From MS fish and games FB
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The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Fisheries Bureau has certified a new state record blue catfish. Eugene Cronley, the lucky angler from Brandon, caught the 131 pound fish on April 7, 2022 from the Mississippi River near Natchez. Mr. Cronley said that it took him forty minutes to land the huge fish, “it is truly a fish of a lifetime.”

The fish shattered the previous rod and reel record of 95 lbs. caught by Dakota Hinson in 2009 and is larger than the trophy record blue catfish of 101 lbs. caught by the team of Freddie Parker and Brad Smith in 1997. Interestingly, both of those fish were also caught from the Mississippi River near Natchez.

Mr. Cronely caught the fish with a rod and reel using skipjack herring as bait.

Awesome catfish

that is one UGLY fish!

Man could u imagine fighting that beast on a rod and reel

That’s one big blue

down in texas my grandchildren noodle them that size....lol
seriously thats a pig !! id kike to catch his grandpa

Nice fish

Scald and scrape that one.

That one would take several bottles of tarter sauce to consume...

Do those big old guys have a lot of mercury in 'em?

I wonder how many humans that fish ate.

Lots of bait right there.

....I will never understand why people use that stuff when theirs perfectly good ketchup and hot sauce

Yes. I've always been warned of eating big blues an Flattys. If Im hungry though I'm sure I wouldn't throw back

... that’s a grown one for sure

As my Pappy used to say... "that is a humdinger".

Garry-

that's sure is a nice one!

Holy cat fish Batman

How old is that fish?? Is there anyway to know?

Up north you can section the dorsal spine and count the annulas layed down when growth stops during winter. Not sure that works in the south, as apparently that one never quit growing.