man-eating catfish!

[Jerk]

Noodle this!

http://shanghaiist.com/2007/08/11/amazingly_huge.php

http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_kenneth/catfish1.jpg

[XingTheRubicon]

I recommend not clicking on the link.

[HskrGrl]

I've heard stories about catfish big enough to swallow a man living on the floor of the Mississippi River. I know there's probably a 99% chance that it's not true, but just the thought of it has kept me from swimming the few times I've been boating on it.

The fish in the picture doesn't look like a Catfish to me, though. Like the point out in the article... where's the wiskers?

[yermom]

i kinda thought it looked like a whale shark too

[sanantoniosooner]

I ate a catfish once.

[Sooner24]

Man eating catfish.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/288236872_7319c8e150_m.jpg

[King Crimson]

Man eating catfish.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/288236872_7319c8e150_m.jpg

is that David Lee Roth?

[CUinNC]

that might be a mud-sucker, but it ain't no catfish...shark family-type swam up the channel...

too many bones in the structure to see it as a whisker-fish...it's gotta be a shark...the skin gives it away too

[Fraggle145]

There is no question that is a whale shark. Catfish have one gill opening not 5 or 6. That ****ing disgusts me. One of the most endangered and beautiful animals in the world.

[Fraggle145]

Also notice it has a friggin cartilage skeleton and a giant liver, i.e. shark. It is possible, but not very probable that this shark came from a reservoir (only if that reservoir is a short distance from the ocean or in a system with a high salt content). It is very difficult for sharks or any other fish for that matter to go from salt to fresh or fresh to salt and maintain an osmotic balance (although it happens see bull sharks). BTW, FWIW whale sharks eat plankton.

No one really knows if catfish can get really giant (I think the largest caught are in the 100lb range) because it they would be difficult to find requiring the use of a sub or something else to compensate for the low visibility especially found in reservoirs. I wouldnt be surprised if there were fish that were larger than 100lbs and that would be strong enough to hold a person down if they were to by chance bite you and pull, like the mekong catfish, but i cant see any catfish being able to actually eat a human whole.

[Salt City Sooner]

Also notice it has a friggin cartilage skeleton and a giant liver, i.e. shark. It is possible, but not very probable that this shark came from a reservoir (only if that reservoir is a short distance from the ocean or in a system with a high salt content). It is very difficult for sharks or any other fish for that matter to go from salt to fresh or fresh to salt and maintain an osmotic balance (although it happens see bull sharks). BTW, FWIW whale sharks eat plankton.

No one really knows if catfish can get really giant (I think the largest caught are in the 100lb range) because it they would be difficult to find requiring the use of a sub or something else to compensate for the low visibility especially found in reservoirs. I wouldnt be surprised if there were fish that were larger than 100lbs and that would be strong enough to hold a person down if they were to by chance bite you and pull, like the mekong catfish, but i cant see any catfish being able to actually eat a human whole.
You're about oh, 1 or 500 lbs. short with that guess:

http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0630-rhett_butler.html

[Newbomb Turk]

I've heard stories about catfish big enough to swallow a man living on the floor of the Mississippi River. I know there's probably a 99% chance that it's not true

agree - I have a hard time believing there's a man living on the floor of the Mississippi River.

[jeremy885]

There is no question that is a whale shark. Catfish have one gill opening not 5 or 6. That ****ing disgusts me. One of the most endangered and beautiful animals in the world.

This will probably disgust you more. The only species of fresh water dolphin in the entire world was in China and now appears to be extinct. From the article, it sounds like the people catching the whale shark are mostly responsible.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6935343.stm

[HskrGrl]

agree - I have a hard time believing there's a man living on the floor of the Mississippi River.

:P

[Soonerus]

Is that Catfish Sooner ?

[VeeJay]

Growing up in Mississippi, I heard stories of huge catfish living at the bottom of the Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway. Stories like some dude went diving for some man's Rolex watch and encountered the giant river beasts. This was the Pearl River, not the Mississippi.

Strangely, no one was ever eaten by these huge fish - and this was right after "Jaws."

[SoonerGirl06]

Man eating catfish.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/288236872_7319c8e150_m.jpg

Mmm! Fried catfish! Ate some at Bill's in Ardmore this weekend. Very Yummy!

[phead903]

Mmm! Fried catfish! Ate some at Bill's in Ardmore this weekend. Very Yummy!

It was actually in Lone Grove - SG06 ordered 1/2 order and it was about 3 lbs. of fillets!

[CatfishSooner]

I love catfish...they can get over 100 lbs. easy.

[Fraggle145]

You're about oh, 1 or 500 lbs. short with that guess:

http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0630-rhett_butler.html

ya I mentioned that one when talking about man eater potential, sorry I meant around OK-TX, i could still be wrong tho.

[Fraggle145]

This will probably disgust you more. The only species of fresh water dolphin in the entire world was in China and now appears to be extinct. From the article, it sounds like the people catching the whale shark are mostly responsible.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6935343.stm

I knew about those... truly tragic. They also are in the process of killing off the Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin that lives in the oceans between asia and australia.

The Yangtze are more likely the results of fishing bycatch, which is truly sad as they are just chucked back over board dead or dying, or being hit by boats.

All of this stuff truly just kills me. :(

[sanantoniosooner]

ya I mentioned that one when talking about man eater potential, sorry I meant around OK-TX, i could still be wrong tho.
118 for OK unrestricted division.
121 for TX

[Fraggle145]

118 for OK unrestricted division.
121 for TX

Thx

[LoyalFan]

This will probably disgust you more. The only species of fresh water dolphin in the entire world was in China and now appears to be extinct. From the article, it sounds like the people catching the whale shark are mostly responsible.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6935343.stm

Ohhhhhh, you sooooo wrong! Yankee Imperialist!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_dolphin

Ah so, now you know.

Won Hung Lo

[Salt City Sooner]

118 for OK unrestricted division.
121 for TX
True story:

The KS record is 123, caught back in '98 in a reservoir down by Independence. The guy caught it while crappie fishing (jig & minnow for bait), & landed it on a frickin' Zebco 33, spooled with all of 10 pound line.

[Soonerus]

True story:

The KS record is 123, caught back in '98 in a reservoir down by Independence. The guy caught it while crappie fishing (jig & minnow for bait), & landed it on a frickin' Zebco 33, spooled with all of 10 pound line.

That sounds like a fish story....the one that did not get away...

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Whale Shark!

[proud gonzo]

looks a lot like THIS (http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/whale-shark-caught-in-kuwait/). Has anyone mentioned it might look like a whale shark?

[Boomer.....]

It looks like a whale shark, not a catfish.

[MojoRisen]

I have heard pretty credible stories in Oregon at the bottom of a 300 foot dam - Divers went down to clear out the Propolsion Fans -and saw Catfish the size of Volkswagens Beatles near the bottom.

1000 pound plus -

[yermom]

the Volkswagen size seems to be a pretty popular one for catfish stories, i've heard the same thing around OK

[NormanPride]

Don't show this thread to Shamu. She'll get pi*sed.

[proud gonzo]

http://www.nataliedee.com/031307/shark-hunting.jpg

[phead903]

I have heard pretty credible stories in Oregon at the bottom of a 300 foot dam - Divers went down to clear out the Propolsion Fans -and saw Catfish the size of Volkswagens Beatles near the bottom.

1000 pound plus -

John, Paul, George, or Ringo?:D

[jk the sooner fan]

looks a lot like THIS (http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/whale-shark-caught-in-kuwait/). Has anyone mentioned it might look like a whale shark?

how difficult would it be to catch a whale shark/catfish in the middle of the desert?

[1stTimeCaller]

would you deep fry, pan fry, broil, grill or make sushi out of that big boy?

I'm thinking deep fried with hush puppies a slice of lemon and some cole slaw would be the way to go.

[jk the sooner fan]

bring the tabasco!!!!!!!!