new MS Blue cat record - a monster

[Cajun Blake]

Eugene Cronley, the lucky angler from Brandon, caught the 131 pound fish on April 7 from the Mississippi River near Natchez. Cronley said that it took him forty minutes to land the huge fish. Cronely caught the fish with a rod and reel using skipjack herring as bait.

“It is truly a fish of a lifetime,” he told MDWFP.

The fish shattered the previous rod and reel record of 95 lbs. caught by Dakota Hinson in 2009 and is larger than the trophy record blue catfish of 101 lbs. caught by the team of Freddie Parker and Brad Smith in 1997.

[Drycreek3189]

That’s a lot of fish sticks !

[Bowtech38]

Dang what a hoss

[flywise]

My goodness that’s a big fish

[rbsears]

If that ain’t a poop-eating grin then I’ve never seen one.

[Dale Moser]

I bet that ol boy has caught more pounds of fish in his life than I'll kill in critters for the rest of mine.

[Gumbo Man]

Taking up the whole tailgate. Awesome catch.

[hogslayer78]

What a cat!

[louieagarcia]

This is what happens when someone runs Doubledown outta their fish feeder!

Congrats to the angler! Fish of a lifetime for sure

[SaltwaterSlick]

Goodgoshawallamoddy!! That's a big ol' whisker fish!

[Graysonhogs]

Needed another year.

[BangBang]

County he caught it in was bow only.

[ultrastealth]

Yea, that's a big'un.

[rut-ro]

Dagum how old you think that fish was?

[roberts]

I bet that was fun to catch.