AR-News: (US TX) Bogus Catfish Picture Causes Headaches at Texas Parks and Wildlife Depar

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http://www.fishingworld.com/News/Read.php?ArtID=000011296 



by Larry Hodge 
 
(Mar. 15, 2004 - Athens, TX)... A photograph of two men holding up a giant 
catfish is making the rounds of the Internet and causing confusion among 
anglers. Whoever posted the photograph stated it shows the new state record (and 
pending world record) blue catfish caught in Lake Texoma by Cody Mullennix in 
January. This is incorrect. 

The photograph is apparently of a fish caught somewhere in Europe.

The fish, which Mullennix named Splash, now swims in the dive tank at the 
Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. It may be viewed from 9 to 4 Tuesday 
through Saturday and from 1 to 4 on Sundays.

[Click to enlarge image]

In January 2004, 27-year-old Cody Mullennix of Howe, Texas, landed what was 
reported as a world record-sized blue catfish at Lake Texoma, a monster that 
weighed in at 121 pounds and measured 58 inches long by 39 inches in girth

Photo by courtesy TPWD [Click to enlarge image]

Photo of bogus catfish

Photo by courtesy TPWD





 
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