World's largest Catfish caught - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Astrocloud · 06-30-2005, 02:12 PM

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-13762,00.html

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FISHERMEN in northern Thailand have caught the biggest catfish on record – a 293-kg giant the size of a grizzly bear – and eaten it, the WWF and the National Geographic Society have said.

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.

Project members determined that this new catch was 11 pounds heavier than the previous record holder - another Mekong catfish.

"I expect we're still going to find bigger fish than these," said University of Wisconsin fisheries biologist Zeb Hogan, the project director.

"It's astonishing."

According to Hogan, the Mekong has heretofore been a good habitat for such monsters because it is one of the deepest rivers in the world, reaching depths of more than 200 feet.

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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.

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 more than two metres long or weighing more than 100 kg.

New contenders for the title of the world's largest freshwater fish include Mongolian salmon, giant sturgeon, giant lungfish, razor-toothed gar, the dinosaur-like arapaima, the giant freshwater sting ray and the ever-popular dog-eating catfish.

Now all they need is the worlds largest bottle of Tabasco...

uncle phil · 06-30-2005, 02:19 PM

you knew one of these was coming...

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feelgood · 06-30-2005, 02:44 PM

Obviously they didn't fish it out using your ordinary canadian tires fishing rods

bernadette · 06-30-2005, 03:29 PM

i saw that on the morning tv news.

it's not a catfish. it was a sunken blimp they recovered.

Fremen · 06-30-2005, 05:44 PM

Weird. I had fried catfish for lunch.
Co-inky-dink? I think not...

bernadette · 06-30-2005, 06:37 PM

check your pants. the co-inky dinky might be there... or maybe not.

i didn't say that! who is posting as me???

Mephisto2 · 06-30-2005, 06:46 PM

It's a pity they let it die and eat it.

That thing must have been ancient.

Mr Mephisto

feelgood · 06-30-2005, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto

It's a pity they let it die and eat it.

That thing must have been ancient.

Mr Mephisto

Yeah, it would be interesting to find out what was its age...

CandleInTheDark · 06-30-2005, 08:35 PM

No point catchin' it if ya'll ain't goin' ta eats it.

Mephisto2 · 06-30-2005, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by CandleInTheDark

No point catchin' it if ya'll ain't goin' ta eats it.

Tell that to the tens of thousands of fishermen and women who release their catch back into the wild.

Some fish for sport.

Mr Mephisto

bernadette · 06-30-2005, 09:54 PM

*flings a string with a hook baited with a beefy burrito at Mr Mephisto*

Mr Mephisto snags the bait. rips his jaw a bit. he's bleeding & screaming with pain.

*tosses him back cuz it was all just done in the name of sport*

weeeeeeeeeee such fun

Astrocloud · 07-05-2005, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by bernadette

*flings a string with a hook baited with a beefy burrito at Mr Mephisto*

Mr Mephisto snags the bait. rips his jaw a bit. he's bleeding & screaming with pain.

*tosses him back cuz it was all just done in the name of sport*

weeeeeeeeeee such fun

But if you didn't throw him back -you would eat him -right?

doodlebird · 07-05-2005, 03:27 PM

that one fish could feed over a thousand people!
that freakin rocks.
it's small whale.
or a cow with underwater breathing apparatus.

i hope they deep fried it and served it with the world's largest hush puppies. mmmmmm.... puppies.

and uh, bern, if you've got any of that mephisto left, i'll take a bite.

Fire · 07-08-2005, 12:12 AM

I figure that while the fishes size may be impressive, in a remote thai village it is FOOD- remote villages being notorious for that whole tendency to fish for food (hell, to do whatever they can for food) rather than sport.....

06-30-2005, 02:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	you knew one of these was coming... <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/unclephil/tabasco.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"> __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-30-2005, 02:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Obviously they didn't fish it out using your ordinary canadian tires fishing rods __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

06-30-2005, 03:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
bernadette ::::::::::::::::::::::::: :. Location: this ain't kansas, toto	i saw that on the morning tv news. it's not a catfish. it was a sunken blimp they recovered. __________________ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

06-30-2005, 05:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	Weird. I had fried catfish for lunch. Co-inky-dink? I think not... __________________ Google

06-30-2005, 06:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
bernadette ::::::::::::::::::::::::: :. Location: this ain't kansas, toto	check your pants. the co-inky dinky might be there... or maybe not. i didn't say that! who is posting as me??? __________________ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

06-30-2005, 06:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mephisto2 Junkie	It's a pity they let it die and eat it. That thing must have been ancient. Mr Mephisto

06-30-2005, 08:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
CandleInTheDark Addict Location: Where the music's loudest	No point catchin' it if ya'll ain't goin' ta eats it. __________________ Where there is doubt there is freedom.

06-30-2005, 09:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
bernadette ::::::::::::::::::::::::: :. Location: this ain't kansas, toto	flings a string with a hook baited with a beefy burrito at Mr Mephisto Mr Mephisto snags the bait. rips his jaw a bit. he's bleeding & screaming with pain. tosses him back cuz it was all just done in the name of sport weeeeeeeeeee such fun __________________ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

07-05-2005, 03:27 PM	#13 (permalink)
doodlebird pío pío Location: on a branch about to break	that one fish could feed over a thousand people! that freakin rocks. it's small whale. or a cow with underwater breathing apparatus. i hope they deep fried it and served it with the world's largest hush puppies. mmmmmm.... puppies. and uh, bern, if you've got any of that mephisto left, i'll take a bite. __________________ xoxo doodle

07-08-2005, 12:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
Fire Warrior Smith Location: missouri	I figure that while the fishes size may be impressive, in a remote thai village it is FOOD- remote villages being notorious for that whole tendency to fish for food (hell, to do whatever they can for food) rather than sport..... __________________ Thought the harder, Heart the bolder, Mood the more as our might lessens