New Record
Following a high-speed odyssey up the Tennessee River on Tuesday, Paul Nichols expects his back to ache and his joints to be stiff today from being jostled about as be piloted his bass boat to an American Power Boat Association speed record.

"My hands have blisters all over them. My back hurts, my legs hurt; I'm worn out," Nichols said after completing his record-setting run in 11 hours 14 minutes.

The Chattanooga resident said the excitement of driving his way into the boating organization's record book will dull the aches and pains.

75.4 lb channel cat

Jerry Uhrine, Gary Hathcock and Ted Boozer catch lots of catfish, so it's not surprising they have gotten hooked on television shows such as River Monsters on the Animal Planet network.

Hauling in gargantuan fish -- often catfish -- is the theme of such shows, so the trio decided to go after bigger prey for themselves.

"We catch a lot of catfish, but we wanted to go somewhere where you catch those big fat ones," Uhrine said. 

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