Syracuse.com - Syracuse man talks about his dad's huge 'accidental channel catfish' caught on Oneida Lake

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He caught it while perch fishing near Big Bay.

Ben Trowbridge, of Syracuse wrote the following:

"Mr Figura, first off, I have a great time reading your blog and would like to thank you for the CNY fishing reports. My father and i had a fun little experience yesterday that may be interesting to you as well...

"While fishing yesterday (10/9/13) primarily for perch near Big Bay on Oneida Lake, my dad, John Trowbridge from Honeoye, hooked into this big channel catfish. It took him 12 minutes to bring it to the boat since he was using light perch tackle.

"It was a highlight of our evening but we were not sure if this is even a large one. Any idea?

"I would estimate it was near 15 pounds, but not sure exactly since we didn't have a scale with us."

Ben, I'm bad at guessing weights. Any readers want to weigh in?

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