The big catch; no joke this time...
tonioseven
06-30-2005, 10:11 AM
No Fish Tale: Thais Catch 646-Pound Fish By DANIEL LOVERING, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 15 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050630/ap_on_fe_st/thailand_big_fish
BANGKOK, Thailand - This big one did not get away. Thai fishermen netted a 646-pound catfish believed to have been the world's largest freshwater fish ever caught in Thailand, a researcher said Thursday.
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The nearly 9-foot-long Mekong giant catfish was landed May 1 by villagers in Chiang Khong, a remote district in northern Thailand, and weighed by Thai fisheries department officials, said Zeb Hogan, who leads an international project to locate and study the world's largest freshwater fish species.
He confirmed it was the heaviest fish on record since Thailand started keeping such statistics in 1981.
The fishermen had hoped to sell the fish to environmental groups, which planned to release it to spawn upriver, but it died before it could be handed over and then was chopped up and sold in pieces to villagers as food.
Hogan, whose work is funded by the World Wildlife Fund and the National Geographic Society, said he is planning to write a paper about the catch for a scientific journal.
"That's the best way to document this kind of thing," he told The Associated Press by telephone.
The Mekong giant catfish was listed as critically endangered in 2003 after research showed its numbers had fallen by at least 80 percent in the past 13 years.
Fishermen believe the catfish species has been declining largely because of dams and environmental damage along the Mekong River — home to more species of giant fish than any other river, said an earlier statement by WWF and the society.
1 hour, 15 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050630/ap_on_fe_st/thailand_big_fish
BANGKOK, Thailand - This big one did not get away. Thai fishermen netted a 646-pound catfish believed to have been the world's largest freshwater fish ever caught in Thailand, a researcher said Thursday.
ADVERTISEMENT
The nearly 9-foot-long Mekong giant catfish was landed May 1 by villagers in Chiang Khong, a remote district in northern Thailand, and weighed by Thai fisheries department officials, said Zeb Hogan, who leads an international project to locate and study the world's largest freshwater fish species.
He confirmed it was the heaviest fish on record since Thailand started keeping such statistics in 1981.
The fishermen had hoped to sell the fish to environmental groups, which planned to release it to spawn upriver, but it died before it could be handed over and then was chopped up and sold in pieces to villagers as food.
Hogan, whose work is funded by the World Wildlife Fund and the National Geographic Society, said he is planning to write a paper about the catch for a scientific journal.
"That's the best way to document this kind of thing," he told The Associated Press by telephone.
The Mekong giant catfish was listed as critically endangered in 2003 after research showed its numbers had fallen by at least 80 percent in the past 13 years.
Fishermen believe the catfish species has been declining largely because of dams and environmental damage along the Mekong River — home to more species of giant fish than any other river, said an earlier statement by WWF and the society.
240NIZ
06-30-2005, 10:15 AM
Sushi anyone??
karmacae
06-30-2005, 10:21 AM
that thing is huge
bluechevelle
06-30-2005, 10:58 AM
damn
Greenblurr93
06-30-2005, 11:33 AM
they must have used some serious fishing line to be able to pull that on board..
King Of Crunk
06-30-2005, 12:30 PM
whoa:eek2:
ec437
06-30-2005, 01:51 PM
I didn't know that the world wrestling federation was into fishing :icon16:
BrodyP
06-30-2005, 02:19 PM
Stinky
ci5ic
06-30-2005, 04:47 PM
...world's largest freshwater fish ever caught in Thailand, a researcher said Thursday.
As opposed to the worlds largest freshwater fish ever caught somewhere else?
Thas a hewsh bish!
As opposed to the worlds largest freshwater fish ever caught somewhere else?
Thas a hewsh bish!
Muscletang
06-30-2005, 05:23 PM
Eh, I've caught bigger.
drewh4386
06-30-2005, 05:30 PM
The water has obesity too.
Suislide
06-30-2005, 08:44 PM
fuck Sushi, i'd want to mount that thing on my fuckin' wall!
although i'd want someone else to foot the taxidermy bill please.
although i'd want someone else to foot the taxidermy bill please.
sidewayzS13
06-30-2005, 09:27 PM
i hate getting stung by catfish imagine the damage that bitch could do
SeXy_AnGeL
06-30-2005, 09:54 PM
catfish can sting?
lamehonda
06-30-2005, 11:49 PM
poke yourself on the dorsal fin and you'll find out the hard way.
Neutrino
07-01-2005, 01:08 AM
poke yourself on the dorsal fin and you'll find out the hard way.
on my way to try it:
here kitty kitty kitty..........
on my way to try it:
here kitty kitty kitty..........
jon@af
07-01-2005, 01:18 AM
catfish can sting?
Yup, and it stings like a bitch :smile:.
Yup, and it stings like a bitch :smile:.
sivic02
07-01-2005, 02:11 AM
they must have used some serious fishing line to be able to pull that on board..
Eh, probably just 10lb test.
Psshhhh....ive caught bigger brim than that, its nothing.
Eh, probably just 10lb test.
Psshhhh....ive caught bigger brim than that, its nothing.
spaminator
07-01-2005, 02:36 AM
That's why with catfish. I use work gloves to handle them. Cause it hurts like a bitch
ThatRoundHeadedKid
07-02-2005, 02:46 AM
sooshieeee.....big fish. Biggest I caught was a 38 inch Striped Bass off the coast near Sandy Hook
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