57-Pound Catfish Pulled From Missouri River

57-Pound Catfish Pulled From Missouri River

POSTED: 4:10 pm CDT October 17, 2005
UPDATED: 4:13 pm CDT October 17, 2005

OMAHA, Neb. -- A 57-pound catfish was pulled from the Missouri River Monday
morning.

Mike Arndt and his father were fishing and caught the 47-inch-long flathead
catfish near the mouth of Indian Creek. He said he was using a 20-pound test
line and using a 4-inch goldfish as bait..

It's not the first time Mike has landed a big fish.

"I was thinking, I broke my old record of 50 pounds. That's what I was
thinking," Arndt said. "I was happy. Really happy. I've lost a lot of
catfish, man, and I didn't want to lose this one."

It took 15 minutes to get the big fish on shore. Arndt said he plans to
"throw him in some grease."
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