A 52lb 8oz. blue catfish, a state record, was caught in the MN River!! Story and photo in todays Pioneer Press……
June 6, 2002 at 1:40 pm
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Blue Cat Caught On MN River
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June 6, 2002 at 2:56 pm #244043
have you got a link…couldn’t find it on the webpage..
June 6, 2002 at 3:02 pm #244044Just looked at the article. That is one fat fish!
Mark
June 6, 2002 at 3:25 pm #244046COULDN’T FIND THE PIC BUT HERES THE ARTICLE http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/3408426.htm
June 6, 2002 at 4:36 pm #244048Here’s the Star & Tribune version with a picture: http://www.startribune.com/stories/767/2884777.html
June 6, 2002 at 8:42 pm #244053If anyone remebers I did say a few time way back in may that there would be a new state record in 2002. I didn’t what kind of cat I just a cat. Mavzer do you recall that?
Does that mean that there are breeding blues in the state? or is it to cold to have large numbers?June 7, 2002 at 3:07 am #244070OK How gulible are we going to be?The article stated itself that the guy travels for work.I wonder where he was the week before he caught this fish out of the MN River?If there was a population of blue cats swiming in the MN,I think we would have heard of positively indentified blues before this cat showed up.
June 7, 2002 at 3:19 am #244071actually, there may have been many blue cats cought and not correctly identified.. I know that every time soemone says(on pool 4) that they have cought a big blue cat, I kinda nod and smile, thinking that they are talking about a big male channel (broad head, slate blue color). compared to a female with a more slender head and a olive green color. I will think twice about dismissing these accounts.. If you look at the anal fin on the blue cat it is noticebly longer than the channel (more rays to it). I think it would be awsome to have another catfish record to try to reach..
June 7, 2002 at 10:36 am #244076Yes we get reports like these on the MN a lot,but one has never been positively identified yet.I can say this I will be counting rays from now on.But one other thing makes me suspicious of this blue is that there are two dams that are nearly or positively impassable on the MN between the Miss and Lac Qui Parle.In addition I have heard thru the “grapevine”(I hate saying that)that the DNR is also a little suspicious of this cat.
June 8, 2002 at 1:53 am #244114I think its possible that the fisheries people might have a way to identify if the fish is actually from the Mn river…. I think they can use electrophoresis…. or maybe they just do a chemical analysis of the polutants found in the fish and compare them with Mn river fish…. course… they have to get a sample of the “fish”… and I suppose that aint going to happen… so I wonder what they will do?
November 5, 2011 at 12:46 am #1006634The above is from 2002.
Fishhead, way ahead of his time! LOL!
November 5, 2011 at 1:07 pm #1006682Fishhead? What are you referring to the Ford Dam post from a few months back?
November 7, 2011 at 2:18 am #1006919Quote:
Fishhead? What are you referring to the Ford Dam post from a few months back?
The above posts were made in 2002. Fishhead posted “BS”…and was right on the money!
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<Edit> of Browerville, Minn., poses with a 52-pound, 8-ounce blue catfish near Lac Qui Parle, Minn., Wednesday, May 22, 2002. Ness caught the fish on the Minnesota River using chicken liver for bait. Common in other areas of the nation, blue catfish are so rare in Minnesota that an official state record didn’t exist.
Photo Courtesy Department of Natural Resources
The follow up and the reason why there isn’t a MN State Record Blue Cat…
The unlucky angler was busted for the following.
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Public Records…
02/26/2003 Dept. Nat. Resources Converted Closed
POSS WILD ANIMAL – UNLAWFUL MAKE FALSE AFFIDAVIT
November 28, 2011 at 11:21 am #1012600LOL, I remember the said claim story and exact spot of claimed fish caught. I was fishing on that spot and there was no one else fishing there. Had a light rain shower that morning and cloudy for a good half day or so.
So in otherwords, I would’ve made for a witness of seeing absolutely nothing. 
November 28, 2011 at 11:59 am #1012607Were you fishing April 1 when the famous freshwater shark was caught at the mouth of Minnehaha?
November 28, 2011 at 12:06 pm #1012610Quote:
Were you fishing April 1 when the famous freshwater shark was caught at the mouth of Minnehaha?
April 1st? Which year? Last year I was guiding for walleyes. Other years I was looking for shark at Mill Ruins Park.
Cool! Now we have an eye witness!
November 28, 2011 at 10:33 pm #1012779Perfect!
November 28, 2011 at 11:29 pm #1012791
Have heard of it in places where dams don’t exist, but what the…November 28, 2011 at 11:59 pm #1012803Oh dear…
November 29, 2011 at 12:20 am #1012815
Guys…scroll down to the last photo on the right. Read the fine print.
D, you got me giggling so hard I can’t hit the “continue” button.
November 29, 2011 at 12:22 am #1012817OWNED!
November 29, 2011 at 12:32 am #991386Buwahahahaha!
November 29, 2011 at 12:34 am #991387Don’t feel bad, very few catch it right off the bat.
November 29, 2011 at 12:51 am #1012823It’s all good Ryan. As I remember that thread started some heated discussion back in ought 6
November 29, 2011 at 7:40 pm #1013035Son of a…
November 29, 2011 at 9:39 pm #1013056Tee hee…
December 9, 2011 at 10:40 am #1016129LOL…that April 1 date.
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