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Title: Teen breaks 20-year-old state record for largest Channel Catfish caught
Post by: ctwiggs1 on September 05, 2019, 11:32:24 AM: BLAINE, Wash. -- A 16-year-old boy fishing with his grandfather has broken a nearly 20-year-old state record for largest Channel Catfish caught.

Cole Abshere, of Blaine, nabbed the 37.7-pound fish while spin fishing on Lake Terrell. It was measured at 42 inches in length.

"It was very exciting and very tiring," Cole Abshere told the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. "But, I did not give up the fight."

The fish broke the old record by a full 1.5 pounds, WDFW officials said. That fish as captured by Ross Kincaid in I-82 Pond No. 6 on Sept. 9, 1999.

Cole tells the WDFW it was the first time he had ever caught a catfish, and he caught the monster on an 8-pound line.

"You could go all fancy with gear, but what worked for me was a simple pole and a nightcrawler," Cole said.

https://komonews.com/news/local/no-tall-tale-teen-breaks-20-year-old-state-record-for-largest-channel-catfish-caught
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Post by: elkrack on September 05, 2019, 11:55:17 AM: That’s a big cat! Good for the kid :tup:
Title: Re: Teen breaks 20-year-old state record for largest Channel Catfish caught
Post by: Fl0und3rz on September 05, 2019, 01:16:36 PM: :yeah:
Title: Re: Teen breaks 20-year-old state record for largest Channel Catfish caught
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on September 05, 2019, 01:30:26 PM: On 8lb test mind you; way to go young man!
Title: Re: Teen breaks 20-year-old state record for largest Channel Catfish caught
Post by: T-Bone on September 05, 2019, 01:43:16 PM: Well done, Cole! About 15 years ago, I lived in nearby Ferndale and fished for trout off the docks. I caught small channel catfish several times and one older gentleman regularly caught large ones on orange paste PowerBait from his boat and sometimes off the dock. A nearby pond on the site was stocked with them, as well. No one seemed to believe me when I would post or suggest Lake Terrell as a good place to fish for channel catfish.
Title: Re: Teen breaks 20-year-old state record for largest Channel Catfish caught
Post by: rasbo on September 05, 2019, 04:39:28 PM: Holy catfish, thats awesome
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Post by: Stein on September 05, 2019, 04:44:06 PM: That's way more impressive than reeling in a humpy on a trout rod.
Title: Re: Teen breaks 20-year-old state record for largest Channel Catfish caught
Post by: wildweeds on September 09, 2019, 09:14:30 PM: Less than a mile from my house, kudos to the boy, even more praise from the seafood processor that had the certified scale his catch was weighed on..... they processed and packaged his catch ..... for FREE. Thumbs up to Barleans Seafoods.
Title: Re: Teen breaks 20-year-old state record for largest Channel Catfish caught
Post by: Gentrys on September 10, 2019, 08:02:02 PM: That's a big cat!
Title: Re: Teen breaks 20-year-old state record for largest Channel Catfish caught
Post by: T-Bone on September 13, 2019, 01:11:06 PM: Quote from: wildweeds on September 09, 2019, 09:14:30 PM
Less than a mile from my house, kudos to the boy, even more praise from the seafood processor that had the certified scale his catch was weighed on..... they processed and packaged his catch ..... for FREE. Thumbs up to Barleans Seafoods.

I miss Barlean's; great fresh seafood and very nice people.
Title: Re: Teen breaks 20-year-old state record for largest Channel Catfish caught
Post by: HikerHunter on September 13, 2019, 01:15:15 PM: What a great story and a nice fish!