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Jul 28, 2009 9:28 am US/Central

Woman Nets N.D. Record Catfish

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) ― A West Fargo, N.D. woman has landed a North Dakota record channel catfish.

The fish 31-year-old Tina Willis caught over the weekend in Moon Lake southwest of Valley City was 40 inches long and weighed 42 pounds, 1 ounce. That broke the state record of 33 pounds, 4 ounces set in 1991 on the Red River by Bruce Pannkuk of Minneapolis.

Willis used a frog for bait. She says it felt like she had hooked into a log.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department confirmed the record.

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In 2005, National Geographic reported a 646-pound catfish was caught in Thailand.

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