Catfish the size of a 6th grader caught in Oklahoma.

Catfish the size of a 6th grader caught in Oklahoma.

By Mitchell Willetts

Source: miamiherald

5/29/2024

Credit: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

An Oklahoma angler recently caught the “fish of a lifetime,” photos show, but the question is, just how big is it? “Do y’all wanna see a catfish the size of a 6th grader?” the state Department of Wildlife Conservation asked in a May 28 social media post.

An intriguing offer, and one many couldn’t refuse. “Every time I think I have excised the last redneck cell in my brain, YET AGAIN I get all fired up over a picture of a big ole catfish,” one user commented on the department’s post.

Pine Creek Lake

Catfish, Flathead

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