Oklahoma record catfish caught 90.7 lbs

man, that thing probably witnessed abraham lincoln being assassinated.

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Surely he isn't going to eat dat?

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That was my thought, why kill something like that? Document and release, imo.

Why wouldn't you eat it? It's a flat head they do not get flabby and oily like a blue cat. Big flat heats are great to eat.

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WTF is going to do with that now, the link says he kept it. Surely he isn't going to eat dat?

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Those big flatheads are awesome. Granted I've never caught a 90 lber, but I've eaten 40-50 lb ones. Dat belly meat

Cool song about a gigantic flathead

That's nothing compared to those catfish those under water welders saw that one time....

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"Big as a Volkswagen

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Swallow you whole, man.

And I've heard stories of the same catfish from folks from all over the state so it's gotta be true.

I love catching squealers as much as the next guy but that fish should have been documented and released.

That dang thing was prolly 100 years old.

It's the lake record

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A Howe man has landed a new state record flathead catfish on a rod and reel.
Tommy Couch’s 76-pound flathead was caught on a red worm from the Poteau River below Wister Dam on June 13.
It beats the old record of 72-pounds, 8 ounces by Ron Cantrell in 2004 from El Reno lake.

Ironically, while Couch’s beast is a new state record, it won’t be the lake record.

The biggest flathead ever on record in Oklahoma also was pulled from Wister Lake. That was a 106-pound giant that was taken in 1977 on a trotline.

Oklahoma keeps state records in two divisions: catches on a rod and reel and in an unrestricted division, which is every other kind of catching that is legal.

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