We have one catfish that could swallow a grown man whole - he lives directly alongside one of the bigger dams here in the deepest section right below it, and has been seen by several men who have been sent down to work on the dam - they came back out white as sheets and yelling, "NO WAY!"

I've seen some 4.5-5' catfish come from that area, so can imagine it must be huge. You can't boat in that area because they open the dam gates too often. (TVA uses it for hydro power).

I've seen a few big catfish. Those things are scary as hell. They'll drag you under and drown ya of they're big enough.

The littler ones are fun to catch (under 20") - I don't want to catch one bigger than that. I like eating Catfish, but you can't eat them from these lakes anymore = PCB's.

The men in this area dip their fingers in stink-bait and catch the catfish by wiggling their fingers under rocks on the bottom - just grab onto their jaw when the catfish bites. It is called "graveling" or something. I absolutely LOVE fishing, but you will NEVAH catch me doing that.




This post has been edited by mALX: Jul 28 2013, 06:41 PM

Lol. I don't go fishing anymore...for personal reasons.

When I was a kid, I lived around a lotta swamps. I used to wallow around in them and harass the snapping turtles, lol

Same here, snapping and mud turtles were everywhere in the marshes where I grew up. Barefeet = a good bite.







This post has been edited by mALX: Jul 28 2013, 06:47 PM

I know. Those bastards can take a finger off...

Easily. When I was 8 I got a bad bite on my foot, the sucker wouldn't let go. I shrieked my head off till a neighbor came and wedged a stick in his mouth to get my foot out.

Thanx for the pic, Kobby!

GIVE US SUNDAY PIXES, KOBBY!!!!!

I ain't getting up

This post has been edited by King Of Beasts: Sep 15 2013, 06:15 PM

Yay!!

And I´m in the phone pixie!!

You must feel special

Ah, reading up on Anne Frank, I see

I visited the museum while in Amsterdam. Lol

Was that the ooooooooonly thing you visited in Amsterdam?

Honestly, yes. And a delicious restaurant that served hot chocolate I was only there for a few hours because I needed to board the plane to Tanzania, lol

Hot chocolate? A veritable "coffee shop" one might say. Also, what were you doing in Taganyika?

Went on a vacation with a former friend. It was real nice. Wanna see some pics?

Sure, but only if you draw a mustache and glasses on the other guy.