110 Lb Catfish Georgia Record

ferris1248

Tim Trone competed in a fishing tournament on the Georgia-Alabama line on Saturday and caught a blue catfish that weighed 110 pounds and six ounces.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/whoa-fisherman-reels-110-pound-blue-catfish-set-new-state-record-georgia/43DLWGDOKJA3LJG2WUQRW3NN4I/

Soda Popinski

somebody start firing up the hushpuppies 

Slough

Yea, Tim is a friend of mine. He use to hunt red dogs.

ferris1248

Hope you get invited to the fish fry. 

L8RBRA

Cool catch but I'd be releasing that breeder. Many years of nasty have been filtered through that guy.

David C.

Looks like he has a couple of scars from boat props. I would be willing to bet that he has a few hooks inside of him. I can't imagine how many fishermen he broke off. 

LoydD1

Massive

L8RBRA

Looks like it was dead. Look at the eye and the lower belly. Wonder if he had his lines out too long without checking on em.

Cranfield

That is a fine specimen, I would love to have caught that.
I would assume that if he was fishing in a competition, he would have been using a rod and reel.
If this was so, its a pity he didn't get the weight verified, a few trophy shots and then returned the fish.
I like to think that big fish tend to produce offspring with the capability of getting big, its all in the genes.
Also, sometimes the bigger the fish, the less tasty it is.
I have caught European catfish from the River Seine at Vernon, France, that have been up to 50lbs and in a river they are a handful to land. There are fish in there over 100lbs, 

JKP

Reportedly he tried to keep it alive but it died waiting for official weighing.