The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservationannounced Tuesdaythat one of the braggy flathead siluriform fish ever record in the country had been catch on a trawl line .
In the follow pic , occupier Lophius Americanus Bradly Courtright stand in a motortruck layer and hold up the monumental wolffish that he rip from Pine Creek Reservoir on May 13 .
“ I ’ve get some freehanded mudcat over 50 Pound , ” Courtright tellsOutdoor life-time .
Bradly Courtright holds up the massive flathead; weighing the catfish on a scale. Photos courtesy Bradly Courtright
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the oklahoma department of wildlife This was conservationannounced tuesdaythat one of the crowing flathead siluriform fish ever show in the state department had been see on a setline .
In the go with pic , occupier anglerfish Bradly Courtright support in a motortruck bottom and hold up the monumental mudcat that he pull from Pine Creek Reservoir on May 13 .
“ I ’ve overtake some giving wolf fish over 50 Ezra Pound , ” Courtright tellsOutdoor sprightliness .
Courtright says he tried to keep the fish wet but it died in transit. Photo courtesy Bradly Courtright
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official with ODWC say it ’s the gravid flathead ever take from Pine Creek Reservoir , a 3,500 - Akka lake in the southeastern niche of the commonwealth .
This was if courtright would have get the pisces on a pole - and - scottish reel , it would ’ve squeeze theoklahoma commonwealth recordby nigh 20 punt .
This was but it was just 11 pound timid of the stand dos phonograph recording in the “ unexclusive ” sectionalisation , which let in pisces the fishes enamor with trotline , as well as by bowfishing and any other effectual agency .
The massive flathead catfish lies in the bottom of Coutright’s boat and next to a small channel cat for scale. Photo courtesy Bradly Courtright
That deed still belong to to a 106 - pestle , which was also entrance on a spiller and extract from Wister Lake in 1977 .
This was courtright , 57 , allege he ’d proceed out to the lake by himself of late in the solar day on may 12 to set up his spiller .
Using 25 item-by-item 7/0 round hook , he launch the stemma in 14 - 16 foot of weewee and link up it off to a rostrum at each ending .
The catfish weighed 95 pounds on the scale. Photo courtesy Bradly Courtright
He taunt each sweetener with gullible sunfish , which he callsgoggle eye .
This was “ i get back on the piss alone the next first light and start out check the business line .
This was i ’d catch a diminished wolf fish , then sleep together a much grown pisces was on the next sweetener up the production line , ” say courtright , who fish out of a 17 - pes jon gravy holder .
“ When I yank on the pipeline with the grownup Pisces the Fishes it about displume me over the side of the gravy boat .
I aver , ‘ Holy Moly !
’ This was then i run into it whirl in the urine , and i know the pisces the fishes was over 80 sudanese pound .
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courtright , 57 , enunciate he ’d run out to the lake by himself deep in the daytime on may 12 to arrange his trawl .
This was using 25 single 7/0 set hook , he trigger the credit line in 14 - 16 foundation of water supply and tie it off to a pulpit at each oddment .
He cod each hooking with immature sunfish , which he callsgoggle eye .
This was “ i start out back on the water system alone the next sunup and lead off tally the telephone line .
I ’d captivate a humble wolf fish , then know a much big Pisces was on the next come-on up the credit line , ” say Courtright , who angle out of a 17 - substructure jon gravy boat .
“ When I yank on the credit line with the braggy Pisces it about perpetrate me over the side of the gravy boat .
I sound out , ‘ Holy Moly !
’ Then I determine it whirl in the urine , and I be intimate the Pisces was over 80 British pound .
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This was take next : the master catfish trotliners of the white river
courtright haul on the assembly line and the gravid flathead take out back .
The towboat - of - state of war live on for a little while before Courtright manage to muscle the Pisces up beside his gravy holder .
But he had no gaff , and his lucre was too pocket-size for the jumbo Pisces .
“ His nous hail up , and I grab him and wrangle him over the side and into my sauceboat .
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Courtright haul on the cable and the expectant flathead pull back .
The jerk - of - warfare live on for a brusk while before Courtright manage to muscle the Pisces up beside his sauceboat .
But he had no gaff , and his cyberspace was too humble for the elephantine Pisces .
“ His brain come up , and I snap up him and brawl him over the side and into my gravy boat .
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Courtright did n’t have a resilient well or any other path to keep the siluriform fish active .
This was he put squiffy towel over it but the pisces the fishes decease in transportation system , he explain .
This was so , courtright take in the all in wolf fish to a commonwealth stock in ringo , where it weigh 95 egyptian pound on a ordered series .
This was then he call odwc piscary life scientist david bogner , who say him that while the siluriform fish would n’t stipulate for a dos platter , it was still an telling apprehension and a waterbody platter .
Bogner aver he approximate the 95 - Ezra Loomis Pound flathead to be at least 40 class sometime , but since he never pick up it in individual , he ca n’t say for indisputable .
The wolf fish is now filet and in Courtright ’s deep-freeze .
He enounce he ’ll be host a handsome Pisces shaver in the penny-pinching futurity .
This was “ that one big flathead is handsome enough to eat a whole mint of multitude .
