rogeti Report post Posted April 11, 2010 My Dad, brother and me went to SC in search of some crappie today and I caught one right off and then it was dead til noon til i gotta bite of a life time!! I hooked him on my moms zebco 33 classic reel and her uncle buck crappie rod. well after 30 min of following him around and slowly and i mean slowly bringing him up i got him. My foot is there for size and I wear a 10 1/2. He weighed 48 pounds and was 43 inches long and 33 inches around. His head was 10 inches wide. This was the biggest fish i have ever seen and or caught!!! We got a total of 31 lb of meat off this big guy. The fillets on the sides were 3 inches thick and the belly meat was 2 inches thick! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ajohunter Report post Posted April 11, 2010 Congrats! Nice Gato Fish! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DUG Report post Posted April 11, 2010 Wow! Way to go. That fish reminds me of the time my brother in law hooked into one of those at Horseshoe Lake. We were in a coleman crawdad and it towed us around for about 15 minutes before it got tired. His fish wasn't quite as big as yours though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
standman Report post Posted April 11, 2010 Holy Cow!!! Great Flathead!!! Congrats!!! Brian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted April 11, 2010 You can't beat them 33 zebcos. That had to be a blast. Congratulations on your big fish and thanks for sharing. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SunDevil Report post Posted April 11, 2010 wow - that is some fish for sure! congrats. you will have to let us know how a big cat like that tastes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted April 11, 2010 Congrats on a great cat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted April 11, 2010 Wow! Now that is a creature from the deep! Sounds like you had a blast catching that big boy! Well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bandido Report post Posted April 11, 2010 That's a lot of catfish bro!!! What did you use for bait? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rogeti Report post Posted April 12, 2010 Thanks everyone i caught him on a minnow. He must have been hungry his stomach was empty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted April 12, 2010 WoW!! Thanks for sharing the pics, that's a brute of a fish! Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted April 12, 2010 Nice flat-head!!! that had to be an awesome battle on light tackle. Thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apache7mm Report post Posted April 12, 2010 That is one big fish! too cool. DAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coues101cj Report post Posted April 30, 2010 That must have been a fight! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
