jtexas
Fleet Admiral
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2003
- Messages
- 8,646
world record catfish:<br /><br />
KANSAS CITY, Kan., May 26 (UPI) -- A record 124-pound blue catfish caught in the Mississippi River didn't survive the trip from Illinois to Kansas to become a marvel on display for Midwest fishermen.<br />The world-record fish was caught Saturday night by Tim Pruitt of Fosterberg, Ill., and the Cabela's hunting and fishing outfitters company in Kansas City, Kan., promptly sought to have it for a live display.<br />But the big fish died Monday en route despite precautions taken by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported Thursday.<br />"We're baffled by this," said Fred Cronin, a fisheries biologist for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. "But we're talking about a fish that was very old, very heavy. The stress of being transported like that could have been too much."<br />A Cabela's spokesman said the company will have two replica mounts made -- one for display in the store, and another that will be given to Illinois for a display in a museum.<br /><br />