Giant Catfish

by Shawn @ 1:37 am · filed under Animals

Does this seem like a pretty big catfish to anyone besides me? Something like 650 lbs (I forget exactly now)...

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10 Responses to “Giant Catfish”

Johan Says:
July 13th, 2006 at 2:12 am

Pretty big, yeah. Would be fun to stick in a mate’s pool and videotape his/her reaction.

Julien Says:
July 13th, 2006 at 2:23 am

Seems normal to me…

Seriously though, thats rediculious. Did this picture come from a reputable source or is it photoshoped? I can’t imagine you could actaully catch that think… (not like you can just reel it onto your rowboat with some 20lb test).

Matthew Says:
July 13th, 2006 at 3:40 am

I saw a film once where they were catching fish that size. They had to fasten themselves to the boat if I rememeber correctly. Was pretty cool!

Jason Golod Says:
July 13th, 2006 at 9:48 am

650 lb Marlin is one thing. What the hell do you do with a 650lb. catfish?

Shawn Says:
July 13th, 2006 at 9:58 am

Yeah, a pretty reputable source (National Geographic). Caught in Thailand…

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060710-giant-catfish.html

Will Says:
July 13th, 2006 at 1:41 pm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0629_050629_giantcatfish.html

@Jason Golod: Apparently, you eat it.

Will Says:
July 13th, 2006 at 1:45 pm

Ooops, wrong link. Here’s what happened to it (with 4 other pics):

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0629_050629_giantcatfish.html

Bret Says:
July 16th, 2006 at 7:41 am

Funny, I had all your can eat fried catfish last night

em Says:
June 12th, 2007 at 12:49 pm

This catfish is amazin!:) Anglers in northern Thailand netted this huge catfish in the Mekong River - the biggest freshwater fish ever hooked!!! Nearly nine feet long and as big as a grizzly bear, the behemoth tipped the scales at a big 646 pounds!!! Thats 293kg!!!!
:):)

Chris Says:
May 26th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

Omg, that is a TON of meat in those cuts with the 4 photos link.

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