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Catfish Story

Started by Michael Wolfe , Jun 18 2007 09:00 PM

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#1 Michael Wolfe

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North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 18 June 2007 - 09:00 PM

Fish Story

A guy who lives at Lake Conroe (50 miles north of Houston ) saw a ball bouncing around kind of strangely in the lake and went to investigate. It turned out to be a flathead catfish who had obviously 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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#2 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 18 June 2007 - 09:49 PM

that is really amazing, how long was the fish?

any estimate on how much it weighed?

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#3 Guest_sandtiger_*

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Posted 18 June 2007 - 10:35 PM

I have heard that story before and seen a couple of the pictures but have never seen them all, thanks for posting.

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#4 Guest_NateTessler13_*

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Posted 19 June 2007 - 12:26 PM

Wow, that is unbelievable! Those crazy catfish will really eat anything. Can't really see how a fully inflated basketball seems like it would be an appropriate meal for that fish, but ... wow.

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#5 Guest_edbihary_*

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Posted 19 June 2007 - 12:58 PM

Those photos circulated around the office here via e-mail a couple of years ago.

One thing that impresses me is how the fish stayed alive. If its mouth was held above water by the ball, how did it suck in water to force out over its gills?