Monster Catfish!
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Hey Necro,Thank you for all the catfish knowledge you have given us in the past.About that plastic tub you bought,can you give me more info.I would like to do something like that.I tried looking in the internet but didn't find anything.TNKS.
great info... maybe now people won't go and bye those cute little RTCs and TSNs to put in their 50 gallons and in a year........... you know the story
tvanhove;750111; said:
Trust me that is definitely irridescent shark! Mekong is much larger and more grotesque. They also have lower slung eyes
u want monster how bout a 2.41 and 2.48m about 100 kilos each
is the largest species of catfish in the world they occur in france and my dad used to go fishing for these
back when i used to liuve in france by the way the scientific name is: Silurus Glanis. anyone ant theese in there fish tank? all u need is about a 15m long aquarium.
is the largest species of catfish in the world they occur in france and my dad used to go fishing for these
back when i used to liuve in france by the way the scientific name is: Silurus Glanis. anyone ant theese in there fish tank? all u need is about a 15m long aquarium.
A few massive catfish:
Silure catfish:
Size: In Russia "Ssum" is frequently caught at 600lb+ by trawlers. In Germany, France and Spain they are caught at over 100 lb with a 100lb cat usually attaining over 6 feet in length. However, in England the record catfish currently stands at 57lb 4oz. Through a study of bones it is thought that a maximum size for this species is around 1,000lb and such specimens are thought to live in some of the big Russian lakes where the commercial trawling vessels cannot fish; the local anglers use baby pigs for bait.( considerd to be the worlds largest fish) but i think that gigas thing grows longer i dunno).
Meekon river cat:
Measuring up to ten feet (three meters) in length and weighing up to 660 pounds (300 kilograms), the critically endangered Mekong giant catfish is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world.
By the way i have a few catfish. i have an ariius graeffi (bout 13 cm about 5.2 inches), 3 peppered corydoras, 1 sterbais corydoras(a beutiful fish) (nd i had a bristlenose but it died).
Silure catfish:
Size: In Russia "Ssum" is frequently caught at 600lb+ by trawlers. In Germany, France and Spain they are caught at over 100 lb with a 100lb cat usually attaining over 6 feet in length. However, in England the record catfish currently stands at 57lb 4oz. Through a study of bones it is thought that a maximum size for this species is around 1,000lb and such specimens are thought to live in some of the big Russian lakes where the commercial trawling vessels cannot fish; the local anglers use baby pigs for bait.( considerd to be the worlds largest fish) but i think that gigas thing grows longer i dunno).
Meekon river cat:
Measuring up to ten feet (three meters) in length and weighing up to 660 pounds (300 kilograms), the critically endangered Mekong giant catfish is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world.
By the way i have a few catfish. i have an ariius graeffi (bout 13 cm about 5.2 inches), 3 peppered corydoras, 1 sterbais corydoras(a beutiful fish) (nd i had a bristlenose but it died).
The UK record is 62lb (28.123 kilo’s) for a Wels 62lb (28.123 kilo’s) 1997: R Garner from Withy Pool, Henlow, Bedfordshire. i have caught them to 30lb in a lot of lakes and seen 60lbers on the bank in the Uk. One of the lakes i fish they go up to 90 lb but they put a stop on the record as so many imported fish were being slipped into lakes they could not say they we 100% a UK fish.amehel0;792529; said:
In Europe, especially in the less developed countries, the wels is an important food fish as its flesh is considered a delicacy. In Germany, France and Spain the catfish is held in less regard and the only commercial interest is for tourism (people travel to fish the large rivers). In England the fish are widely sought after in the fishing fraternity with demand greater then the fish production and consequently the fish sell for a very high price (GBP25 per lb for a single figure fish rising to GBP40 per lb for a 30lb fish). It is now illegal to import catfish into the UK, except for the aquarium trade, or for use as brood fish.
Also THE WORLD RECORD for EUROPEAN WELS CATFISH: ( caught using a rod & reel ) 317.5 lbs
caught in the Po River in Italy
