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Oklahoma Guy Reels In Catfish So Big It Broke His Scales & Damaged Two Others
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An Oklahoma man, named George Washington, reeled in a 60-pound Flathead catfish that broke one of his scales and damaged two others. It all went down Sunday night at the East Cache Creek in Lawton, Oklahoma...
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"It became a massive fight," Washington told ABC News on Tuesday.

"Once all his weight dropped, one broke, one malfunctioned and one would not give an accurate read," he said.

"You could feed five or six families," he added.
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cypresstiger54 months
Seen bigger in the quad
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JackieTreehorn54 months
George Washington is a true fricking baw
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Sidicous54 months
I was tailrace fishing at the Lake Oolagah Dam north of Tulsa a few years ago. 2 old guys in a jon boat idled up and using surf rods hooked a big catfish. It broke the reel so they grabbed the line and brought it up to the boat where it took both to lift it in. They started the engine and left. 1 fish, good for the day.
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goodgrin54 months
I believe President George Washington may have been the last white person with that name.
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Twenty 4954 months
I read an article about the rare white people named Washington and Jefferson. They get a lot of odd reactions when people meet them.
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Animal54 months
I think this is fairly common at Sante Cooper in South Carolina.
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DeuceDropper54 months
As a matter of fact it is, been living there since 2007, caught a 65 lb blue cat earlier this year
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Deuces54 months
But did he catch it with his hands?
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Hangit54 months
Yes. He reeled it in with his hands.
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Craft54 months
People catch 60lb flatheads all the time...
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blueboy54 months
A 60 lb flathead is not that big. Definitely one of your uglier fish, though, having become kind of famous in the movie Grumpier Old Men.
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