01-27-2004, 03:02 AM
What a beautiful little fish! Here's a little more info that isn't posted in the Texas forum.
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Texas Angler Crushes World Record
DENISON, TX—Catmen everywhere are reeling from news that Cody Mullennix, 27, of Howe, Texas, recently caught a potential world-record blue catfish from Lake Texoma. If accepted by the IGFA, the 121-pound, 8-ounce blue will become the All-Tackle and 20-pound line class world record, as well as shatter the previous state record of 100 pounds, also caught from Lake Texoma in 2000. The current world record is a 116-pound, 12-ounce fish caught on the Mississippi River.
Mullennix hooked the monster cat January 16, while fishing from the bank with a surf rod spooled with 20-pound line and rigged with a 3-inch dead shad on an 8/0 circle hook.
After beaching the big blue cat, Mullenix kept the fish alive as he rushed it to several scales before finding one large enough to handle the tremendous weight. After official weighing, he donated the live fish to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens, where it is doing fine, according to hatchery manager Jim Matthews. TFFC exhibits curator Genie Hilton hopes to have the record catfish ready for public display within two weeks.
>>>>>>>>Direct quote from the NAFC Weekly News<<<<<<<<<
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Texas Angler Crushes World Record
DENISON, TX—Catmen everywhere are reeling from news that Cody Mullennix, 27, of Howe, Texas, recently caught a potential world-record blue catfish from Lake Texoma. If accepted by the IGFA, the 121-pound, 8-ounce blue will become the All-Tackle and 20-pound line class world record, as well as shatter the previous state record of 100 pounds, also caught from Lake Texoma in 2000. The current world record is a 116-pound, 12-ounce fish caught on the Mississippi River.
Mullennix hooked the monster cat January 16, while fishing from the bank with a surf rod spooled with 20-pound line and rigged with a 3-inch dead shad on an 8/0 circle hook.
After beaching the big blue cat, Mullenix kept the fish alive as he rushed it to several scales before finding one large enough to handle the tremendous weight. After official weighing, he donated the live fish to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens, where it is doing fine, according to hatchery manager Jim Matthews. TFFC exhibits curator Genie Hilton hopes to have the record catfish ready for public display within two weeks.
>>>>>>>>Direct quote from the NAFC Weekly News<<<<<<<<<
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