I once caught a fish, and it was THIS big!
I happened on these photos while waiting for a conference call to begin and I just had to share them because we here at PNYC dig fishing. Of course, we practice Catch and Release whenever possible because that's just how we roll.
The point here is that whenever I come across photos like those below I gasp and wonder what I'd do if I ever hooked a beast like one of these. I mean, the size of fish you'd have to put on your hook just as bait is keeper size for me. So regard these monster catfish. I wonder if any of them are Albert Finney from the odd yet oddly enjoyable film, Big Fish. P.S. We heart Alison Lohman.
Fish #1: The Small Fry. Tim Pruitt, of Alton, Ill., holds a 124-pound blue catfish that he hooked on the Mississippi River near Alton. The fish is 58 inches long and 44 inches around. It took Pruitt more than a half-hour to drag the fish into his boat. It is the largest of its kind in state history, and is expected to be certified a world record by the International Game Fish Association.
Fish #2: The Contender. The photo, released Monday Aug. 1, 2005, shows Duncan Rooke, 32, left and Stephen Buss (who appears to be having a pretty good day), 30, as they haul in a record-breaking catfish in the River Ebro, near Barcelona in Spain on July 6, 2005. The 7ft 7in, (2.3 meters) 212lb (96kgms) female fish is the biggest freshwater catch ever made by a British angler and nearly pulled 32-year-old gas engineer Rooke back into the river once he had hold of her. After weighing the fish and burping her to get rid of the air in her stomach, she was released.
Fish #3: Dinner for, like, everyone in Thailand, FKA The Champ. In this photo released by World Wildlife Fund-National Geographic, two Thai fishermen show a 646-pound giant catfish they caught from the Mekong River in Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Saturday, June 11, 2005. Thai fishermen caught this giant catfish, believed to be the world's heaviest living freshwater fish, but it died after environmentalists and officials negotiated for its release to allow it to spawn, and then was eaten.
So much for ceremony, I guess. The people of Thailand are too practical to let all that food go to waste. I wonder if they just had like a monster catfish barbeque bash? I bet it was THE invite to have.
The point here is that whenever I come across photos like those below I gasp and wonder what I'd do if I ever hooked a beast like one of these. I mean, the size of fish you'd have to put on your hook just as bait is keeper size for me. So regard these monster catfish. I wonder if any of them are Albert Finney from the odd yet oddly enjoyable film, Big Fish. P.S. We heart Alison Lohman.
Fish #1: The Small Fry. Tim Pruitt, of Alton, Ill., holds a 124-pound blue catfish that he hooked on the Mississippi River near Alton. The fish is 58 inches long and 44 inches around. It took Pruitt more than a half-hour to drag the fish into his boat. It is the largest of its kind in state history, and is expected to be certified a world record by the International Game Fish Association.
Fish #2: The Contender. The photo, released Monday Aug. 1, 2005, shows Duncan Rooke, 32, left and Stephen Buss (who appears to be having a pretty good day), 30, as they haul in a record-breaking catfish in the River Ebro, near Barcelona in Spain on July 6, 2005. The 7ft 7in, (2.3 meters) 212lb (96kgms) female fish is the biggest freshwater catch ever made by a British angler and nearly pulled 32-year-old gas engineer Rooke back into the river once he had hold of her. After weighing the fish and burping her to get rid of the air in her stomach, she was released.
Fish #3: Dinner for, like, everyone in Thailand, FKA The Champ. In this photo released by World Wildlife Fund-National Geographic, two Thai fishermen show a 646-pound giant catfish they caught from the Mekong River in Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Saturday, June 11, 2005. Thai fishermen caught this giant catfish, believed to be the world's heaviest living freshwater fish, but it died after environmentalists and officials negotiated for its release to allow it to spawn, and then was eaten.
So much for ceremony, I guess. The people of Thailand are too practical to let all that food go to waste. I wonder if they just had like a monster catfish barbeque bash? I bet it was THE invite to have.
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