Fishin' Soldier
04-22-2009, 05:01 PM
This fish was caught on day 2 of the Mcdonalds big Bass Splash Last weekend.
BUT the excitement of the day came in with Sam Rayburn (http://outdoorintelligence.amivisions.com/perl/oims_action.cgi?clientid=2043&lid=422&zoom=1&map=0) angler, John Cure, who set his hook on a 1pm bite that began pulling his 21 ft Champion Bass boat around. John immediately noted to his partner, Melvin Hensley, of Beaumont, "I don’t think this is a bass.... GET THE NET!!! Then after a 10 to 15 minute "toe-to-toe" battle, John was finally able to pull his fish alongside the boat. "WOW" was all they could say after viewing an almost 4ft long Opelousas catfish. John hooked the big fish on a DD-14 crank bait while fishing an 8-to-12ft hydrilla patch in the Buck Bay area. The catfish was estimated to weigh 70 lbs by tournament director Bob Sealy as they displayed the huge fish to the applauding crowd. And being that John caught his big catfish on 10 lb test line he’s getting the monster checked out for possibly being a line class World Record. He also plans on releasing the huge catfish back into the lake after he gets it weighed on certified scales.
BUT the excitement of the day came in with Sam Rayburn (http://outdoorintelligence.amivisions.com/perl/oims_action.cgi?clientid=2043&lid=422&zoom=1&map=0) angler, John Cure, who set his hook on a 1pm bite that began pulling his 21 ft Champion Bass boat around. John immediately noted to his partner, Melvin Hensley, of Beaumont, "I don’t think this is a bass.... GET THE NET!!! Then after a 10 to 15 minute "toe-to-toe" battle, John was finally able to pull his fish alongside the boat. "WOW" was all they could say after viewing an almost 4ft long Opelousas catfish. John hooked the big fish on a DD-14 crank bait while fishing an 8-to-12ft hydrilla patch in the Buck Bay area. The catfish was estimated to weigh 70 lbs by tournament director Bob Sealy as they displayed the huge fish to the applauding crowd. And being that John caught his big catfish on 10 lb test line he’s getting the monster checked out for possibly being a line class World Record. He also plans on releasing the huge catfish back into the lake after he gets it weighed on certified scales.