“I’m going to catch one bigger,” he said.
In early October, that goal was met. Using a trotline baited with large shad, Lieneke caught a 95-pound blue cat near Wellington, Mo., where he lives.
That exceeded the 81-pound blue cat he and friends caught this year during the flood.
“The Missouri still has lots of big catfish,” said Lieneke, 53. “We catch a lot of fish weighing from 50 to 60 pounds.
“But when you get up over 80 pounds, that’s still a rare fish.”
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