 2024, 6:54 AM
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I live on a cove near Goat Island
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Re: Which part of the lake were you on?
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Mar 22, 2024, 9:05 AM
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This was the cove closest to the ###, but still at the state park.
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Re: Which part of the lake were you on?
Mar 22, 2024, 9:22 AM
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You would think that when you spell the word d.a.m, without the "n", it would not place the asterisks there... But, there are coots on here who would spell it that way!
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 22, 2024, 7:01 AM
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Reading is fundamental
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 22, 2024, 5:26 AM
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Now that’s a big un …
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 22, 2024, 6:00 AM
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Congratulations! Not even sure I would be able to bring that one in. I bet the fight was a fun one!
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Re: 39 pounder
Mar 22, 2024, 9:13 AM
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It was about 20 minutes before we could even confirm it was a catfish. Since it never jumped, we assumed it was, but you never know... The eerie thing was having the fish pull the boat around. And I kept thinking...10 pound line...
I am now a staunch advocate for braided line. Last fall, I had a Zebco that came with 8 lb monofilament line, had a large bass get right to the boat and dive, the line immediately broke. That bass looked to be about 6 pounds, in the short amount of time that I saw him.
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Nice!***
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Mar 22, 2024, 6:40 AM
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 22, 2024, 9:09 AM
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Nicely done!!!
+1 for the release!!!
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Wow, great catch!***
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Mar 22, 2024, 10:51 AM
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 22, 2024, 10:55 AM
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I assumed this post was going to be in reference to DJ Burns’s right foot. Nice fish!
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 22, 2024, 11:03 AM
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Is this a Spud Scok? I mean with the pic and all….
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Re: 39 pounder
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Mar 22, 2024, 11:31 AM
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No, but I did pay homage to Spud in the second comment, right after I saw the pic sideways!
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