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 Spoon Bill Catfish 
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My Uncle J boat was out of commission for a week and a half while I painted the bottom with Gator Glide.

Got out today and was throwing a crank bait on the White River for hybrids. Saw what looked to be a medium size beluga whale on the depth finder. I threw the crank bait over it thinking it might be a giant striper.

Turns out it was a 74 pound spoon bill catfish. It took an hour forty nine for me to land him. He put a medium action bass rod and Browning Lew's reel with 12 pound test through the wringer.

I threw him back. Wish I would have gave him to the migrant workers fishing the bank by the boat landing. Sure it would have fed a good number of folks.


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Nice catch. I'm sure that was a fun fight!

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Nice work landing that on lite tackle.


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Spoke to state game warden today. He said there is a black market for spoon bill eggs.

Never would have guessed that.

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Wow, thats a monster. I have never seen one of those.


Thu May 03, 2018 6:14 pm
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That'll get your heart rate up!

I'm liking the paint job on your boat P. I've been mulling over doing a camo job on mine, but don't feel like messing with it. This is giving me second thoughts.


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Tue May 08, 2018 9:43 am
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Wild lookin fish..

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They are good eating. No bones just cartilage. Defiantly a weird fish.


Fri May 11, 2018 9:05 pm
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Somebody say 'spoonbill'.

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Archery paddlefish season opens for us next week. Its one of my favorite things to do.

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I am going bow fishing tomorrow night. Hope to see some big cats up in the shallow water

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A buddy and I went out on Saturday morning... We both shot our paddlefish within an hour. They were cleaned and we were home by 8:30... It was a good morning.

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