North Carolina Man catches largest Catfish in NC History

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(Fayetville-AP) September 28, 2005 - Lifelong fisherman Brian Newberger
never keeps what he catches, not even the eye-popping, record-setting
catfish he landed more than a week ago.
The Fayetteville man was on the Cape Fear River after midnight on September
17th when he took his 20-foot pontoon boat to a place where he knew giant
catfish fed. Newberger cut a live, 14-inch eel so it would bleed. Then, he
waited.

The flathead catfish took the bait, and after 40 minutes, gave up the
battle. When Newberger got the fish to the state certified scales, he found
out he'd caught the biggest catfish in North Carolina history - 78 pounds,
52 inches long and three feet around. The old mark was 69 pounds caught in
the Cape Fear in 1994.

Newberger kept his fish alive in a custom-made tank inside his boat until he
could get it weighed. Once the weight was confirmed, he put the fish back
into the river, calling it "one of God's creations."

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(Fayetville-AP) September 28, 2005 - Lifelong fisherman Brian Newberger
never keeps what he catches, not even the eye-popping, record-setting
catfish he landed more than a week ago.
The Fayetteville man was on the Cape Fear River after midnight on September
17th when he took his 20-foot pontoon boat to a place where he knew giant
catfish fed. Newberger cut a live, 14-inch eel so it would bleed. Then, he
waited.

The flathead catfish took the bait, and after 40 minutes, gave up the
battle. When Newberger got the fish to the state certified scales, he found
out he'd caught the biggest catfish in North Carolina history - 78 pounds,
52 inches long and three feet around. The old mark was 69 pounds caught in
the Cape Fear in 1994.

Newberger kept his fish alive in a custom-made tank inside his boat until he
could get it weighed. Once the weight was confirmed, he put the fish back
into the river, calling it "one of God's creations."



Anybody want to go to Fayetteville, hes still in there!

A. I don't know why anyone would want to Fayetteville, even for a fish like
that.
b. I would bet it's a bit hook shy now.


"Chris" wrote in message
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(Fayetville-AP) September 28, 2005 - Lifelong fisherman Brian Newberger
never keeps what he catches, not even the eye-popping, record-setting
catfish he landed more than a week ago.
The Fayetteville man was on the Cape Fear River after midnight on
September
17th when he took his 20-foot pontoon boat to a place where he knew giant
catfish fed. Newberger cut a live, 14-inch eel so it would bleed. Then,
he
waited.

The flathead catfish took the bait, and after 40 minutes, gave up the
battle. When Newberger got the fish to the state certified scales, he
found
out he'd caught the biggest catfish in North Carolina history - 78
pounds,
52 inches long and three feet around. The old mark was 69 pounds caught
in
the Cape Fear in 1994.

Newberger kept his fish alive in a custom-made tank inside his boat until
he
could get it weighed. Once the weight was confirmed, he put the fish back
into the river, calling it "one of God's creations."



Anybody want to go to Fayetteville, hes still in there!

Greg is a freakin' Yankee. Yankee go home, and shut yer cakehole!
Congrats on the BIG Cat Brian! It was pretty noble of you to put him back.
Frank
"greg" wrote in message
om...
A. I don't know why anyone would want to Fayetteville, even for a fish
like that.
b. I would bet it's a bit hook shy now.


"Chris" wrote in message
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(Fayetville-AP) September 28, 2005 - Lifelong fisherman Brian Newberger
never keeps what he catches, not even the eye-popping, record-setting
catfish he landed more than a week ago.
The Fayetteville man was on the Cape Fear River after midnight on
September
17th when he took his 20-foot pontoon boat to a place where he knew
giant
catfish fed. Newberger cut a live, 14-inch eel so it would bleed. Then,
he
waited.

The flathead catfish took the bait, and after 40 minutes, gave up the
battle. When Newberger got the fish to the state certified scales, he
found
out he'd caught the biggest catfish in North Carolina history - 78
pounds,
52 inches long and three feet around. The old mark was 69 pounds caught
in
the Cape Fear in 1994.

Newberger kept his fish alive in a custom-made tank inside his boat
until he
could get it weighed. Once the weight was confirmed, he put the fish
back
into the river, calling it "one of God's creations."



Anybody want to go to Fayetteville, hes still in there!

In article , fr8m8
@adelphia.net says...
Greg is a freakin' Yankee. Yankee go home, and shut yer cakehole!
Congrats on the BIG Cat Brian! It was pretty noble of you to put him back.
Frank

It was cool of him to put him back. Of course 78 pounds I don't know
how good he'd be to eat. I've never fished that river. I'm about 3
hours from it. All I got is a canoe. Biggest I ever caught is about 8
pounds. He was pulling my canoe around.

Chris

In article ,
says...
A. I don't know why anyone would want to Fayetteville, even for a fish like
that.
You don't like Fayettenaum? They got some great surplus stores and gun
shops for one thing. Some pretty good places to eat. FtBragg. The
82nd Airbourne. I don't know. Why not?

b. I would bet it's a bit hook shy now.
Might be? Then again he might be gettin' hungry again!



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(Fayetville-AP) September 28, 2005 - Lifelong fisherman Brian Newberger
never keeps what he catches, not even the eye-popping, record-setting
catfish he landed more than a week ago.
The Fayetteville man was on the Cape Fear River after midnight on
September
17th when he took his 20-foot pontoon boat to a place where he knew giant
catfish fed. Newberger cut a live, 14-inch eel so it would bleed. Then,
he
waited.

The flathead catfish took the bait, and after 40 minutes, gave up the
battle. When Newberger got the fish to the state certified scales, he
found
out he'd caught the biggest catfish in North Carolina history - 78
pounds,
52 inches long and three feet around. The old mark was 69 pounds caught
in
the Cape Fear in 1994.

Newberger kept his fish alive in a custom-made tank inside his boat until
he
could get it weighed. Once the weight was confirmed, he put the fish back
into the river, calling it "one of God's creations."



Anybody want to go to Fayetteville, hes still in there!