Stay out of the Water!!!

[can it be luck?]

No one is safe!
Save your children!
Leash your dog!
Put steel wire on your poles!
Tell your Mother-in-Law to "test" the waters!
Godzilla vs Catfish!
Where's Waldo?
Whatever you do....Stay out of the water!!!!





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[Bill-E-Bazz]

I also received that email a few months ago and I still have and was wondering what kind of fish that was, glad to know now. Man tha's on huge walleye!!

Good Fishin'...

[dustin85]

I saw that in the 'MONTEVIDEO AMERICAN NEWS', as an April Fools joke.

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[Mark Christianson]

What the heck is it??
I realize its a cat of some sort, but what kind???

[united jigsticker]

I'd like the story behind this one; i.e. Was it caught on a spinning reel combo, length of battle, light, med, heavy action equiptment???

What's the story???

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[Harmonica Bear]

Wow, what a beauty! Reminds me of an old girlfriend! Boy, do I miss her...

We need details!

[JP Z]

That would be a Wels Cat caught in Italy. I know there was an emailing floating around saying that that fish was the Texas Record Blue..........it's not. It's a Wels from Europe.

Taken from http://xvella.free.fr/photos-eng.php?sub=21&idx=713

My personal best and caught on a live eel. It's very fat and had quite a number of bite marks from other catfish!
The length was 215 cm (6.55 ft) and the weight was 85 kg (187.4 lbs). The photo was taken by Yuri Grisendi who helped me also to weight the fish.

Species Size Weight Year Place Method
Wels Catfish 215 cm
6.55 ft 85Kg
187.4 lbs 2003 Po, ITA Live Eel ( Anguille )

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Tight Lines,
JP Z

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[JP Z]

Those Wels are amazing cats.......they'd make you almost want to quit catching those sissy Flatheads..........maybe.

As far as the Walleye looking thing.........isn't that a Zander? Those are dogs. Worked a sportshow in Italy a few years back and just seeing the techniques for those fish was cool. Guys throw the muskie/pike size Salmo sliders for them.

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Tight Lines,
JP Z

[LEECH21]

YES I BELIEVE IT TO BE A ZANDER. NOTICE NO WHITE TIP ON THE TAIL AND NO BLACK DOT AT THE BOTTOM END OF THE DORSEL FIN. PLUS ZANDERS GROW TO MUCH LARGER SIZES THAN WALLEYES.

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[ironman]

If you want to catch a Zander you dont have to travel to jolly ole Egland. Just North Dakota. There is a lake there....I dont remember which one..but I'm sure an internet search would yeild something...if not try contacting In-fisherman..that's where I read the story. They introduced them..then decided to stop...but a few have remained and continue to proliferate..someone catches one every year..or so the stories go. I would like to get one of them Wels kitties wonder what that would be like.