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| Author: | rangerp [ Wed May 02, 2018 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Spoon Bill Catfish |
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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| Author: | FRANKtheTAU [ Wed May 02, 2018 8:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
Nice catch. I'm sure that was a fun fight! |
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| Author: | stu [ Thu May 03, 2018 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
Nice work landing that on lite tackle. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | rangerp [ Thu May 03, 2018 1:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
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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| Author: | jc [ Thu May 03, 2018 6:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
Wow, thats a monster. I have never seen one of those. |
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| Author: | Pas Tout La [ Fri May 04, 2018 10:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
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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| Author: | cb5331 [ Tue May 08, 2018 9:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
| Author: | CJB [ Tue May 08, 2018 1:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
Wild lookin fish.. |
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| Author: | riverratdm84 [ Fri May 11, 2018 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
They are good eating. No bones just cartilage. Defiantly a weird fish. |
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| Author: | netman [ Tue May 22, 2018 4:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
Somebody say 'spoonbill'. |
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| Author: | KJH [ Thu May 24, 2018 8:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
Archery paddlefish season opens for us next week. Its one of my favorite things to do. |
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| Author: | rangerp [ Sat May 26, 2018 6:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
I am going bow fishing tomorrow night. Hope to see some big cats up in the shallow water |
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| Author: | KJH [ Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spoon Bill Catfish |
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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