01-26-2004, 06:15 AM
patches,
It is nice to see you post on the Texas board again. To ganswer your question this big cat will be seen by many as it is not like most record fish that are C&R after a fue pics and mesurements.
After weighing the fish at a local tackle shop on Friday — at the urging of game warden Dale Moses — Mullennix donated the fish to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.
At last word on Monday, Moses said the giant catfish was doing "great" and was adjusting to its new home.
"This fish has really generated a big response," Moses said. "Randolph McGee, one of the other game wardens in Grayson County, got a phone call from a national radio program at 11 o'clock on Sunday night asking about it."
Obviously, this big blue catfish is making some, ahem, waves.
Other Warden comments wher:
"Not a lot of people get to see a state record, let alone a world-record fish," Moses said
"But those who visit our fisheries center in Athens will be able to say that they've done so."
Mullennix would seem to have great respect for the giant blues of Lake Texoma.
"We've talked about that if we had a chance to talk to the paper, set a record or something like that, we would tell these anglers out there who go after blue cats that they need to release these big blues," Mullennix said.
"We release 99 percent of them — anything over 20 pounds; we release them back into the lake."
It's not that Mullennix and his angling buddies don't like the taste of fried catfish, a staple in the Lone Star State.
It's just that they understand how difficult it is for a blue cat to reach such enormous dimensions.
"These are your big, genetic trophy producers, so turn them back," Mullennix said.
"If you want to brag, take a picture. If you want to eat one, keep a smaller one. These fish are 20, 25 or 30 years old and they deserve to go back into the water."
Except on the rare occasion when a game warden asks you not to!
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It is nice to see you post on the Texas board again. To ganswer your question this big cat will be seen by many as it is not like most record fish that are C&R after a fue pics and mesurements.
After weighing the fish at a local tackle shop on Friday — at the urging of game warden Dale Moses — Mullennix donated the fish to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.
At last word on Monday, Moses said the giant catfish was doing "great" and was adjusting to its new home.
"This fish has really generated a big response," Moses said. "Randolph McGee, one of the other game wardens in Grayson County, got a phone call from a national radio program at 11 o'clock on Sunday night asking about it."
Obviously, this big blue catfish is making some, ahem, waves.
Other Warden comments wher:
"Not a lot of people get to see a state record, let alone a world-record fish," Moses said
"But those who visit our fisheries center in Athens will be able to say that they've done so."
Mullennix would seem to have great respect for the giant blues of Lake Texoma.
"We've talked about that if we had a chance to talk to the paper, set a record or something like that, we would tell these anglers out there who go after blue cats that they need to release these big blues," Mullennix said.
"We release 99 percent of them — anything over 20 pounds; we release them back into the lake."
It's not that Mullennix and his angling buddies don't like the taste of fried catfish, a staple in the Lone Star State.
It's just that they understand how difficult it is for a blue cat to reach such enormous dimensions.
"These are your big, genetic trophy producers, so turn them back," Mullennix said.
"If you want to brag, take a picture. If you want to eat one, keep a smaller one. These fish are 20, 25 or 30 years old and they deserve to go back into the water."
Except on the rare occasion when a game warden asks you not to!
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