Monster Catfish

[kingcobe]

Hi all,

I just thought I would show you a photo of two monster catfish that I found on the net. The larger of the two weighed in at 103 kg, the smaller one was 98kg.

Pretty amazing what kind of fish are swimming around the rivers.

Josh

[yellahunter]

sad they killed them, :(

such a magnificent fish, i dont think you would want to swim in those rivers,
get bloody eaten

[basskid]

yer i read about big catfish eating local dogs on the net. hahahhah i wouldnt swim in there hahaha

[Cammy]

big bloody catties, they have such small eyes.

cam

[Hardb8]

Only one thing ta say.DAMN!:o

[bdowdy]

bloody huge

[Little grey men]

Could you imagine if our Eeltail Catfish grew to that size. Then you'd really have to watch their dorsal spines.

[bdowdy]

yeh OUCH that would hurt

[bayfisher]

I recently watched a vid off the net of English fisherman catching 50kg catfish in Russia and I thought they were big, but those are huge :o . Not sure how well a 100kg catfish would fight but it would be bloody hard to shift that sort of weight off the bottom of a river.

Cheers Chris

[swaters]

thats not a catfish, its a bargual, something like that, they catch them is
south africa!!
no joke i am pretty sure they are called a bargal

[FNQCairns]

That's it!!! no more skinny dipping in south Africa!!!

cheers fnq

[blue_mako]

Here's the same species in action, http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=j-jTsz1845o&feature=related

Troy

[B_E_N]

the guy on the right has a few pics on the net of him with big catties/bargal? atleast it looks very much like him, wonder if they eat them! quick get the sword out, we have fish to clean!

[Bris_Vegas]

Clearly Baragul are a species of catfish though.

[Munchy]

OMG that is scary. Imagine them chomping on ya leg while swimming.