Lake Lavon Fishing
Home
Forum
Help
Search
Login
Register
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
Did you miss your
activation email?
Lake Lavon Fishing
>
Fishing Lake Lavon
>
The Best Of
>
Best picture yet of the BIGGUN!
February 16, 2019, 02:18:27 AM
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Pages: [
1
]
2
Go Down
Best picture yet of the BIGGUN! (Read 12818 times)
Topic Options
arborist
January 21, 2004, 04:09:04 PM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 1793
Check this picture out from the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center webpage. Also, read their article at:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/hatchery/tffc/newsrel/bigbluecat.htm
[attachment deleted by admin on post older than 730 days ]
-------------------------
There is ALWAYS room for one more fishing rod in your collection!!!
shawn
January 21, 2004, 04:43:37 PM
Group: Administrator
LLF Fishing Addict
Posts: 5206
man can you imagine how much those guys stunk after holding that kitty like that.....my wife wouldn't let me in the house for a week! I think I'd put up for it though for a fish like that!
Steve-O
January 22, 2004, 08:42:22 AM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 3249
So, if you caught one of these at Lavon (20 years from now), how would you get it to "The Cove" and back to the lake without injuring it? Let's assume you don't have a live well big enough for it.
-------------------------
You think THAT'S hard, try naming two cities in New Hampshire!
ScottB
January 22, 2004, 08:46:33 AM
Group: Administrator
LLF Fishing Addict
Posts: 6925
It really is amazing how much time they can spend out of the water though. I would be interested in knowing how long this one was out. For the ACATS some of the people use a 40 gallon plastic drum with holes drilled in it and a boat bumper tied to it so it floats.
Scott
arborist
January 22, 2004, 08:51:11 AM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 1793
I would tie it off to the courtesy dock and call 911 on my cell phone!
-------------------------
There is ALWAYS room for one more fishing rod in your collection!!!
Steve-O
January 22, 2004, 10:26:28 AM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 3249
-------------------------
You think THAT'S hard, try naming two cities in New Hampshire!
Adam
January 22, 2004, 10:30:11 AM
I bought a box of animal crackers and it said on it "Do not eat if seal is broken." So I opened up the box, and sure enough...
Group: Administrator
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 2626
do you think they are trained in mouth to fish resuscitation??
-------------------------
Catch and Release fishing is a lot like golf. You don't have to eat the ball to have a good time.
Adam
Steve-O
January 22, 2004, 12:13:48 PM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 3249
There are still a bunch of questions I have about this catfish. I'd like to read the whole story somewhere.
How did Mullinex land the catfish? Lip it and sit on it?
How did he get it to the marina? You don't just throw a 100 lbs fish in your live well and drive over.
How did they weigh the fish? (and why does anyone have scales over 100 lbs?) If you lip it and weigh it, I'd be afraid I'd rip the lips off.
What did they store the fish in until the folks at athens came to pick him up?
How did they get it to Athens?
Athens mentioned the fish was recuperating. How do they know? I mean who has any experience at all with recuperating a 100 lbs catfish!
Inquiring minds want to know!
-------------------------
You think THAT'S hard, try naming two cities in New Hampshire!
Scott Sandy
January 22, 2004, 12:23:05 PM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 2146
The story is in the Dallas Morning News Sports section. The one above the fishing reports.
Steve-O
January 22, 2004, 12:32:46 PM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 3249
Thanks Scott!
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spt/columnists/rsasser/stories/012204dnsposasser.53281.html
Still doesn't answer all of my questions. But it does tell us how he landed it. Guess I'll have to wait for the book.
-------------------------
You think THAT'S hard, try naming two cities in New Hampshire!
arborist
January 22, 2004, 02:24:01 PM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 1793
It looked like they had it at a bait shop in a minnow tank at Texoma until the Athens people arrived with a tanker truck to transport it. It was probably carried from the lake to the baitshop in the back of a pickup. I'm assuming they had some certified commercial scale to weigh it with like at a UPS store. We may half to print out a set of instructions on what to do in case of a record and have it laminated to carry in your wallet or have refrigerator magnets made sort of like emergency numbers to call if someone swallows rat poison. I would hate to see this record disqualified on some stupid technicality. Its one thing to cheat on a record (those guys should be hung until they are dead and then take them out and shoot them) but having a bonafide record lost because of not dotting the I's because resources aren't available or are unknown to the applicant is an automatic sin. For example, if they don't send in a piece of the fishing line with the terminal gear still attached then it may not qualify as an IGFA record. Or if the scale didn't have a recent certification sticker on it then it has to be recertified within a certain time period or the record doesn't count. That's the kind of BS I'm talking about.
-------------------------
There is ALWAYS room for one more fishing rod in your collection!!!
LavonGuide
January 22, 2004, 07:41:05 PM
Group: Fishing Guide
Lunker Extreme
Posts: 612
These guys are the "Long Polers" you hear Danny King talk about. They fish off the bank at Hagerman Wildlife refuge all the time. He was alone when he caught the fish I think?
-------------------------
Jerry
www.NorthTexasGuideService.com
04' Crappie USA Region 4 Champion
Steve-O
January 22, 2004, 07:49:43 PM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 3249
Yes, he was alone. He called his buddy on his cell phone and kept the fish in the shallows for an hour before his buddy arrived. They carted it to his pickup, then drove to the tackle shop. It was out of the water for 20 minutes.
-------------------------
You think THAT'S hard, try naming two cities in New Hampshire!
Scott Sandy
January 23, 2004, 08:09:10 AM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 2146
Just a side note, I use to live right there (Tanglewood) for a couple of years and if you are ever on Texoma and need shad, that is a good place to start. When you pull up in the cove by boat you'll see the wildlife park sign on the south side of the cove. It has a deep channel all the way back and has a nice size creek in the back. It's the last cove on the right (north) if you launch at the Lighthouse.
JohnnyD
October 14, 2008, 01:57:01 PM
LLF Fishing Legend
Posts: 1655
That was an incredible fish
Pages: [
1
]
2
Go Up
« previous topic
next topic »
Jump to:
Please select a destination:
-----------------------------
Fishing Lake Lavon
-----------------------------
=> Crappie Fishing Forum
=> SandBass/Hybrid/Striper Fishing Forum
=> Catfishing Forum
=> Bass Fishing Forum
=> Panfish Fishing Forum
=> Rough Fish Forum
=> The Best Of
=> Personal Bests
-----------------------------
Tackle and Equipment
-----------------------------
=> Lures and bait
=> Reels,Poles, and Line
=> Boats/Motors/Misc
=> Buy/Sell/Trade
=> Tackle Making
-----------------------------
General Area
-----------------------------
=> Support Our Troops
=> Boat ramps and Parks
=> Guides Forum
=> General Discussion
=> Water Safety
=> Other Lakes
=> Open Tournaments and Events
=> NTTC Tournament Trail
=> Tube/Kayak/Bank Fishing
=> Lookin for a Ride
=> Lake Lavon Fishing Recipes
=> Employment
=> Hunting Forum
=> Firearms
-----------------------------
Support
-----------------------------
=> Site Suggestions
=> HowTo Area
=> Forum Support
Loading...