Kenny Weinstock owns a balloon company, but one thing he won’t have to inflate is his greatest fishing story.

Monday evening, Weinstock spent about half an hour fighting and eventually winning a battle with a 47-inch flathead catfish. He and friend Bill Law, who was alongside, estimate the bruiser weighs approximately 50 pounds.

“His mouth was so big, I could have fit my whole arm in there,” said Weinstock, 50, the owner of Blue Moon Balloon Company of DeKalb. “When I realized I had a catfish and saw how big he was, I was just screaming and all over the dock.”