Record 130-pound catfish caught in Mo. River

Massive fish !! I had a guy on another board ask me what the result would be if you were to run into this sucker while handfishing "aka noodling"; and I said it would most like completely dislocate your shoulder and break your arm Blue cats, even small ones, have a very unsavory habit of biting down and then spinning like a croc. Ones that are as small as 10-15 lbs. will sprain wrists and fingers. You can always tell the guy that got ahold of blue while noodling....he'll come out of the water with a wrist as swollen as his calf and it'll look like he ran it over a metal grinder.

Flatheads just clamp down and shake you like a dog.

Fun info Aaron. Thanks for posting spearstuff.