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North Carolina man lands huge catfish, sets it free

By Ben Hooper
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Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man snapped a photo with a gargantuan catfish he caught in a lake -- before setting the underwater behemoth free.

The official Facebook page for Montgomery County posted a photo showing Kevin Moore posing with the gigantic catfish he reeled in Tuesday on Lake Tillery.

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The county said Moore set the big fish free after snapping the photo.

"That means this is out there to be caught again," the post said.

The county said in a comment under the post that Moore did not weigh the fish, but "he told his sister it weighed about as much as him."

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