An Amazing Catfish Story

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margaritaman
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An Amazing Catfish Story

#1 Post by margaritaman » Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:34 pm

Now this is a fish story with a moral to it also . . . . . . . !




A guy who lives at Lake
Conroe

(50 miles north of Houston ) saw a ball bouncing
around kind of strange in the lake and went to
investigate .


It turned out to be a flathead catfish that had
apparently tried to swallow a basketball which
became
stuck in its mouth!!

The fish was totally exhausted from
trying to
dive, but unable to, because the ball would
always
bring him back up to the surface .
The guy tried numerous times to
get the ball out,
but was unsuccessful . He finally had his wife
cut
the ball in order to deflate it and release the hungry
catfish .

You probably wouldn't have believed this,
if
you hadn't seen the following pictures:



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Re: An Amazing Catfish Story

#2 Post by Bmac » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:21 pm

Just goes to show you. That's why they make boats.

You gotta keep your balls out of the water,or sumpn's gonna suck them in! :nutkick :awwwhhh

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Re: An Amazing Catfish Story

#3 Post by playcat » Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:30 am

Amazing - I didn't think a flathead would bite something that was not swimming. I guess that one didn't get the memo/email... :biggrin2
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Re: An Amazing Catfish Story

#4 Post by chill'nthemost » Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:53 am

Amazing pics. I'm still trying to figure out the moral though. Is it watch where your balls are our your wife will cut them with a knife? :lol3
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Re: An Amazing Catfish Story

#5 Post by captainjack » Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:43 am

Wow awesome defiantly tuff sell without the pics.
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