Sad Ending to a great Catch

[monster cat]

Hey guys I just stumbled across this and thought i would share it with you guys Im sure some of you have heard about this but none the less this was an awesome catch.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...hange-is-good/

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[SDcatatonic]

That's a major bummer. Thanks for sharing.

[DEER 24/7]

thanks for sharing story i would love to catch one that big weather it was a record or not.but at my age i am running out of time

[Satanta]

Nice catch for him. I'm not sure I would be able to get one like that out of the water without a winch.

Bummer on the aeration tho. Lost some prize [[personal prized]] fish to my tanks aerator going out or dying while I was away.

[TEAMUS]

That sucks but atleast he caught a record.

[ozzman02]

At least he tried to keep it alive and not throw it on a wall or eat it for dinner

[MOOSEMAN1955]

Nice catch. I was shocked at the ending. When I read they put it in the alligator exibit, the first thing that came to mind was a gator ate it, not a stupid aeriator.

[RHankinsJr]

That was a good catch, sorry to hear it died.

[JERMSQUIRM]

why put it ina pond. it was recorded. should have been put back. people always think it needs to be on DISPLAY. so is 77.7 of wasted fish. ide much rather heard it was eaten.

[wolfman]

The name looks familiar, I think he is a member of the USCA / BOC goes by "bigriver" , but havent seen him post in a long time.