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Found this on another forum:

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AUSTIN, Texas — A Dallas man's catch from earlier this year was just
certified as a world record by the International Game Fish Association.

Josh Hill, 22, of Dallas caught the smallmouth buffalo on March 29 on a
self-tied fly and fly rod at the Pedernales River. It was certified at
20.89 pounds, 33 inches and had a girth of 24 inches.

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A buffalo fish on a fly? I wonder if he soaked it in worm juice
first?


Chuck Vance (for those of you wondering what the hell a buffalo
is: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild...lmouthbuffalo/)

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Found this on another forum:

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AUSTIN, Texas — A Dallas man's catch from earlier this year was just
certified as a world record by the International Game Fish Association.

Josh Hill, 22, of Dallas caught the smallmouth buffalo on March 29 on a
self-tied fly and fly rod at the Pedernales River. It was certified at
20.89 pounds, 33 inches and had a girth of 24 inches.

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A buffalo fish on a fly? I wonder if he soaked it in worm juice first?


Chuck Vance (for those of you wondering what the hell a buffalo is:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild...lmouthbuffalo/)

All kinds of strange things happen. I've caught two good size largemouth on
one crankbait. (a 3.5 and a 2.5) I got into a catfish bite one day where I
caught a half dozen channel cats on in-line spinner baits. I've caught carp
on rubber worms. I even lassoed a grass carp once when fishing a senko in
the edges of whitewater. I used to have a deep hole in the Gila river where
I could consistantly catch big (4-7 pounders) channel cats by slow dragging
(stiching) a spoon along the bottom. I once caught a rainbow trout on a
canned boston baked bean on a cane pole. I can't count the number of
sunfish I have caught on a bare hook.

Recently in tournament fishing one fellow reported he caught a big grass
carp on a topwater, and my partner caught a huge bull frog flipping a giant
creature bait into the brush.

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Bob La Londe

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"Bob La Londe" wrote in
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Recently in tournament fishing one fellow reported he caught a big
grass carp on a topwater, and my partner caught a huge bull frog
flipping a giant creature bait into the brush.

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Bob La Londe


My biggest fight as a kid was with an alligator snapper.

BTW, in the last NY Fish and Game, there's a photo of an Adirondack canoe
angler in a tug of war over a brook trout with a snapper. Great photo.

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Scott
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