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 Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: PKfishin]
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10/07/15 01:59 AM
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I always imagined huge catfish sitting on the bottom of pk in 90' of water, that is until I learned about thermocline, I guess maybe during the winter months but I have dove to 90' in PK and I can't imagine much of anything wanting to live down there
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: ChuChu1]
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10/07/15 04:29 PM
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When I was a kid we lived in Mineral Wells from 60-63. my Dad would tell us about the divers who saw catfish big enough to eat a man at PK and refused to go back down. Guess they are still there. That story has been told about every dam in Texas. That story has been told about every dam in the world.
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: PKfishin]
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10/12/15 04:30 AM
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Tubes? From the generators they no longer use? Cleaning?......  If you take this pic into photoshop and blow it up to a pixel level you will note a strange discoloration surrounding the fish. faint, but there. I think it's been shopped.
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: PKfishin]
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10/12/15 01:39 PM
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As has been said, this story has been told about every major lake within a 500 mile radius of DFW. And probably more than that. I grew up in OK and I know I've heard it about Tenkiller, Eufala, Broken Bow, Keystone, Murray and many more. Catfish the size of a man?? The size of a VW?? Here's what I know. I was an avid SCUBA diver for many, many years. I've logged 100s of dives in Lake Tenkiller which reaches depths of over 200 feet. And I have seen some HUGE flathead catfish diving in areas near the dam. But never have I seen one as big as a man. I have seen catfish that were between 4 and 5 feet long that would easily be new word records. But they don't have the mass to be considered the size of a man. Maybe a young teenager.
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
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10/13/15 02:05 AM
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But they don't have the mass to be considered the size of a man. Maybe a young teenager. thats still a big fish
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: PKfishin]
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10/13/15 01:38 PM
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Too bad that's a wels catfish, look at the whiskers, that's not a blue cat.
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: Duckcreek Davy]
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10/13/15 05:19 PM
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Tubes? From the generators they no longer use? Cleaning?...... If you take this pic into photoshop and blow it up to a pixel level you will note a strange discoloration surrounding the fish. faint, but there. I think it's been shopped. And if you look even closer you can see bigfoot in the background riding a black panther
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: PKfishin]
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10/13/15 10:04 PM
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I remember hearing this story the first time when I was a teen in the 1970s but about Beaver Lake in Arkansas and dams on the Akansas River.
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: ChuChu1]
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10/13/15 10:52 PM
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I guess you want me to believe the catfish is bigger than the diver? Ain't gonna happen. Plus #1. 
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: PKfishin]
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10/14/15 12:16 AM
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Maybe the diver was a "little person."
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
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10/14/15 01:10 PM
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Tubes? From the generators they no longer use? Cleaning?...... If you take this pic into photoshop and blow it up to a pixel level you will note a strange discoloration surrounding the fish. faint, but there. I think it's been shopped. And if you look even closer you can see bigfoot in the background riding a black panther except the black panther is real
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: PKfishin]
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10/14/15 05:18 PM
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That picture isn't real. No Volkswagen duh.
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: Blues]
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10/14/15 09:02 PM
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Too bad that's a wels catfish, look at the whiskers, that's not a blue cat. Exactly, and look at the tail too. The European Wels catfish actually does reach those mythical sizes in that old story though. 
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
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10/17/15 05:23 PM
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[/quote]And Tennessee. My dad told me that story when I was a kid. I'm over 70 now and have heard it pretty much all my life. [/quote] Me too. 70 years old and heard it all my life. Well all my life so far.
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Re: Look what they found cleaning the tubes at PK Lake
[Re: PKfishin]
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10/17/15 06:19 PM
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Why do you all not believe this? In the haze in the background I can just make out the shapes of the many bulldozers that were abandoned by the operators at the last minute when the lake filled.
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