4-year-old catches 45-pound fish in Trinity

10-16-09 | Domingo Ramirez Jr.

[Dysart]

FORT WORTH — This story may sound fishy to you, but the Smith family of Joshua has a photo to prove it.

Four-year-old Caden Smith, who weighs 40 pounds, hauled in a 45-pound flathead catfish Saturday while fishing from the banks of the Trinity River near downtown.

"He battled for his life," his uncle Dan Smith of Hurst said Wednesday.

[Dysart]

Story concludes by reporting he threw Moby Dick back. I would have thrown in a frying pan after a light breading.

[Lurker]

Flatheads are good eating, that’s for sure.

[Jeff Chandler]

Story concludes by reporting he threw Moby Dick back. I would have thrown in a frying pan after a light breading.

I don't know. That sucker is no spring chicken and the younger ones tend to be better eats.

[Graybeard58]

[NormsRevenge]

Dang. That’s a big ‘un, son.

[manic4organic]

I wouldn’t eat anything that came out of the Trinity.

[JRandomFreeper]

Cool for the kid. That's a forever memory.

BTW, that looks like a yellow cat, and the best way to prep is to fillet, and trim away the dark meat, cube, roll in corn meal and cayenne, and deep fry. Serve with hush-puppies, fried okra, and your heart meds of choice.

The cheek steaks on one that size are large enough to serve 1 person.

Biggest I've caught was 34 lb yellow cat out of Lake Worth, Texas. Which makes me a little jealous of the kid.

/johnny

[brivette]

did it hurt?

[trumandogz]

That kid must have a bad case of hemorrhoids.

[Dysart]

Your point is well taken. Maybe irradiation would be in order.

[GeronL]

don’t eat the mutatnt fishes from the Trinity...

oh thats the West Fork of the Trinity River... its the East Fork that toxic

[EGPWS]

4-year-old catches 45-pound fish in Trinity

Half the battle, now who is available to make it eatable?

[Vaquero]

Trinity event....nothing fishy here.

[tropical]

Thank you for that post. The tears are still rolling down my cheeks...

[EGPWS]

Oh worry worry, what to do?

Pazo or PreperationH? ROTFLMAO!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I heard that the best recipe was;
Nail fish to fence post in order to skin,
Skin, using ViceGrip pliers
Soak in brine solution,
Discard carcass.
Eat fence post

I know! Painfully old, but it just came to mind!

[JRandomFreeper]

Fastest thing in Dallas county is Amon Carter on a bicycle, headed to Ft. Worth. ;)

/johnny

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Ooooh. OWWW. Them antlers musta hurt comin’ out!

[Rebelbase]

HAR! That must of hurt!

[VR-21]

"I wouldn’t eat anything that came out of the Trinity."

No kidding! I remember jokes about "Trinity trout" when I lived in Dallas.

[mc5cents]

This story seems a little, um, fishy to me. I see the picture of the kid with the fish, but did he “catch” it? Or, did he yell “daddy! something is on my line!” and then daddy hauls the fish in and poses the kid with the fish. That would make more sense.

[A.A. Cunningham]

http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1689875.html

[Dysart]

Yep, I recognize that it’s a little hard to swallow. But stranger things have happened. You know, like electing a know-nothing, unaccomplished community organizer as leader of the free world.

[Dysart]

Thanks for the link. I was really distracted when I posted this...damn.

[Redleg Duke]

Man, that had to hurt!

[packrat35]

Thanks for posting that. Been laughing the last 15 minutes.

[packrat35]

Well you got us there.

[MaxMax]

The best catfish I've ever had comes from the Trinity river.
Fishing after a good rain always yielded great catches, not quite that big though.

[eastforker]

Trinity river catfish pic from 1951.

[maine-iac7]

This story seems a little, um, fishy to me. I see the picture of the kid with the fish, but did he “catch” it? Or, did he yell “daddy! something is on my line!” and then daddy hauls the fish in and poses the kid with the fish. That would make more sense.

That'd be my bet.

How much do YOU weigh? Do you think you could haul in a fish that weighed more than you?

Think of the battle deep sea fishermen have - and with all the gear - strapped into a seat bolted to the boat - heavy duty equipment, etc

I'm thinking if that little 40 pound boy was alone for more than a couple seconds on that line, that 45 pound fish would've taken him water skiing...