This from Daniel Wallace, a photo of two guys who have apparently caught Edward from BIG FISH.
Like Mulder from X-Files, I Want to Believe, but in the age of Photoshop, pretty much anything can be faked. But I welcome your opinions. Maybe this really is the biggest catfish in the Ashton river.
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September 14th, 2004 at 4:11 pm
This might help you believe.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/catfish.asp
They say the picture is real. Also there are some other pictures at:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/noodling.asp
I think this is the subject of Open Water 2.
September 14th, 2004 at 10:20 pm
This is legit! The European Wels Catfish can grow to monstrous proportions. I remember reading about it as a teenager in Field & Stream, and thinking twice before dipping my foot into Indiana streams and ponds!
Here’s a link to other pics regarding the Wels.
http://xvella.free.fr/html/eng/photos/000007/00000786.htm
And the NOODLING is legit to. My Great Grandpa would catch channel catfish as big as his leg on a regular basis this way. They actually LIVED off of these catches. My grandma talks about memories of being a little girl and they’d be driving along when “Paw” would just pull over near a bridge and say, “be right back.” He’d come back soaked to the armpits but with a catfish by the lip in each hand! Other blokes aren’t as lucky…they’ve lost fingers, and some folks have even been pulled under.
Honest to God.
September 15th, 2004 at 3:43 am
Those links answered the question. The image did look real, when you examine the shadows and all. Just little stuff, but it is something you would expect to make the evening news.
September 15th, 2004 at 5:04 am
Unless a fish that big used to be a kind-hearted old man, it’s just too scary to think about!
September 15th, 2004 at 10:38 am
So, based on the snopes stuff, it seems that the photo is real. But the guys in it might be French, which is yet another Big Fish allusion.
September 15th, 2004 at 6:11 pm
I thought those guys looked French. Especially the one with the big smile on his face. You have to be French to smile like that while holding a fish weighing close to 140 pounds.
August 16th, 2006 at 3:37 am
ohw that was a very big fish it is my 1st time to saw a fish like that tnx for that image coz i have now my assignment tnx very much. 08/16/06
September 15th, 2006 at 10:29 pm
The fish had to have been stupid if a damn frenchmen noodlled him out of the water, do you think frenchmen is capable of catching a fish of this porportion. no f’n way, the picture has been digitally altered.
March 4th, 2007 at 11:40 am
it very big
March 13th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
REAL big FISH. WoW
I WISH I COULD CATCH MYSELF ONE OF THOSE WITHOUT KILLING MYSELF BIGGEST ONE I CAUGHT WAS 26 POUNDS.
ITS SOMETHING TO ME, PROBLY NOTHIN TO YOU LOL
March 30th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
thats not a catfish! it looks like a snakehead. where’s the tail if it’s a catfish? these are very fast growing and they eat other fish and dominate ecosystems and cause a lot of damage. they were brought over from china. i am no fish guy but i read alot about these being caught in the potomac and people saying they get huge!!
April 7th, 2007 at 2:42 am
it does look extremely realistic and i personaly believe this is a real photo. and i think its amazing!
April 7th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
that must have been hard to reel in i love fish but probly that wold have pulled me in well have fun next time
April 10th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
it looks… …SQUISHY!
April 10th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
and…the whiskers look like rope. Nice try guys!
April 14th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
That fish is huge! but is it real???????????????? how could they prove it
April 15th, 2007 at 11:48 am
Noodling is real, and there is a great documentary on it called “Oakie Noodling.” It’s highly entertaining, here is a link to it, I think I rented it through netflix.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808480643/dvdinfo
April 26th, 2007 at 10:19 am
My friend claims that he knows the people holding this fish but i dont believe him… is one of the guys names Jim? he says it is!
April 27th, 2007 at 6:01 am
French caught that no way that can be a catch fish i mean look I am a fisher man and never have heard a french man catching something so big
April 27th, 2007 at 11:15 am
The grammar here gets worse and worse with each comment . . . but that’s not the point. That’s a nice fish.
April 29th, 2007 at 9:45 am
I fact i check the above links the image is very very real for you to believe If you are not believe it is better for you to go to the these links for you to believe it. http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/catfish.asp http://www.snopes.com/photos/noodling.asp search well to know the truth about the biggest fish. best regard, leye. Nigeria.
May 7th, 2007 at 7:52 am
There are Cat Fish this large and even larger in western PA. They even have northern pike there that eat full grown Canadian Geese. This is one reason why I only swim in pools, cause in the wild your just bait.
May 8th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
WOAH! YeeEEeeEE DOgGy that’s bigger than me! Where are its EYES!? FRENCH TOAST!
May 9th, 2007 at 7:24 am
damn
May 18th, 2007 at 6:54 am
I belive you gyes because i’ve seen people fish with their arms out of boats so i know its posable to do it what ever way you did it.
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:13 pm
what the fuck is the rope for. it dont look like no damn catfish ive ever seen, and how’d the hell did they catch it?!?!!
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:14 pm
DAMN!!!! thats a f’n big fish!!
May 28th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
who ever “kristie” is have a look at the whiskers……ITS ROPE u wanker THATS WHAT THEY CAUGHT IT ON…. so nice try to u
June 25th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
That catfish looks pretty real the whiskers dont look like rope and what u think is rope is its just in the catfish’s mouth to keep it from swimming away. i have no clue how u guys think it is fake!!! it looks pretty real to me so take a look the whiskers look nothing like rope.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:42 am
giant catfish is real. take a look at national geographic link here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/11/1118031118giantcatfish.html
July 30th, 2007 at 8:30 am
big bucky brown caught a tree well a fish to be sure but that is a nice fish and i would like to get one of them although i would lose a hand that would be fun but anyway nice fish see ya
August 8th, 2007 at 9:44 am
nice cat fish how much do you think it weighs
August 12th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
that fish is huge
August 15th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
That fish is awesome i don’t get how they could catch a fish that big. oh, and kristie the second #4 the whiskers don’t look like rope look at the full size image
August 15th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll naw
August 28th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
that shit is a rope , what are you thinkin
September 11th, 2007 at 5:00 am
yes it’s very big,i have never seen so big fish!
September 13th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
its real sry the rope was used to catch/hold the fish it has 2 whiskers look mabye u need glasses but you need to be a retard or a walking fish encylepdeo or sumtin , i caught a blue cat….100lbs…trust me not fun…..i used a dead chicken, works wonders
September 21st, 2007 at 3:02 pm
that was really bigg
September 27th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
the guys are aussie. And its real. I saw it in the newspaper a little while ago. trust me
October 4th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
that is the fakest crap ever. LIAR.
October 18th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Hello, I’m not Fox Mulder, but I think I can close this X-file. This picture is not a joke.
You can find that kind of fish in rivers in Europe. Just make a search on Google image with the word “Silure” (name of this fish) and you will see many pictures of big silures. The truth is here.
Dana Scully
October 25th, 2007 at 7:44 am
That thing is huge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 13th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
That is one hell of a big fish. I believe that it is real. Like someone already said: type ‘Silure’ into Google for all the proof you need.’ W
November 14th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!