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    Quote Originally Posted by Cray View Post
    Used to catch quite a few when I was a kid in southeast Oklahoma back in the 50’s. Caught them on trot lines in a couple of different creeks. Scare you to death when you pulled that line up.
    caught them in Arkansas and White River on rod and reel, they ball up making u think u have something big and heavy in the current

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    I caught one as a kid below the spillway of Blue Mountain Lake. I can't remember how or what I caught it on.
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    Never knew. Wearing rubber gloves due to the slim or electricity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mcdye View Post
    Never knew. Wearing rubber gloves due to the slim or electricity.
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    We used to catch them pretty often fishing the lower white river when we were catfishing. Never knew they came all the way up from the ocean .

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    Used to catch them and use them for trotline bait when I lived in VA in the late 80s. Best trotline bait I ever used. Eel skin makes them damn near impossible to get off a hook, for the fish and for you.

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    We used to catch a lot of them in the Big Black river in MS. Many years ago. Always let them go.

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    Gosh thats a big one! I eat them, but I would not touch a live one. haha

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    What a Flashback to when I was about 10 years old... the water was running over the top of my Grandpaws pond. Little Hatchling Catfish about 1 1/2 inch were coming over the top and going down a hole about the size of a Coke Can - none were coming back out.. Of Course my brother and I had to put the Bream hook with a worm in it to catch any cats and throw them back into the Pond ... there was a bite that like to have jerked my arm off and broke the line. We went to some Braided that was on my Uncles Bait caster with a bigger hook ... Now bro and I both had a Hold on the line -- we would take a little line then the Eel would take it back -- this went on for about 5 minutes and we were starting to believe there was a cavern size hole and the fish was too Big to ever get up through the hole,, when the Monsters head showed and we thought we caught the snake from hell --- we could not let go of the line fast enough.. when we got to the house we were not believed.. we got some Trot line and a Catfish Hook and finally got our big Brother to come down to the pond with us just in case there was a snake. Big brother dropped the baited hook into the hole and it tried to jerk his arm off. The next time the head showed there was a 22 shell hit the mark. the size was so close to the one Pictured , I would put them side by side
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    Good story!


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