HUGE catfish, new Iowa Record

  • fishingdaskoal
    EauClaire WI
    Posts: 927
    July 8, 2004 at 2:05 am #311663

    Thats weird, since it wasnt even caught in Iowa. But whatever gits yer name in the books

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    July 8, 2004 at 2:18 am #311665

    Joe, it was in the Missouri River on the IA/NE border.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    July 8, 2004 at 2:40 am #311668

    WOW!!! What a story! Cool thing, she’s still swimming. I hope the stress of all the handling didn’t do her in. You jealous yet Brian?????

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    July 8, 2004 at 5:45 am #311690

    Quote:

    Good catfish bait, those goldfish. But at $2 a pop, Mike Rush of Bellevue didn’t plan on baiting up more than four setlines.


    Quote:

    Iowa, however, accepts any fish caught by legal means for its state record book.

    Goldfish? Setlines? FOUR setlines?

    This is all greek to me!

    Yes I am Waterfowler!

    dan-larson
    Cedar, Min-E-So-Ta
    Posts: 1482
    July 8, 2004 at 12:22 pm #311708

    Might as well have found it dead on the shore, yo-yos and set lines are a joke!! That is no record.

    ptc
    Apple Valley/Isle, MN
    Posts: 614
    July 8, 2004 at 1:43 pm #311728

    Great story! Not a fan of setlines myself, but that is one heck of a fish and I am glad I got a chance to see it.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    July 8, 2004 at 2:32 pm #311735

    Didn’t mean to “pick” on setlines…if it’s legal there isn’t any reason why a person can’t do it….I am just jealous.

    Besides…the folks in IA can not only use set lines but can jug fish…but the BIG draw back to IA is they only have 3.2 beer…I’ll stay in MN.

    Jeremiah Shaver
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 4941
    July 8, 2004 at 2:38 pm #311739

    Only 3.2?

    If it isn’t a minimum of 5.5…it’s weak

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    July 8, 2004 at 2:42 pm #311741

    This is why they have all those corn fields in IA…they sneak out there to drink MN beer….

    (sorry Wade)

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    July 8, 2004 at 3:27 pm #311754

    Quote:

    This is why they have all those corn fields in IA…they sneak out there to drink MN beer….

    (sorry Wade)

    No problems here. When I drink I tend to drink Captain Morgan. It’s a rare occassion these days so efficiency is key!

    As for the record and use of set lines, I’m not a huge fan of set lines either but I thought is was a darn cool fish and I’m glad they released it.

    rob69
    Okefenokee Swamp, S. Ga.
    Posts: 9
    July 10, 2004 at 9:33 pm #312078

    That’s one hell of a Blue… In the Altamaha River we got 100lb Flatheads, but that’s the biggest Blue I ever saw.

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