Woman Catches 88 Pound Catfish

The fins become blunt when catfish get to sizes like that. I’m not sure exactly when they become blunt but when catfish get into the larger sizes the fins are blunt.

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I'm not a freshwater guy, so genuine question: Do bigger catfish not have poisonous fins?

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That one's a blue. And yes, their fin bones are mildly venomous and barbed... but at about 5 pounds they've been beaten up in a couple spawns and the points wear down slowly and literally become blunt once they're around 10 pounds, depending of course on size of habitat and corresponding growth rate. Blues grow slower than channels so the fins wear down much quicker, pound for pound.

As to the OP... that's a big'o blue. Trophy catch. I target big flatheads and occasionally catch the accidental blue but I've not yet caught a blue even 1/4 of that weight. That's a real monster.

That woman is no Hannah Barron.

And then released it? No hushpuppies for her

You don't want to eat that.

I knew that was coming.

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If you are ever finned by a catfish then rub the wound on its belly. The fish's oil is an antitoxin.


Is this true? I never knew this if it is

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Be always been told rub the liver on it and since I have no clue what the catfish liver looks like when I get stuck the hard head is getting gutted and all of it is being rubbed on.

That photo makes me feel slimy.

That photo kind of does it for me.