Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

I have recently been reading both her and elsewhere about giant catfish, which I find fascinating. For the record, the largest catfish caught and weighed was from the mouth of the Mel Kong River in Thailand. It weighed 646 pounds and was 9 feet long! This happened in 2005.

All the rest or simply fishing yarns, or spoofs! I confess to having written one myself and you can read it here. To do that, look up my earlier story, Cleopatra II, Queen of Red River! I am telling you in advance that I liberally mixed fact and fiction.

I was surprised that my life-long friend and classmate was ill and bedfast. I sent him a draft of my big catfish spoof and he said he thought it was real until the very end. That surprised me because I expected him to realize it was a yarn much earlier.

Now do not discount the value of big catfish stories, after all Junior Samples got his start this way. He had caught a large cat and told his story on the local radio. It was comical enough it led to a spot on the Grand Old Opera! Not bad for a country boy! Just Sayin...RJS























 
 
 
 
 
 






































































































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