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Damn them rednecks are genius!

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Rednecks are an ingenious lot.

rc26 wrote:Rednecks are an ingenious lot.

Thanks.

My uncle once told me a story about a friend nicknamed "Hooks". He got the nickname when he was a kid growing up in Louisiana. He and some friends were noodling for Catfish and he got this idea of putting a bunch of fish hooks through some leather gloves so that anything he got his hands around would get snagged.

He saw a catfish under a log and had a friend poke a stick from the other side as he reached down to grab it. The fish was much bigger than he expected and it took off swimming. He couldn't let go and got dragged to the bottom for a frighteningly long time before he got free. He didn't try it again, but the nickname stuck.

It amazes me how big those fish can get. The catfish around here don't get much bigger than a rat.

Rabbit_Fighter wrote:My uncle once told me a story about a friend nicknamed "Hooks". He got the nickname when he was a kid growing up in Louisiana. He and some friends were noodling for Catfish and he got this idea of putting a bunch of fish hooks through some leather gloves so that anything he got his hands around would get snagged.

He saw a catfish under a log and had a friend poke a stick from the other side as he reached down to grab it. The fish was much bigger than he expected and it took off swimming. He couldn't let go and got dragged to the bottom for a frighteningly long time before he got free. He didn't try it again, but the nickname stuck.

It amazes me how big those fish can get. The catfish around here don't get much bigger than a rat.

There are medieval legends of our local Wels Catfish eating people in Germany. Suckers got big enough to drag people down easy.
There's a reservoir in Spain where, thirty odd years ago, a well-meaning scientist let loose some Wels catfish.
No natural predators. Optimal water temperature and plenty of food.
People catching 'em have to drill big old steel hooks into the ground to tie their lines to. Fucker's have grown to 200 pounds, and are still getting bigger with each generation.

Of course, the giant Mekong catfish can grow to 650 pounds...