Somebody already said that if you put tap water in that pool you need to dechlorinate it, but that takes a while. Watch that fish close, you may have to take him back to the lake and keep him on a big a-- stringer for a while.

Post pics! I want to see it and I know a ton of other people will too!

SO WHAT IS THE WORD ON THIS FISH. I AM STARTING TO THINK WE'VE BEEN HAD

i'd love for it to be true...to know there are still monsters like that swimming around....but me personally...i would have drove to hell and back to get a picture and certified weight of a fish like that and it would be posted on every forum i knew of.

if you still have it in the kiddie pool hit the nearest pets mart/ fish store and get some Seachem Prime.

Good advice here:

...........................................or get the grease hot

Get a bunch of cornmeal and grease and ice down some beer...... Just kidding

If he dies freze him, Worst case senario is still good eating, And you still have weights and measures.

This morning when I caught this monster, it was the largest fish I have ever seen. I took him home and tried to weigh him on our digital bathroom scales, but the scales don't go as high as me and the fish combined. A neighbor brought over their old scales, the old fashioned kind. They go up to 290 lbs. then start start back to zero, and just make another round. The combined weight of me and the fish pegged 290, kept on going, and went to 120 pounds. That was why I thought the weight of the fish was 130.
I was not sure if the scale was capable or accurately handling that much weight but that was the reading we got. The weight of 130 was not accurate, or even close, but my post was honest, just done in the excitement of an incredible moment.
We took it to a propane dealer, who had certified scales, and this fish weighs 67 pounds.
I am a little embarrassed, but please understand it was just an incredibly exciting event, I've never been this excited over something done fishing or hunting. But it is still a great fish.
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I caught it on lake conroe, about 11am. I was fishing from the bank. In the past couple of weeks, I had hooked a big fish, but he broke my line once, got off another time.
I was using a live bluegill hooked behind the dorsal fin. I let it sit for about an hr, nothing happened so I decided to call it quits.
I tried to reel in my line, but it felt like it was hung on a stump or something. I carefully tried to unhook it by applying constant pressure, and it felt like it was giving way. I gradually worked it to the bank, still believing it was just a log or something. Finally it started swimming, and then the fight was on. It took about 45 minutes to land this fish. I landed him myself, off of a bulkhead, with a fish landing net more suited perch and bass, then a giant flathead. With his side fins extended, he did not fit square into the net, I had to angle him in, and then about half his body was sticking out. Still I got him up on the bank, but my landing net is no longer usable.
This is far and away the biggest fish I have ever caught, to tell the truth, it is one of the most exciting days of my life.

Great Job !!! Very nice flathead and you should be proud

MAN THAT IS A GREAT FISH AND I KNOW HOW FAST THE EXCITMET CAN OVER TAKE YOU BUT ITS A GREAT FEELING

No apoligy needed. Can understand how you could have made that mistake, still a very nice fish and a trophy to anyone by rod and reel or any other way. Congrats again.

Congrats! I bet that was a heck of a fight on rod and reel.

great story! I can't wait to see this beast!

congrats, and you are a stand up guy, hell if I caught a 67 lb monster flathead I would scream he weighed 200.

Yes, Great fish and be proud. Thanks for posting the rest of the story.