Moontanman_at_aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 4/9/04 9:47:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jlw_at_dune.net
>writes:
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>> The photo of the two men
>> holding up the catfish is a picture of two italian fishermen holding up a
>> large Wels catfish from there.
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>I remember seeing a wels catfish in a petshop around 30 years ago. It was
>about 12" long at the time. Same shape as a glass catfish but bigger. I've often
>wondered if they were ever actually stocked in lakes for pay fishing. I also
>remember reading about a pay per fish fishing lake in Ohio that claimed to have
>a 500 pound catfish from Europe stocked in it. The lake was washed out in a
>flood into the Ohio River years later but I never read about the status of the
>500 pound catfish after the flood. Makes you wonder "What if" don't it?
>
>Moon
>If you listen to fools, the mob rules!
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