My good friend caught this the other day in Baton Rouge.
JESUS!
David and I decided to go try our luck at a pond right before sundown We were bass fishing with red-shad tiki stick rigged wacky style just bumping it along. We caught 2 bass right off the bat. one was 2 lbs and the other was 3.5 lbs. Then our schedule for the night changed when David hooked on to somthing big, really big. at first we thought it was a record size bass that was pulling drag like a redfish but it was too dark to see, and it wasnt until david put the waders on and went into the water to find out he had caught a 43.5 pound flathead catfish. He pulled it up onto the bank and we both couldnt believe it. He had just reeled in one of the biggest catfish on record on a piece of junk zebco rod that i had slapped a shimano baitcaster on with 12lb test mono. (I keep the rod and reel in my car just in case i find myself at the water's edge). I must say it was one of the fattest fish i have ever seen in my life. We could have entered it and it would have been the 4th largest in the state on record but David said that he doesnt care for any spot but first.