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Fishing, Sharks, Whales and the Ocean, Lakes and Rivers


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What was I smoking or drinking when I created the title of this thread?  LOL.  Every damn lake seems to have its monster sightings.  I just learned of Lake Erie and Ontario's sightings.  Those are real close to home. I have watched too many Bob Gymlan and Bigfoot video's on You Tube.  That guy almost has me believing?  Damn.  Could there really be a Bigfoot?  Come on.  Let me have it.

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As a kid growing up in the 70s in Fremont, Ca. I used to always love going to Lake Elizabeth. It is a man made lake built in 1969, but it is very beautiful. A great place to go picnic and hiking.

 

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'It was a monster': Record-breaking 143-pound catfish reeled in a UK lake

Emilee Coblentz

USA Today

May 3, 2024

 

The United Kingdom has a new catfish on record, thanks to an angler from Rainham.

 

Darrem Reitz, 34, from east London seems to have captured the country's largest freshwater fish by rod from a lake in Maldon, Essex. The "monster" catfish, as he calls it, weighed in at 143 pounds (64.4kg). Reitz says it was all "luck," according to BBC News.

 

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The fish wasn't brought in easily. It took four people an hour to bring it in. "Three of my friends got into the water with nets because it was that big and I was so worried we would lose it," Reitz told BBC.

 

Reitz, a garbageman by day, was on the water for 14 hours late into the night without a bite, he told the UK Telegraph. " My friends started panicking as it was clearly a big fish," he said.

 

The previous catfish record was 130lb (58.9kg).

 

The fish was named Scar before it was released

 

Reitz told BBC he is an "amateur" fisherman who just goes out on the water for "peace and quiet" but of course still hopes to get a bite. "I wasn't expecting to catch that," Reitz said.

 

"It was a monster," Reitz shared.

 

Paul Tallowin, co-owner of Chigborough Farm & Fisheries, where the fish was brought in, shared that it probably isn't the largest in the lake though.

 

"The catfish put on about 7lbs (3.kg) a year, so this one would be about 45 years old. I am sure some are a bit bigger. It all depends on what they have to eat," Tallowin told BBC.

 

"This one is the biggest that has been caught at the moment. Well done for getting it out."

 

The catfish has since been released, but not before it was given a name: Scar.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/05/03/photo-uk-catfish-lake-maldon-essex/73558313007/

 

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