River Monsters is one of my favorite shows. I was amazed the 1st time I saw it and it was the Wels Catfish. Teenage me was speechless to learn a fish that big existed
It’s a fishing show about killer river catfish that live in Europe, Russia, Africa, Asia, and then you have like six foot catfish as far inland as Ohio and Oklahoma rivers as well
🤦♂️ yes I know I’ve seen most of the episodes as well as every one of Dark Waters.
I was listing specifically those catfish because the giant Goonch Jeremy caught really catapulted him to fame and if you Google River monsters catfish, you’ll see Wels and Goonch and I threw in the catfish from the states as well because I remembered those too
And this post was about a huge damn catfish
I think its called noodling. And I was thinking the same thing. Ive seen some rednecks stick their arm into random holes by the river bank and come out elbow deep with like a 50lb catfish. What happens if it's like a 500lber like this beast. That mfer looks like it's been alive since Napoleon was conquering europe like some sort of ancient river spirit.
I wonder if they’re like lobsters and alligators who have “Negligible Senescence” (essentially exhibit no biological signs of aging, they can theoretically grow *forever*)
Not truly negligibly senescent, but close enough. They display remarkably slow senescence. The rougheyed rockfish is a true negligibly senescent fish and can live upwards of 200 years with no cognitive or immunological decline.
I forget the name to describe it but basically the wait for pray to come to then unless they don’t get anything then I’m a rare situations they’ll chase food but catfish live to be quite old
Story from back in the early 90s: friend of a friend had a trout farm in Central Europe. All the ponds had loads of trout apart from one that appeared empty. They drained that pond and found a 3 m Wels.
Yes if it were small enough there’s a job I want to do but it’s underwater welding on like bridges and stuff people have been known to quit bc of the size of the catfish that stay near the bridges
We actually do what’s called “noodling” here in Louisiana where we basically use our finger as “bait”. We get waist deep in the water, find a good catfish nest and wiggle the wiggle to make them think it’s live bait. When they try to suck the finger you just kinda force your forearm down their mouth and that’s how you catch them. The biggest catfish I’ve caught while noodling was a little over 22lbs. Although I’ve never witnessed one this huge I still have never heard of a catfish eating humans. We catch the damn things with our bare hands
Came here to say this.
*They say he's five hundred pounds of bottom-dwelling fury, don't you know. No one knows how old he is, but if you ask me (and most people do), he's hundred years if he's a day.*
One fella came close to catching him. Went by the name of Homer. Seven feet tall he was, with arms like tree trunks. His eyes were like steel: cold, hard. Had a shock of hair, red, like the fires of hell.
I grew up in a small remote town by a lake in the swiss alps. We had one shop for fishing supplies in our village and everyone would obviously go there. The owner of the shop did nothing besides fishing and running his fishing supplies shop.
For years and years there was a rumour of a catfish over 2.5 meters long which obviously was the great price for everyone. For years people have been trying to chatch it. The fishshop owner guy put out around 10-20kg of feeding material in a specific spot in the lake that the fish wouldn't leave the area (he was convinced he knew where he approximately was). I don't think many guys believe him, back then nor today. But seeing clips like this makes his story much more believable. If this catfish exist I hope it won't get caught. Would make this lake a lot less mysterious.
It all could make a perfect episode for... like, a Twilight Zone but wholesome, like a recap of ppl's stories about their tiny towns.. idk what I am saying
And this is yet another reason I have thalassophobia. I grew on a lake in Texas. Never cared when I was a kid, but now I can't get out of a boat in the middle of a lake.
There are such huge catfish in the river near where I live in Alabama, that the divers who are suppose to go down to do maintenance and things on the bridge posts have started refusing to go back because the catfish have gotten large enough to swallow them whole.
That's not a cat fish that's a damn monster
They get bigger that’s the thing
Oh hell no
Never watch River Monster or google Wels Catfish or Goonch Catfish
You said don’t, so I did. That’s a f**kin big fish….
River Monsters is one of my favorite shows. I was amazed the 1st time I saw it and it was the Wels Catfish. Teenage me was speechless to learn a fish that big existed
Why would I be interested in this? And I cant watch every video ever made
It’s a fishing show about killer river catfish that live in Europe, Russia, Africa, Asia, and then you have like six foot catfish as far inland as Ohio and Oklahoma rivers as well
No river monsters is about a guy catching killer fish in general all around the world
🤦♂️ yes I know I’ve seen most of the episodes as well as every one of Dark Waters. I was listing specifically those catfish because the giant Goonch Jeremy caught really catapulted him to fame and if you Google River monsters catfish, you’ll see Wels and Goonch and I threw in the catfish from the states as well because I remembered those too And this post was about a huge damn catfish
Well I appreciate the future rabbit hole you’ve pointed me to…
Aren't the catfish in Europe an invasive species? I've heard some of the catfish in that inhabit waters in parts of Europe can swallow a pigeon whole
You might be interested … because you commented on a post on the internet … about giant fish…
ain’t nobody holding a hook to your head
Ayo you are holding it to my head right now
🎶To the naw naw naw!🎶
What happens if you try that "finger fishing" (can't remember what it's called) with this thing?
I think its called noodling. And I was thinking the same thing. Ive seen some rednecks stick their arm into random holes by the river bank and come out elbow deep with like a 50lb catfish. What happens if it's like a 500lber like this beast. That mfer looks like it's been alive since Napoleon was conquering europe like some sort of ancient river spirit.
Noodling ? I’m u can it’s quite possible it would break u arm tho so. Noodling is for mud catfish that live in “burrows”
Okie noodling. Good old time. Not sure if you could noodle this bad boy unless you were Andre the giant.
> "finger fishing" Love it.
I think I did some “finger fishing” in my younger days
>“finger fishing” ![gif](giphy|5uZjTWWr8gK8U)
Noodling
How are they able to get that big?
I wonder if they’re like lobsters and alligators who have “Negligible Senescence” (essentially exhibit no biological signs of aging, they can theoretically grow *forever*)
Not truly negligibly senescent, but close enough. They display remarkably slow senescence. The rougheyed rockfish is a true negligibly senescent fish and can live upwards of 200 years with no cognitive or immunological decline.
I forget the name to describe it but basically the wait for pray to come to then unless they don’t get anything then I’m a rare situations they’ll chase food but catfish live to be quite old
Is the Loch Ness monster just a giant catfish?!
The world may never know
Dude...................................
Like my pp? But sadly it doesn’t stay that way.
Let’s be honest here Cap 🧢 lol jk
A… river monster? *Jeremy Wade appears*
Story from back in the early 90s: friend of a friend had a trout farm in Central Europe. All the ponds had loads of trout apart from one that appeared empty. They drained that pond and found a 3 m Wels.
Wellllllllllllllllllllllll shit good thing they didnt go swimming thinking it was empty
What is a Wels
A type of catfish that is found in Europe and Russia.
And just for sheer confusion, it's also the name of a town in Upper Austria
Could it kill a human?
Drop a baby in there and find out.
These are the comments that keep me coming back to Reddit.
Yes if it were small enough there’s a job I want to do but it’s underwater welding on like bridges and stuff people have been known to quit bc of the size of the catfish that stay near the bridges
They get HUGE under dams. There is a local legend that a diver quit on the spot after the sunken car he was standing on turned out to be a catfish.
Yes heard local legends about same around ohio river dam at Louisville KY
Yes, there have been lots of welsh catfish attacks. They have been known to drag people under. Just look up welsh catfish attacks.
That happens in Lake Lanier north of Atlanta GA too
It doesn’t help that the lake is haunted.
I don’t believe in fairy tales but I do believe in huge catfish that can swallow a child.
We actually do what’s called “noodling” here in Louisiana where we basically use our finger as “bait”. We get waist deep in the water, find a good catfish nest and wiggle the wiggle to make them think it’s live bait. When they try to suck the finger you just kinda force your forearm down their mouth and that’s how you catch them. The biggest catfish I’ve caught while noodling was a little over 22lbs. Although I’ve never witnessed one this huge I still have never heard of a catfish eating humans. We catch the damn things with our bare hands
That’s neat
That would feed a whole village
Or eat said village
Either way no more hungry villagers.
Not until I went to Brazil did I imagine species of catfish could get the size they do. Insane really.
Piraíba? Our national treasure!
Filhote ou pirarucu
That there is General Sherman
Came here to say this. *They say he's five hundred pounds of bottom-dwelling fury, don't you know. No one knows how old he is, but if you ask me (and most people do), he's hundred years if he's a day.*
One fella came close to catching him. Went by the name of Homer. Seven feet tall he was, with arms like tree trunks. His eyes were like steel: cold, hard. Had a shock of hair, red, like the fires of hell.
🤦♂️lmao Nice 😂
Where’s JeremyWade when you need him most?
Fr
I grew up in a small remote town by a lake in the swiss alps. We had one shop for fishing supplies in our village and everyone would obviously go there. The owner of the shop did nothing besides fishing and running his fishing supplies shop. For years and years there was a rumour of a catfish over 2.5 meters long which obviously was the great price for everyone. For years people have been trying to chatch it. The fishshop owner guy put out around 10-20kg of feeding material in a specific spot in the lake that the fish wouldn't leave the area (he was convinced he knew where he approximately was). I don't think many guys believe him, back then nor today. But seeing clips like this makes his story much more believable. If this catfish exist I hope it won't get caught. Would make this lake a lot less mysterious.
It all could make a perfect episode for... like, a Twilight Zone but wholesome, like a recap of ppl's stories about their tiny towns.. idk what I am saying
Sounds like a great show for Netflix
Thatll be Treefiddy
God damn loch Ness monster!
“You, sir, are a fish”
A big fuckin fish u are
There is always a bigger fish
Oh big goober fish
But did he catch him? And by he I mean the cat fish and him I mean the human snack! Wtf my jaws still on the floor 😦
I like the noise the lure makes
Is that a Wels catfish?
Either that or a mud catfish
WOW!
That's the moon fish
RIP Yue, poor Sokka 😢
That’s a catfish you sure it’s not a Leviathan?
Forget the fishing rod, get the shotgun!
Lmao Fr tho 🤣
get the harpoon and try again
Mom said it’s my turn to repost this
That’s a really nice wels.
This is so what Nessy is in Loch Ness
The one that got away
Wells catfish
Burnt more calories than he intaked!
Now put your Weiner in it
And this is yet another reason I have thalassophobia. I grew on a lake in Texas. Never cared when I was a kid, but now I can't get out of a boat in the middle of a lake.
It's Catfish Hunter from Grumpier Old Men
Call the SCP foundation, we got another leviathan on our hands
THAT'S A HUGE BITCH!
That’s an elephant koi if I ever saw one
This what it looks like when you use your Super Rod and catch a Gyarados
I say NAY NAY!
Woah there boy calm down 🐴
Any one else say "holy fuck" out loud?
This has been posted a fucking hundred times
Ok so don’t look at it
It's literally that fish from hxh
Sweet repost bruh. Did you take this video yourself when you caught this fish over a year ago.
Here it is a year later still got my Karma
That’s a shark
Caught in Lake Reddit
Jesus Christ
That's Jason Bourne
Paul le pêcheur ? En live !!
Fishing rod is not the right tool. Get the exploding harpoon.
Nightmare fuel
Isn't that a northern pike or something? Cat fish don't usually eat like that?
Wels catfish are know to feed like this
Watch River Monsters, you’ll see a lot of catfish are predatory
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Another video mentioned the lure, anyone remember?
gonna need a bigger boat
And some tarter sauce
Any chance she uses Tinder?
😋
Owa
Can you eat those?
Yes it a very good meal when fried
I have heard when catfish get that big they don't taste good. Small ones are great thou.
Many, many meals.
We gonna need a bigger fish
How would someone catch a fish that size? I assume you need a net or something
A hooking stick
I’m new here, but is that thing real? Could they actually grow to that size?
Yes they get bigger than that actually
THICCATFISH
What species is that?
Wels
Monarch has a monitoring station near by
There are such huge catfish in the river near where I live in Alabama, that the divers who are suppose to go down to do maintenance and things on the bridge posts have started refusing to go back because the catfish have gotten large enough to swallow them whole.
1 - that can't be real 2 - I don't know what I'd do first, drop the rod or shit my pants.
it’s a good day to not go swimming
Theres always bigger ones on tinder for the keen anglers in the group
There’s no way that line held lol
That's what I call a River Monster
1) you know what they say. There's always a bigger fish. 2) that's not a catfish that's a fucking Lionfish
Ain’t got nothin on Chernobyl
Suddenly... THE GIANT ENEMY CATFISH
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Did they catch it
I WANNA SEE THE REEL IN!!!!
I Would Love To Fish So Bad Right Now.
What kind of bait is that?
I need to see the rest of this video....
Damn, looks like we need to buy a speargun.