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An angler from South Philadelphia made the catch of his life Sunday in the Schuylkill River, reeling in a monstrous flathead catfish that weighed in at a whopping 72 1/2 pounds.
Daniel Brown conquered the humongous flathead near the recently opened extension of the Schuylkill River Trail in Grays Ferry, where he fishes with his father-in-law every weekend for most of the year. Within 30 seconds of his first cast into the river, Brown said he felt a bite on his lure and instantly knew he had something big.
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"Flatheads roll and they like to stay low to take you down under," Brown said. "It was kicking my ass. To be honest with you, I was gassing out. The fight was probably 5 minutes.
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