et84 Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 I was visiting my grandmother's house the other day and was looking through some old photographs and found these gems. I had grown up hearing about an old picture of my grandad with a big catfish he caught, and this was it. I don't know how much it weighed and my grandmother didn't remember, but she said that 80 lb.+ catfish were caught fairly often, and for them to have used expensive film to take a picture of it, it must have been bigger than usual (possibly 100 lbs.?? ). Grandad is the one on the left. He (They?) caught it right by the family farm in Portland on the Missouri River, fishing a jugline. The picture is dated August, 1936. Grandad I mentioned above is in the middle of this pic. This one was caught on Lake Pomme de Terre. That's all I know about that one. Another great grandfather with some good sized bass. "Sometimes it seems like such a hard life, but there's good times around the bend. The rollercoaster's gotta roll to the bottom if ya wanna climb to the top again."
duckydoty Posted May 27, 2009 Posted May 27, 2009 Great pictures! I love the old time photos with some history. The middle picture, you call muskie picture????? I dont see a muskie, but that is one huge flathead catfish. A Little Rain Won't Hurt Them Fish.....They're Already Wet!! Visit my website at.. Ozark Trout Runners
Geoff Posted May 27, 2009 Posted May 27, 2009 we found a bunch of those going thru family pictures when we used to own land down on the Gasconade, which oddly enough, is now owned my one of my co-workers fiances. anyway....there are some big fish in the pictures we had, including that state record smallie "When you do things right, people wont be sure you've done anything at all."
et84 Posted May 27, 2009 Author Posted May 27, 2009 The middle picture, you call muskie picture????? I dont see a muskie, but that is one huge flathead catfish. My mistake- I was looking at some other pictures I found (of ACTUAL muskie) while uploading these. I'm not much of a multi-tasker. "Sometimes it seems like such a hard life, but there's good times around the bend. The rollercoaster's gotta roll to the bottom if ya wanna climb to the top again."
BredMan Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Great pictures! I love the old time photos with some history. The middle picture, you call muskie picture????? I dont see a muskie, but that is one huge flathead catfish. I second that! I really enjoy looking at old fishing pictures especially from familiar places or local spots. Makes me mind wonder how they ever caught them using old equipment.....:>))))
fishinwrench Posted May 29, 2009 Posted May 29, 2009 Those are great, thanks. Do we get extra points for identifying that plug attached to the old casting rig ? Looks like it might be a 'Oreno type plug (hanging about 2 guides down from the tip) or is that something else that I'm seeing on the piece of tin ? You've really started something here....I gotta do some digging And I hope others do too.
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