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NewsJuly 21, 2010

ST. LOUIS -- Greg Bernal has some fish story to tell. The 47-year-old Florissant man was fishing in the Missouri River just before 1 a.m. Tuesday when he snagged a catfish -- a 130-pound catfish. The website for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported it appears to be a state record, topping a 117-pound catfish caught on a trotline in the Osage River in 1964...

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ST. LOUIS -- Greg Bernal has some fish story to tell.

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The 47-year-old Florissant man was fishing in the Missouri River just before 1 a.m. Tuesday when he snagged a catfish -- a 130-pound catfish.

The website for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported it appears to be a state record, topping a 117-pound catfish caught on a trotline in the Osage River in 1964.

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