Grandma Van Houten Records 18-Pound Channel Catfish Catch
Grandma Van Houten of Peoria aged 81 or 82 this July fished Spring Lake near Manito and landed an 18-pound channel catfish. She stored the fish in a bathtub for neighbors to view as part of the 1969 State Fishing Contest entries alongside bass northerns pike a coho salmon and larger walleyes.
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