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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – “It is truly a fish of a lifetime.”
That’s how Eugene Cronley of Brandon, Mississippi described the monster 131-pound blue catfish he captured from the Mississippi River close to Natchez on April 7.
According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Fisheries Bureau, the catfish shattered the earlier rod and reel file of 95 kilos and is bigger than the trophy file of 101 kilos.
Both of these fish have been additionally snagged from the Mississippi River close to Natchez.
Cronely caught the record-breaking fish with a rod and reel utilizing skipjack herring as bait.
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