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not really sure about this but the way you described your 3 saturdays and where your bait was sounds much like a big turtle. i have caught turtles on cut bait when fish catfish and wow they are tough to land. i guess the only way we will know is if you catch it and then the next thing will it fit in your ice hole.
Turtle??? They hibernate....