MIKA27 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Monster 127kg Catfish Caught In Italy Italian sport fishermen Dino Ferrari and his brother Dario lured in this monstrous 127kg and 2.67m catfish on February 19 in the Po Delta, in Italy. After taking this pictures and weighting the fish they released it back into the river. The brothers used a fishing rod and had to fight for 40 minutes to reel it in. Dino told The Telegraph: “The American catfish doesn’t grow to such large dimensions — at most it can weigh 50kg.” He estimated the fish to be about 30 years old, based on its size, adding that the species can live for up to 50 years. But this is not the first time Dino catches a enormous catfish in that same river. This video from 2013 shows him fishing a slightly smaller specimen — or maybe the same one but two years younger. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fastmach1 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Wowzers! That's a huge catfish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuroDan Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter1974 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 yep that one would bend your rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftimatic Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Damn! That's a biggun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 that would have to be a wels catfish. huge huge fish and dangerous. check out some of these - https://www.google.com/search?q=wels+catfish&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&imgil=3rBZ8dATNj9gbM%253A%253Blt2XoOSun6B7cM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fxvella.free.fr%25252Fphotos%25252Fphoto-eng.php%25253Fsub%2525253D21%25252526item%2525253D4480&source=iu&pf=m&fir=3rBZ8dATNj9gbM%253A%252Clt2XoOSun6B7cM%252C_&usg=__xQQ_sR7ZTslH5cavhQg7ZldnlcU%3D&ved=0CIUBEMo3&ei=SNrzVJ2PLIW2mQX__oCABQ#imgdii=_&imgrc=3rBZ8dATNj9gbM%253A%3Blt2XoOSun6B7cM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fxvella.free.fr%252Fphotos_901%252Fgreat%252F000044%252F00004480.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fxvella.free.fr%252Fphotos%252Fphoto-eng.php%253Fsub%253D21%2526item%253D4480%3B1024%3B682 stories of fish in the 1850s going up to 400 kgs. wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbandz Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Wow Puro Dan be pricing fishing trips in Italy,oh yasssss............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Puro Dan be pricing fishing trips in Italy,oh yasssss............ if you are serious about that, think about spain instead. they have some massive dams and these things just get monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finecigar Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Wow!!! that's enormous. What I would give to see that in person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgy Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I'm wondering what the gear and line was maybe it was a winch and cable LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torsion Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 What a massive fish - I hear these things are beat fighters aswell!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginseng Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 What on earth could such a fish be eating to get so large?! Wilkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torsion Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Must be anything and everything!! I've read that some of these things eat small birds and mammals as well as swooping up loads of other fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbandz Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 What on earth could such a fish be eating to get so large?! Wilkey Gives new meaning to "Sleeps with the fishes"............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 What on earth could such a fish be eating to get so large?! Wilkey they'll happily eat smaller versions of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brah Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I'm at a loss for words! Crazy to think a fish that size could survive in a river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKA27 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 What on earth could such a fish be eating to get so large?! Wilkey Italians...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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