Joey Anderson had quite a surprise while crappie fishing in the Marina where he keeps his boat for crappie. His wife handed him her rod while she did some cleaning on their boat and the next thing Joey knew, his line was moving off and he was unable to do much about it. He was using an ultra-lite rod and reel and all of a sudden he had a situation to deal with like he had never had before. He played the fish for over 30 minutes and everyone on the dock got involved. A friend with a boat in the next stall had a gaff and with his help they were able to land a 53.8 pound flathead catfish. Joey said this was the biggest fish he had ever caught and it looked like they would have plenty of catfish to eat for weeks to come. Joey’s wife Becky caught some nice crappie the same day; but, had to admit, Joey’s fish was considerably bigger.
