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Angler reels pending-record blue catfish from Tennessee river 
By Pete Thomas US Source: usatoday 9/26/2022
Pete Thomas
A Tennessee angler on Saturday landed a pending state-record blue catfish while enjoying ‘kind of a date’ with his wife.

The 118-pound, 7-ounce catfish was reeled from the Cumberland River by Micka Burkhart, who was fishing with his wife, Amy. The fish was weighed in front of witnesses, including a state biologist, and released.
 

“The blue cat will be a new Tennessee record pending verification and certification,” The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency boasted Sunday on Facebook.

The current record, 112 pounds, was set in 1998, also on the Cumberland River.

 
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