Burping Catfish

A 43lb bluecat brought up from 70ft of water expells excess air in it's swim bladder by "burping" unexpectedly. The fish had wrapped in 6 other lines during the fight to the boat and was beat up pretty bad from either previously being caught, or rolling against the bottom during the fight with me. You can tell by the reaction of the guys with me they had never heard a cat do this before. For more on catfishing and the James River visit my website at http://catfishingonthejames.googlepages.com/

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[ROADSNAKE90ROADSNAKE]

never heard one do that before- nice cat

[Catfishingonthejames]

It's caused by air in the cats swim bladder being compressed at depth, and by bringing it up quickly to the surface the cat does not have time to equalize the pressure so the air expands and the cat bloats like a balloon. The fish can't swim properly or submerge fully until the excess air is relieved. Some guys will slip a slender pipe doen the fishes throat to burp it, but I prefer to lay the cat on it's belly and rock it slightly while holding it's mouth open. Works almost every time.

[andrewblake1]

how deep was that bad boy... i had a flat head do that a few weeks ago but not that much....

[Catfishingonthejames]

70ft in strong current.

[Shpammm]

This is the best video of all time.

[shannoncopley]

wow that was huge. i heard them croak but never heard one burp

[channelcatfishman123]

that was so cool

[river3782]

How much beer did that cat have,LOL