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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net On Behalf
Of John B
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 12:07 AM
To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
Subject: Re: NANFA-- big fish
You know, there must be some monster fish lurking in the Mississippi
somewhere. A 500 lb anything could easily escape notice.
Moontanman_at_aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 4/9/04 9:47:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>jlw_at_dune.net
>writes:
>
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>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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