World Record 124 Lb Blue Catfish Dies

[redneck]

(05-25) 18:57 PDT Kansas City, Kan. (AP) --

A record 124-pound blue catfish caught earlier this week by an Illinois man fishing in the Mississippi River died on its way to the Cabela's Outfitter store where it was to go on display.



Tim Pruitt, 33, of Godfrey, Ill., caught the world-record blue catfish early Sunday near Alton.



The fish, measuring 58 inches long and 44 inches around, was kept alive and was to be displayed in a tank at Cabela's in Kansas City, Kan., but it died en route to the store.



"We're baffled by this," Fred Cronin, a fisheries biologist for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, told The Kansas City Star. "We took a lot of precautions to see that the fish was comfortable.



"But we're talking about a fish that was very old, very heavy," he said. "The stress of being transported like that could have been too much."

[NightTrain]

Dammit.....he was gonna turn it back,after weighin' her,and was talked into that "display"deal.....

[MUDHOLE KID]

Well Heck,i Spoke Too Soon In Saying" At Least It's Alive" I Know The Ol' Gal Looked Pretty Bad In The Photo.lots Of Wear. That Bites,like You Said Train,i Think He Knew Better ,but Was Ask To Go Against The Grain.hate To See A Monster Die.

[Free_loader]

sad to see her go... but now that she's gone

when's the fish fry? .. i'd like to pay my respects ;-)