But he released it before he weighed it on a certifield scale. In 2021, Levi Bennett of Oklahoma noodled a 5-foot, 106-pound catfish, according to Field and Stream. It came in at 98.7, which is certainly one of the biggest catfish ever noodled and may be the biggest ever to be weighed on a certified scale.Īfter they announced their catch on Facebook with pictures and their fish story, they got a congratulatory message from a guy who knew exactly what they’d been through. After a round of high fives, they decided they’d better get this one weighed on the certifield scale at Duck Cove Marina. They weighed it twice on a hand-held scale and it came in at more than 100 pounds both times.

“Anybody can grab one of these fish, but not everyone can hang onto them,” White told Field and Stream.īack in the boat, they didn’t know what they had. They had to swim out of the hole and up another 14 feet holding a giant, thrashing fish. They both managed to get a hand in her mouth, White said. The fight went on for a while before the two men managed to subdue the fish by squeezing it between their bodies. “You have to swim into the hole five or six feet before you see the fish.” They thought going in that they were giong to catch a big one, but they had no idea what they had gotten into.Ī tremendous catfish that was almost as long as they are tall started ramming them.

“We swam into the hole side-by-side,” White told the Chronicle.

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