646 pound catfish caught

[TexasHSFootball]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fishermen in northern Thailand have caught the biggest catfish on record -- a 646-pound (293-kg) giant the size of a grizzly bear -- and eaten it, the WWF and the National Geographic Society said on Wednesday.

The giant catfish, believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever found, was caught along the Mekong River, home to more species of massive fish than any river on Earth.

"We've now confirmed that this catfish is the current record holder, an astonishing find," Dr Zeb Hogan, a WWF Conservation Science Fellow, said in the joint statement.

Local environmentalists and government officials tried to negotiate the release of the fish so it could continue its spawning migration in the far north of Thailand but the adult male died and was eaten in a remote village, it said.

The Mekong giant catfish is southeast Asia's largest and rarest fish and the focus of a National Geographic Society project headed by Hogan to study freshwater fish greater than 6.5 feet or 220 pounds (100 kg).

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by TexasHSFootball
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...and eaten it, the WWF and the National Geographic Society said on Wednesday...

...."We've now confirmed that this catfish is the current record holder, an astonishing find," Dr Zeb Hogan, a WWF Conservation Science Fellow, said in the joint statement....
I wonder what Vince McMahon had to say about this. Was Stone Cold on the committee that did the research?

[TexasHSFootball]

Fishy Fishy in the brook
Daddy caught him with a hook
Mama fried him in a pan
and baby ate him like a man.

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[CHS_CG]

Originally posted by TexasHSFootball
Fishy Fishy in the brook
Daddy caught him with a hook
Mama fried him in a pan
and baby ate him like a man.

http://texashsfootball.com/board/style_emoticons/default/fish2.gif http://texashsfootball.com/board/style_emoticons/default/fish2.gif http://texashsfootball.com/board/style_emoticons/default/fish2.gif


that is too cute!!

[PhiI C]

What a wasted opportunity. Can you imagine the offspring that fish could have produced?

[mustang04]

Originally posted by PhiI C
What a wasted opportunity. Can you imagine the offspring that fish could have produced?


how do u know it hasnt already produced offspring???:thinking:

[sicem74]

the fish is on roids ok

[Phantom Stang]

The size isn't all that unusual for that type of fish, but they are endangered.
Click the link below to read more about them.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0515_030515_giantcatfish.html

[slpybear the bullfan]

You should have seen the video they ran on the news... Old Folks were hacking that thing up into fillets and they were being pan-fried by the village as soon as they hit the ground.

WOW!

PS - I agree, what would the Rock say?!

[hitman]

I heard that the fish had her tubes tied:eek:

[lepfan]

Originally posted by CHS_CG
that is too cute!!

I remember that rhyme from when I was itty bitty :)

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by TexasHSFootball
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Local environmentalists and government officials tried to negotiate the release of the fish so it could continue its spawning migration in the far north of Thailand but the adult male died and was eaten in a remote village, it said.

now that paragraph makes it seem like a story

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

I just want to know how big of a rope that anchor was on that they caught it with, what kind of bait that they used to catch it with, how they got it out of the water, and how they did not get eaten in the process....

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
I just want to know how big of a rope that anchor was on that they caught it with, what kind of bait that they used to catch it with, how they got it out of the water, and how they did not get eaten in the process....
I think they were noodling.:eek: