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WR catfish caught on Rod n' Reel #10651346 02/27/15 01:28 AM
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Caught in Italy and posted on I-Net 2 days ago:



It was big enough that the angler who caught it could slide his whole body into its mouth:



"Italian fisherman Dino Ferrari landed what could potentially be a world record wels catfish in Italys Po Delta. Ferraris fish measured an incredible 8.7 feet in length and weighed 280 pounds. The current weight record for a wels catfish is over 300 pounds, but according to the Daily Mirror, Ferrari may have set a record for the largest catfish to be caught with a rod and reel."

Heres photographic proof that this thing could just swallow an adult if it wanted to. Its enormous




Re: WR catfish caught on Rod n' Reel [Re: Grinder55] #10651977 02/27/15 05:27 AM
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Now I have a goal...it has big whiskers.

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Re: WR catfish caught on Rod n' Reel [Re: Indianation65] #10651978 02/27/15 05:30 AM
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Wow.


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Re: WR catfish caught on Rod n' Reel [Re: Grinder55] #10652006 02/27/15 06:15 AM
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there isn't enough money in the world to get me to climb into that things mouth

Re: WR catfish caught on Rod n' Reel [Re: Grinder55] #10652170 02/27/15 01:09 PM
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Now that is a HOG! Congratulations to the angler. cheers





Side Note: There was an episode about the Wels Catfish on the T.V. show River Monsters. thumb


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IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap.

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Re: WR catfish caught on Rod n' Reel [Re: Grinder55] #10655773 02/28/15 05:12 PM
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Yep - that's a pretty serious fish. It would have been a real task to get that in a boat for a fish pic.

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