New All-Tackle World Record Catfish

by Aaron Decker • June 8, 2011 • No comments

260 pounds!

Kradi, Thailand — It’s official – the giant Mekong catfish caught by retired Royal Navy officer Martin David Kent in Thailand is the new all tackle world record for the species according to the International Game Fish Association.

The lake monster weighed an amazing 260 lbs. and was seven feet long. According to Kent, he was using a tiny piece of sweet corn as bait when the big fish bit. The battle lasted 55 minutes with Kent having to enter the water to try and bring the fish in.

“I usually catch bass weighing four or five pounds off the Pembrokeshire coast so this was a bit bigger than I’m used to,” understated Kent.

In 2005 a 646 Mekong was netted by local fisherman, which is the freshwater record for this species.

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Boynton D. Knipple I

Now, dat's a big 'un.

On June 8, 2011 at 1:36 pm • Reply
- don
  
  ThATS what she said…
  
  On July 21, 2011 at 6:00 pm • Reply
  - Brad GUStafson
    
    Is this DJ Gaudio??? -BraDena!
    
    On August 21, 2011 at 3:04 pm • Reply
  - gregory
    
    purple
    
    On September 11, 2011 at 6:39 am • Reply
    - Dalton
      
      Blue
      
      you have to touch your nose and say a color everytime someone says thats what she said the last person to do it or doesnt do has to make a sex noise!! lmfao we do this at school all the time
      
      On September 17, 2011 at 3:19 am • Reply
- jeff
  
  it was on a fish farm and he used 80 lb test
  
  then released back
  
  the last world record was out of the same pond
  
  not good at all
  
  On July 24, 2011 at 10:20 am • Reply
  - jeff
    
    they also put the fish back!!! no one ate this big guy
    
    it should not be considered a record in a farm lake
    
    where they raise them to get that big
    
    the lake is like a day spa for fisherman they have massages and a martini bar lol
    
    On July 24, 2011 at 10:24 am • Reply
    - matt
      
      a fish that large is pretty much unedible…when i fish gets so large they r more prone to parasites and the meat is very muddy
      
      On August 5, 2011 at 9:31 pm • Reply
      - Dwain Holmes
        
        We have eaten blue cats well over 50# and they are super,better than 2# but they have to be bled out.Any time you taste mud it is the blood taste.That is why We always remove the red meat from all fish and it is why jack crevell always taste muddy,all dark meat.
        
        On August 9, 2011 at 11:11 am •
      - Steven Hays
        
        not if you know how to clean and filet them,i once filet a 160lb flathead and you couldnt tell the taste from a 10 pounder
        
        On September 28, 2011 at 5:32 pm •
    - anna
      
      well mr smarty pants they have them that big at lock and dam 13 in barling ar and thats not a farm, its a river, in fact its the arkansas river!… they had a diver that had to go down there and the diver took a picture of it. it scared the jeepers out of diver. they can get big enough to eat a man whole.
      
      On September 8, 2011 at 3:00 pm • Reply
      - Chris Dean
        
        I used to fish at David Terry Lock and Dam and we would catch 80-100 lbs and they tasted good.
        
        On September 9, 2011 at 5:30 am •
      - eek
        
        ok for u arkansas smart folk u cant catch a makong there and if u ca prove me wrong it will give alot of people a valid reaon to visit ur state. read the artical just dont look at the pic and btw makongs look nothing like american catfish, anna learn to read you 2 chris. But hay u provide pics of a makong caught in arkansas river i will come down there kiss ur ass and go fishn w ya but try reading first.
        
        On September 9, 2011 at 6:45 pm •
      - Dr. Walter Reed
        
        Anna and any other poor unafortunate souls that believe that this cat fish is in Arkansas. Please come into my office for a Mentall Illness check up. Reason being how is it possible that the landscape for this picture looks nothing like Arkansas. Antoher reason is no one in this picture looks like they live in Arkansas. Last reason you probally are Retarded is that the Picture says taken in Thialand
        
        On September 10, 2011 at 3:41 am •
      - Eric B.
        
        Ive heard this same BS story around every large dam ive ever lived by.
        
        On September 11, 2011 at 12:43 pm •
      - medders
        
        every lock and dam has that story!!!
        
        On September 14, 2011 at 2:48 pm •
      - Steven Hays
        
        that is a tale that goes along with every locand dam,but i have never saw the first picture to prove that they get that big,have you ? Probably not!That same thing was said bout the guntersville dam in alabama,but never any pictures.
        
        On September 28, 2011 at 5:39 pm •
    - Dr. Walter Reed
      
      Well Jeff You ovisouly do not know your geography that well. This wasnt at a fish pond. You clearly didn't graduate
      
      high school
      
      On September 10, 2011 at 3:30 am • Reply
      - Undisclosed Sender
        
        You need to read b4 you respond. They didn't say it was in Ark. They said they had them that big in Ark. And you're a doctor?? Why am I not surprised you got it all wrong??
        
        On September 10, 2011 at 8:00 am •
      - eek
        
        erik b im with ya bro i hear about b s stories about giant fish around damns and havent seen shit. this fish is actual proof of somthing and the farm they saposedly caught this fish at is huge not a lil cement or silt pond we have in the states it is a massive area set aside for breeding program for this protected species.
        
        On September 12, 2011 at 5:54 am •
    - K-Day
      
      still a fun fight!!!
      
      On September 10, 2011 at 6:26 pm • Reply
      - eek
        
        dear undisclosed sender, so u think arkansas has that big of catfish maby 80-100 lbs but not as big as one in pic.
        
        if u want to catch truly big cats in the wild go to spain and fish for the introduced wells cats. or if u wont to catch a truly big monster go to the northwest and go fish for white sturgeon.
        
        On September 11, 2011 at 3:52 am •
      - Dr. Walter Reed
        
        Undisclosed Sender is the definition of a hypocrite. Any person should read what is posted before they should respond. But for you, well your brain requries you to read what is posted 13 times before you respond.
        
        On September 12, 2011 at 5:47 am •
    - derek
      
      i agree
      
      On September 19, 2011 at 4:27 pm • Reply
  - TheFishLord
    
    Poor Jeffy sounds like hes mad cause didnt catch a fishy..lol..omg what the hell does it matter where it was caught , the thing is it was!!! JEALOUSY will get you no where.I ve got catfish 6 ft long in the river so not much bigger.. I say congrats to him!!
    
    On July 25, 2011 at 7:34 pm • Reply
    - FishAholic
      
      Any fish or animal that is raised in captivity has no predators and gets all the food it can eat without the work of hunting it, is an example of obesity that can hardly move about. Thereby it should not even be allowed as an entrant in any records. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
      
      On August 13, 2011 at 8:34 am • Reply
      - Fish
        
        I agree, its different if its in a natural environment and gets that big but if ppl are feeding this thing its really bs, and shouldn't b a record…Jeremy Wade is the man.
        
        On August 14, 2011 at 10:31 pm •
      - Ron
        
        you just mad because u did'nt catch it,would'nt it be the same as the largest man that had to be buried in a piano case because of obesity,you know it had to be fun to fight that fish for 55 min,but u probably do your fish tournments of bass tournment on playstation.
        
        On August 16, 2011 at 5:08 am •
      - Allen Haagenson
        
        Some guy tomorrow could easily go to the same place and catch the same damn fish, im not trying to put down Martin, the guy who caught it, im just saying if its in a pond and they released it back into it, next year it will be bigger and someone else will catch the same fish, not very sporting, feel sorry for the fish.
        
        On August 25, 2011 at 5:44 am •
      - Audrey
        
        I agree!
        
        On August 29, 2011 at 12:39 pm •
      - Fly
        
        reeling for 55 min to catch "dead weight" is different then reeling for 55 min to catch "resistance weight"… I bet it wasn't as fun to reel in as some would assume. Personally, I'd be more proud to catch a 10lb Brown or Rainbow or even a Bass on a fly-rod then use 100lb test to catch a farmer that you know has no chance of breaking off. Now if this guy comes back and says he used 10lb test line to catch this…OK…that's a different story.
        
        On September 15, 2011 at 7:19 am •
    - G.E. Cade
      
      IT matters ALOT.. Unless yuur a dummasss HIGH FENCE hunter and think thats FARE CHASE TOOOO
      
      On August 16, 2011 at 11:02 am • Reply
      - HippiWitch
        
        Exactly. If you hunt a farm and get a world record deer, it is not hunting. why even shoot the thing? just go out, put a rope around its neck lead it back to the barn, measure it and let it go. This fish is big, but big deal.
        
        On August 17, 2011 at 11:31 am •
    - JERRY
      
      it does matter where it what caught.anybody can catch a fish on a farm that grows them.How is that a record. Go to a regular river or lake,then try and catch one that big. GOOD LUCK.
      
      On September 2, 2011 at 12:47 pm • Reply
    - Steven Hays
      
      How do we even know that it is a real picture,for all we know it could have been pasted and croped to look that big.besides if it wasnt caught in the u.s.a it does'nt matter
      
      On September 28, 2011 at 5:49 pm • Reply
      - Ray
        
        I agree with Steven. I wonder if 3 men could hold a live fish like the picture looks. I've caught a lot of catfish and never seen one not trying to flop unless it was nearly dead. Anyway it looks fake to me , but maby they look that way over there.
        
        On September 30, 2011 at 1:34 pm •
  - juan
    
    kind of a circle jerk
    
    On August 30, 2011 at 2:53 pm • Reply
  - Jerry Coatney
    
    Looks totally photoshopped to me. The guys don't look that strained holding up 87 lbs each of slipery dead weight and the depth of field is awesome. I vote for a fake photo.
    
    On September 2, 2011 at 2:00 pm • Reply
    - farquhar
      
      i agree completly that picture is TOTAL crap and the person who "caught" it needs to the wild and catch a real monster not that farm bread bullshit
      
      On September 15, 2011 at 6:51 am • Reply
- harold
  
  Must have fed that one a lot of crap !
  
  On August 7, 2011 at 6:01 pm • Reply
- big daddy rabbitt
  
  hell they don't even look like they are trying too hard to hold it out of the water and it would be wiggling around to try and get loose, especially that close to the water
  
  On August 16, 2011 at 3:26 am • Reply
  - G.E. Cade
    
    There is THREE (3) midgets in WET SUITES holding from under neath so they can look good in the photo…:}
    
    On August 16, 2011 at 11:04 am • Reply
    - Mike E.
      
      LOL!
      
      On August 16, 2011 at 3:29 pm • Reply
  - eek
    
    big daddy rabbit aka big dumbass omg ur a dumbass serious its a still frame not a video!!
    
    On September 10, 2011 at 3:50 am • Reply
  - dual
    
    im sorry to say you are wrong. when you catch large fish you fight with thyem until they tire out.then you would bring them in. so it would be tired out from the fight and not trying to wiggle free……..
    
    On September 13, 2011 at 1:37 pm • Reply
- kieron
  
  tiny piece of sweetcorn erm think thats a lie nice fish though
  
  On September 9, 2011 at 6:10 am • Reply
  - eek
    
    nope makongs are vegaterians look at there moth and way there eyes sit on there head.
    
    On September 9, 2011 at 6:48 pm • Reply
- Steven Hays
  
  It"s fake,you would never put something that big back,it would'nt survive after being held that long.so believe it if you want to,i don"t
  
  On September 28, 2011 at 5:57 pm • Reply
Bill Tigue

I bet our Arkansas "Noodlers" would be cautious around this fish, eh?

On June 10, 2011 at 1:53 pm • Reply
- Johhny Rico
  
  Bill: that would be one of those man killers from noodling… probably killed a couple guys already..
  
  On July 15, 2011 at 1:57 pm • Reply
  - Big Ran
    
    That's how he got that big- eating noodlers.
    
    On August 13, 2011 at 4:34 am • Reply
- BRANDON
  
  your arkansas noodlers would be muffed up around this beast
  
  On July 18, 2011 at 5:56 pm • Reply
- Larry Nunn
  
  Mississippi's good ole boys as well
  
  On August 7, 2011 at 12:48 pm • Reply
Fred Harris

A right nice little fiddler

On June 11, 2011 at 8:09 am • Reply
dalton heyer

HOLY S***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that thing is HUGE!!!!!!!!

On June 11, 2011 at 10:56 am • Reply
- Ronald Mouton
  
  we throw them back over here
  
  On June 11, 2011 at 11:06 pm • Reply
  - will
    
    yeah thats why your fish has the world record
    
    On July 11, 2011 at 2:00 pm • Reply
- Dan
  
  thats what she said
  
  On July 21, 2011 at 12:01 am • Reply
- UKfisher48
  
  thats what she said
  
  On August 2, 2011 at 10:44 am • Reply
Gary Brittle

Now that will make alot of Hushpuppy's!!

On June 11, 2011 at 11:43 am • Reply
- duh
  
  hush puppies are made from cornmeal batter deep fried..not fish
  
  On June 23, 2011 at 7:06 pm • Reply
- Ron Baker
  
  hushpuppys are made from meal not catfish duh
  
  On July 8, 2011 at 2:15 pm • Reply
- kevin hampton
  
  hush puppies lol i dont see any corm meal there but that sure beat my 59 pound flat head i caught on 12 pound test line on rod and reel
  
  On July 12, 2011 at 11:51 pm • Reply
- Joe
  
  Sorry to dissapoint you but hushpuppies aren't made out of the fish! LOL!!! Corn meal, sugar, spices, etc.
  
  On August 12, 2011 at 2:11 pm • Reply
- eek
  
  wow i hope u are just joking becase if not ur a dumbass
  
  On September 9, 2011 at 6:50 pm • Reply
randy luttrull

dang when do i get to go lol

On June 11, 2011 at 1:00 pm • Reply
Ray Hajduga

I want to see someone Noodle one of those……lol

On June 11, 2011 at 9:36 pm • Reply
- Edward
  
  Me too Ray! They might end up the one being "noodled"!
  
  On July 20, 2011 at 2:52 pm • Reply
  - Dillon
    
    i'll do it….might need like 3 spotters though lol
    
    On August 2, 2011 at 7:50 pm • Reply
- Joe
  
  They might try to "noodle", but would end up "foodle!"
  
  On August 12, 2011 at 1:58 pm • Reply
Michael Stubbs

Catch and release, I hope

On June 11, 2011 at 10:24 pm • Reply
- josh thompson
  
  i hope not… put it in my freezer
  
  On July 9, 2011 at 10:07 am • Reply
- Kim
  
  Me too! Probably not, since they didn't say it. At least Jeremy Wade puts them back (unless they get too beaten up like the Tiger Fish).
  
  On July 22, 2011 at 4:36 pm • Reply
  - OT
    
    Jeremy wade is the man!
    
    On August 31, 2011 at 5:29 pm • Reply
- Joe
  
  You talking about the catfish? LOL!
  
  On August 12, 2011 at 1:59 pm • Reply
- eek
  
  read the artical dumbass
  
  On September 9, 2011 at 6:50 pm • Reply
Ronald Mouton

send that to cajun country we will show you what to do with that

On June 11, 2011 at 11:03 pm • Reply
- Kim
  
  Is that all you have to do to get good cajun recipes? I'll send you a few! Spent a summer in New Orleans and got hooked on that and seafood. Hard to come by that kind of good cooking in the middle of the states! We even have to drive 3 hrs for Popeye's! lol
  
  On July 14, 2011 at 9:19 pm • Reply
  - dwayne herndon
    
    thats the truth
    
    On July 15, 2011 at 5:17 pm • Reply
  - Beth Richards
    
    only 3 hours? We have to drive 5! lol
    
    On July 17, 2011 at 6:32 pm • Reply
- Fish
  
  Alligator bait
  
  On August 14, 2011 at 10:33 pm • Reply
Ronald Mouton

shoot him elizabeth

On June 11, 2011 at 11:04 pm • Reply
- mitch weebs
  
  haha
  
  On July 7, 2011 at 6:08 pm • Reply
  - big daddy rabbitt
    
    that thing is a monster and i agree with you guys it shouldn't be a record unless it was in the wild, because how do we know that he caught it at all and he had to know that they were monsters like that in that pond
    
    On August 16, 2011 at 3:17 am • Reply
- Jason Walters
  
  You said it wrong its shoooot 'em lizabeth but its still the funniest thing I have read on here
  
  On July 10, 2011 at 3:31 am • Reply
  - Bucky Goldstien
    
    it's "choot, lizbet, choot!
    
    On July 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm • Reply
    - Big Ran
      
      OK- now that's funny.
      
      On August 13, 2011 at 4:38 am • Reply
  - Jarhead
    
    As did you. it's "choot em, lizbeth!"
    
    On August 18, 2011 at 1:21 am • Reply
- Roger McGowan
  
  ROFL!!!!
  
  On July 14, 2011 at 8:00 pm • Reply
- David Marek
  
  It's "choot em lizbeth".
  
  Made me laugh!
  
  On August 29, 2011 at 12:32 pm • Reply
razo mullah

its a gorges monster !

On June 12, 2011 at 1:41 am • Reply
michael murray

CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!

On June 12, 2011 at 11:04 am • Reply
s.sbrown

oh thats just a baby

On June 12, 2011 at 7:18 pm • Reply
- Boe Boston
  
  true haha jk
  
  On June 19, 2011 at 2:32 pm • Reply
michelle

Now why can i not ever land a fish that size.

On June 12, 2011 at 8:53 pm • Reply
World record catfish - Fly Fishing Forums linked to this.

On June 13, 2011 at 1:06 pm • Reply
tim

usimng a tiny piece of corn?? right , thenm his rig was not set up for that kind of weight .. whatever dude

On June 13, 2011 at 8:48 am • Reply
- david
  
  yea i know right
  
  On June 18, 2011 at 12:14 pm • Reply
- jason
  
  tim ……learn how to spell ..omg ….USIMNG…wtf…THENM…..do you even know what the hell you are talking about…..you are just pissed cause you didnt catch it…
  
  On July 9, 2011 at 12:30 pm • Reply
  - DAVID
    
    Y SHOULD HE YOU WAS ABLE TO READ IT
    
    On July 10, 2011 at 9:13 pm • Reply
    - hayden
      
      nice
      
      On July 14, 2011 at 2:17 am • Reply
  - tim
    
    I know how to spell. I was in a hurry to go buy some corn . I'm a disabled veteran and try to fish everyday . I wouldn't post a comment if I didn't know what I was talking about. Maybe the guy was using a 900 pound test barrel swivel and the fish just rolled all they way up to him~~
    
    On July 18, 2011 at 10:13 am • Reply
    - Joe
      
      I'm with you Tim! Don't worry about him… Some people have small dicks so they try to degrade others to make themselves feel better! LOL!
      
      On August 12, 2011 at 2:24 pm • Reply
- kevin hampton
  
  i caught a 59 pound flat head its the clear wtaer record from the spill way using 12 stren line and rod and reel was using a perch for bait hand size and i wasnt set up for it either but i still caught it and got it on bank and had 3 fish frys with it
  
  On July 12, 2011 at 11:53 pm • Reply
  - Mark
    
    You were using hand sized perch for bait, and was not set up for a big fish? Good Lord, what else could swallow a hand-sized perch(Largemouth), but still, thats some big bait! The article doesn't say what he was using for tackle, but I think it's definitely not accurrate.
    
    On July 14, 2011 at 4:00 pm • Reply
    - dan matchik
      
      seen pike take hand sized perch from my buddies fishing line as he retrieved the perch.
      
      On July 24, 2011 at 2:53 pm • Reply
    - Justin
      
      i go for pike in montana all the time with 6 pound line and a light action rod just cause i find it funner and more of a challenge when you get bigger fish on, usually thats all i use no matter what i go for
      
      On August 3, 2011 at 1:18 pm • Reply
  - Dave Berns
    
    Kevin, that's real lame that you have to tell everyone. Nobody cares you little Hebrew
    
    On July 18, 2011 at 5:49 pm • Reply
  - billy joe Nobeaner
    
    Kevin you forgot to call and invite me to a least 1 fish fry.
    
    Dang shelfish of you.
    
    On August 8, 2011 at 10:19 pm • Reply
- Joe
  
  That's what I was thinking… 80lb test and a giant hook with 1 little kernal of corn??? Whatever!
  
  On August 12, 2011 at 2:02 pm • Reply
- eek
  
  vegaterian dude
  
  On September 9, 2011 at 6:54 pm • Reply
Roy Warfield

That's a big lunch!Probably feed an army.LOL.

On June 13, 2011 at 8:49 am • Reply
Maria

Wow!!! Congrats! I bet that fed a lot of people!

On June 13, 2011 at 3:03 pm • Reply
Jeff Graybill

I don't beleave its real

On June 14, 2011 at 10:29 pm • Reply
- stacey
  
  me neither…..fished is not bowed or limp…
  
  On July 10, 2011 at 3:12 pm • Reply
  - Les
    
    You say it's not bowed or limp…………Well see the 3 guys hands underneath it holding the fish up? It wouldn't be limp,it was just caught & probably has a little life left in it! We use to catch fish around 100 to 150lbs near my grandfathers house & put them in horse troughs with fresh oygenated water for 2 days…. it removes most of the fat and taste Excellent!!
    
    On July 18, 2011 at 10:01 am • Reply
    - Joe
      
      I don't care what anyone says, I've caught a lot of cats, and the bigger they are, the more sag they have… There should be a lot of sag around their arms… Especially weighing close 300 lbs!!!
      
      On August 12, 2011 at 2:19 pm • Reply
  - Joe
    
    Another thing I don't understand is where is the whiskers? Most cats that size have whiskers big enough to fry LOL!
    
    On August 12, 2011 at 2:04 pm • Reply
- Les
  
  It's REAL, I've seen them that size and bigger. We caught one 2yrs ago that weighed 214lbs. Gave the majority of it to the people in the village nearby. Lot's of fun hauling it in, it quit fight after a while but reeling in "dead" weigh was tiresome!
  
  On July 18, 2011 at 9:44 am • Reply
  - Joe
    
    How could you see them bigger if it is a world record???
    
    On August 12, 2011 at 2:05 pm • Reply
J

Hmmm there's something FISHY about this..

On June 18, 2011 at 3:20 pm • Reply
- stacey
  
  yep!!!!
  
  On July 10, 2011 at 3:15 pm • Reply
Billy Bob

I smell a fish fry comin on

On June 18, 2011 at 5:40 pm • Reply
JR Anderson

Did ya catch if with Ronco pocket fisherman Dave.

On June 18, 2011 at 5:49 pm • Reply
Sandra

It's cute! Look at it's little eyes. Wonder what Jeremy Wade thinks about it?

On June 18, 2011 at 7:40 pm • Reply
Charlie

That's enough catfish to give everyone in New Orleans a sandwich.

On June 20, 2011 at 7:49 am • Reply
brandon

damn wat a cat

On June 20, 2011 at 5:34 pm • Reply
chelsea

WOW! i'd stuff it and hang it on my wall!!!

On July 7, 2011 at 6:08 pm • Reply
josh

it dont even look like a CATFISH not even close

On July 7, 2011 at 7:44 pm • Reply
- jason
  
  dude are u fuckin blind…the only thing thats missin on it is whiskers…hell if it had whiskers it would look like a monster channel cat down south…..do you even know what a cat fish looks like…stupid ASS…
  
  On July 9, 2011 at 12:37 pm • Reply
  - griff
    
    Maybe there there they don't have whiskers have u ever caught one from there you f–ktard
    
    On July 11, 2011 at 9:35 pm • Reply
    - Les
      
      Mekong catfish has whiskers(feelers). They are located towards the middle of the lower mouth/jaw. You can't see them because the guys arm is in the way…If you copy the picture and enlarge it, you can see the tips of the just below the guys arm. There's thousands of species os catfish, some are brown, silver, blueish,etc. and the heads are shaped different. Some have 3-4ft whiskers & some have 6inch to 12inch whiskers, there's even a couple of species that have mulitple sets of whiskers. Anyway, this fish is real and from the cold rivers of Thailand. Hope this info helps! Rock On & have a Blessed Day.
      
      On July 18, 2011 at 10:24 am • Reply
dougc426

I hope they released the fish back

On July 7, 2011 at 7:52 pm • Reply
Mark

Can you imagine the tartar sauce needed…

On July 9, 2011 at 9:41 am • Reply
mike

wonder how long it took,to grow that big.i hope they released it.now thats what id call brood stock.

On July 9, 2011 at 1:42 pm • Reply
Douglas Eubanks

Didnt someone catch like a 850lb one on the mississippi??

On July 9, 2011 at 3:57 pm • Reply
- hayden
  
  that dosent matter. it says that its the record for this species.
  
  On July 14, 2011 at 2:21 am • Reply
- Dave Sawyer
  
  850 out of the Mississippi? ya right . The record blue is in the 120 range.
  
  On August 4, 2011 at 11:57 am • Reply
  - Big Ran
    
    I've seen photos taken in the 1800's of seven- and eight-foot blues hung up in a slaughter house on the banks of the Mississippi. These, I'm sure, were taken well before records were kept and this was a commercial fishery, so no telling how they were caught. Don't know how much these weighed, but blues do get big- don't know about 850, but they do get big.
    
    On August 13, 2011 at 4:53 am • Reply
HOOKER

GOOD JOB GYS ,cats that big dont need wiskers HOOKER

On July 9, 2011 at 9:58 pm • Reply
charles wakefeild

U talking about some fillets but them bug eyes guess just use to the good old flatheads yellowcats in tn. Like to catch one like that in wataga lake! Wonder what the tn record is 4 the largest cat is?

On July 9, 2011 at 11:43 pm • Reply
chris

wow that thing can feed alot of pigme's

On July 10, 2011 at 10:19 am • Reply
Bumble Bee Tuna

I got a catfish bigger than that in my toilet bowl !!!!

On July 10, 2011 at 10:33 am • Reply
stacey

great fish..but looks fishy.. 3 guys holding and its not limp or bowing down in the middle????it looks stiff as a board…..too much photoshop goin on these days to beleive every pic…sorry

On July 10, 2011 at 3:14 pm • Reply
BIG TEX

i think i saw an episode of jermey wade over there fishing for cats that size.

On July 10, 2011 at 5:24 pm • Reply
Pearly Papules

Thats awesome fish! Id like to catch this kind of fish some day!

On July 11, 2011 at 2:41 am • Reply
matt

Happiness is a big fish.

On July 12, 2011 at 12:04 am • Reply
greg honaker

here in Louisiana , we might catch sumthin that big but throw em back cause the meat isnt good when theyre that big.there's a lotta waste when cleaning em. but he got the record , can't take nothin away from the man…..go ahead my catfishin brit brotha!!!!

On July 12, 2011 at 10:20 am • Reply
Kathi

Yes Jeremey Wade did do an episode4 in the Mekong. He was after the Big Cats of course. He caught a pretty huge one .. don't recall the exact size, but he had to get it and wrestle it to shore if I recall and I dont recall how many it took to hold it. Jeremey is so cool .. he gave the fish to the villagers and they had a big feast on it.

On July 12, 2011 at 11:01 pm • Reply
trey hicks

i would like to cach a huge catfish like that. but all i have is a line that can hold up to 65 lb.

On July 13, 2011 at 2:14 am • Reply
- Steveomac
  
  65 pound test is plenty for a fish that size, i just caught a 35 pounder in Guatemala using 8 lb test. 65 would catch a cat in the 260 range
  
  On July 14, 2011 at 3:15 pm • Reply
trey hicks

and a fishing rod, hooks, and tackle

On July 13, 2011 at 2:16 am • Reply
- max
  
  zebco will do it lol
  
  On August 18, 2011 at 2:40 pm • Reply
ethan matthew

i wish i could catch a fish like that

On July 13, 2011 at 12:03 pm • Reply
scotty gagne

know my zebco woulda been smokin ; )

On July 13, 2011 at 6:58 pm • Reply
carlos dana jr

thats a pretty big ol' fish i wish there was something like that in the carolinas. i in the north american fishing club an i m just wish i could fight something that big al rato

On July 13, 2011 at 9:17 pm • Reply
- dan matchik
  
  try the santee cooper reservation in the carolinas. I've seen people fish for them w/whole chickens. Saw a lot of big cats taken
  
  On July 24, 2011 at 3:02 pm • Reply
mike

FAKE

On July 14, 2011 at 12:35 am • Reply
- hayden
  
  it is. and even if its not they can grow up to ten feet and 650 pounds. this is from multiple resources so its most likely true which means they either caught a fish that big or found fossils that big so that means that that should be the record. not this.
  
  On July 14, 2011 at 2:44 am • Reply
  - Steveomac
    
    they know that they can get 650 pounds because they caught one that size in a net and is the largest one of this species. the reason this one is the record is because its the largest caught using fishing tackle.
    
    On July 14, 2011 at 3:23 pm • Reply
- Me
  
  I agree
  
  On July 15, 2011 at 1:45 am • Reply
Cindy

Awesum catch BUT NOT American Fishing !

On July 14, 2011 at 1:46 am • Reply
Sean

OK…. I

m calling B.S. Are really going to believe he put a single piece of corn on a grapling hook, tied to the end of a rope? He DID NOT reel that thing in on gear used to catch 4-5 lb bass!!

On July 14, 2011 at 5:14 pm • Reply
Me

PHOTOSHOP!

On July 15, 2011 at 1:44 am • Reply
steve

I call B.S……….It would take more than 3 ppl to hold that fish. And where are its whiskers???? Hell it even looks fake…. IM JUST SAYIN…

On July 15, 2011 at 6:32 pm • Reply
- Les
  
  I suggest you read my comments above! It's the REAL thing.
  
  On July 18, 2011 at 10:27 am • Reply
meg

Poor fishie

On July 15, 2011 at 8:10 pm • Reply
- Sean
  
  shut up meg (family guy)
  
  On July 22, 2011 at 3:06 pm • Reply
frank herycyk

for what it s worth i would like to come over for some of that fish so when is diner ?

On July 16, 2011 at 3:07 pm • Reply
Tony Serrano

Man!! That's the one that got away from me???

On July 16, 2011 at 3:43 pm • Reply
Colby

mine wus about a 1/20 th of that monsters weight and prob. about 1/3 of the length. mine was 30 in, and 13 lbs

On July 16, 2011 at 8:44 pm • Reply
Pup

ONE Word! IMPRESSIVE!!!!!

On July 17, 2011 at 9:05 am • Reply
tamme

wow thats a big catfish man bet it bought to break your line and pole

On July 17, 2011 at 3:14 pm • Reply
freda b.

now thats what ya call one big fish

On July 18, 2011 at 11:30 am • Reply
Russ

I'm a fisherman who spends three months of the year in Thailand, and have caught many Mekong Cats weighing 60- 100 lbs. This was probably caught in stocked lake, as they are very rare in the wild. This fish specific fish has probably been caught many times before as

most of the 'commercial lakes' require the fish to be released. I've never heard of Kradi Thailand, so they probably mean Krabi.

On July 18, 2011 at 5:32 pm • Reply
- jeff
  
  there is a Kradi in Thailand!
  
  You dont need to be a HATER especially if you
  
  dont know what your talking about! you could have been catching
  
  a different species of cat, there are over 2000 and 60 -100 lbs are good sized but common
  
  On July 24, 2011 at 10:02 am • Reply
  - jeff
    
    But it was in a private lake generated to produce over 200 giant species of fish and he was using 80lb test line and was released back to be caught again
    
    since it was in a fish farm it should not be considered a record
    
    the last world record caught for that species was out of the same lake
    
    On July 24, 2011 at 10:18 am • Reply
Mal

We going to need a bigger SKILLET!!!

On July 18, 2011 at 6:01 pm • Reply
Leona

That's some catch!!

On July 19, 2011 at 10:35 pm • Reply
angela jowers

Thats going to be one hell-of-a fishfry party…..lol

On July 20, 2011 at 7:11 pm • Reply
tunatime

catfish is friggin gross eating and they fight like a log…..try catchin a real fish…BLUEFIN TUNAAAAA

On July 21, 2011 at 8:11 am • Reply
- Sean
  
  no body cares
  
  On July 22, 2011 at 3:02 pm • Reply
Sean

Give a man this fish, he eats for the rest of his life. Teach a man to fish and they'll never catch something this damn big

On July 22, 2011 at 2:59 pm • Reply
- jeff
  
  it was on a fish farm and he used 80 lb test
  
  then released back
  
  the last world record was out of the same pond
  
  On July 24, 2011 at 10:19 am • Reply
patricia

dam thats a big fish

On July 22, 2011 at 10:43 pm • Reply
jeff d.

is this for real

On July 23, 2011 at 12:01 am • Reply
ur penis

It's fake…

On July 23, 2011 at 2:15 am • Reply
dave

great catch!! wish they got that big in iowa lol

On July 23, 2011 at 2:30 am • Reply
colby chaney

too bad it takes more than a piece of corn to land a woman that size..

On July 24, 2011 at 1:29 am • Reply
- RER
  
  try a box of "Bon Bons"
  
  On August 7, 2011 at 8:34 am • Reply
Flexxx

We catch them l that with our arm or leg all the times in Mississippi…, it's called noodling!!! Reckon your sack is big enough for u to try it? And then we throw it back! It's too big, old and tough to eat. Only good for brooding!

On July 24, 2011 at 6:39 pm • Reply
Flexxx

We catch them like that with our arm or leg all the times in Mississippi…, it’s called noodling!!! Reckon your sack is big enough for u to try it? And then we throw 'em back! They're too big, old and tough to eat. Only good for brooding!

On July 24, 2011 at 6:41 pm • Reply
BREE

HOLLY COW THAT THING IS HUGE HOW DID YALL EVEN CATCH THAT THING …. WOW

On August 2, 2011 at 9:28 am • Reply
JBeaver

does the Mekong Catfish exist only in Thiland? Probably, the Mekong River? sort of looks like a Blue Cat we have in the mid-west lakes and rivers. They get pretty big too.

On August 11, 2011 at 11:40 am • Reply
CountryGirl95

Damn thats a big n.. what do yall catch em on?

On August 11, 2011 at 4:47 pm • Reply
brotherwolf

Where there is one, there is more, count on it!!!

On August 12, 2011 at 9:05 am • Reply
Hankk Andrew Napolit

now i know ya'all did catch that monster with your arm, how long did it take to pull that big guy in ?? good job me friend

On August 12, 2011 at 9:19 am • Reply
Joe

I am a graphic Artist, and it looks like a cut and pasted pic to me!

On August 12, 2011 at 2:14 pm • Reply
zach

they actualy caught a crock but they zoomed in on a catfish and cropped it in !!!!

On August 13, 2011 at 10:43 am • Reply
MuddyRiver

Seriously? What 260lb fish is going to eat "A tiny piece of sweet corn".

On August 15, 2011 at 11:07 am • Reply
- Joey
  
  What kind of dumbass goes cat fishing with 80lb line and only uses a tiny piece of sweet corn as bait? Whole story= total bullshit.
  
  On August 18, 2011 at 2:33 pm • Reply
the big chees

if he usually gets bass weighing four or five pounds the why would he have the line to handdle a fish that big

On August 16, 2011 at 11:07 am • Reply
Bubba

How many PoBoy's could I make with that?

On August 19, 2011 at 4:21 am • Reply
Joe B

Where's da hush puppies?

On August 19, 2011 at 7:23 am • Reply
ICUrDrawerz

They said they used a kernel of corn as bait….Yeah right. I'd believe they used a 40 pound crickett

On August 19, 2011 at 12:19 pm • Reply
nathan

leave the man alone.who cares how big or small the tackle he was using.or if it was caught in the wild or a stock pond. the fact that he cauhgt somthing that big is pretty amazing hats off to you brother. for all those talking shit about his fish yall are just jealous and i know if yall were to catch a fish that big wild or stocked pond you would show off to

On August 19, 2011 at 4:46 pm • Reply
kristie

im just amazed that the man actually went in the water with the beast mus less caught it with corn….. nathan u said it all way to go man…. i wud have loved that fight thats all part of fishing ….love it

On August 20, 2011 at 2:10 pm • Reply
chris hamrick

wow awesome catch what a monster !!!!truly amazing heck that fish would feed a small country lol!!!

On August 22, 2011 at 7:19 am • Reply
me

that is crazy

On August 22, 2011 at 12:18 pm • Reply
Chessie Roberts

i seen a fish like this one before at bass pro shop in georgia but it was a rubber fish to hang on your wall..plus if this was caught where is the blood if your gonna fight a fish for 55 mins theres gonna be some blood…and dont say the water washed it off dont be a dunbass…and where is the white guys ohter hand..must not be that heavy there only using one hand..wat the other dude is picking it up by himself..WRONG!!!……FAKE AS HELL..THANKYOU!!!

On August 23, 2011 at 7:08 am • Reply
Charles Nicholls

Actually Chessie if you look close enough the guy in the center has both hands visible, right next to each other. the guy on the right also is using both hands, the second hand is located right at the water line next to center guys hands.

The problem is that, if this was a 260 pound fish, they'd be doing a LOT more straining to hold him up. The only way they would be able to hold him AT ALL is if he is DEAD, thus no struggling on the part of the fish and possibly getting stabbed by the barbs.

On August 23, 2011 at 2:03 pm • Reply
jenn

Jeremy Wade eat your heart out !

On August 26, 2011 at 9:12 pm • Reply
dave

looks to me like a caged up whitetail shouldnt be leagl for the records,and the owner of the pond probaly made him turn it loose

On August 29, 2011 at 7:52 am • Reply
Jones

I think Jeremy Wade has a new challenge on his hands.

WOW!

On August 30, 2011 at 7:15 am • Reply
campgod

Yeah, A nice big cat for sure and who wouldnt love to fight that one on a line…..but to go as far as to call it a world record is lame. A fish farm? Come on….WTF thats lame. Who would even fish in one of those things? Anything not caught or shot in the wild shouldnt count as a world record. If we do then there should be another category for those things.

On August 30, 2011 at 10:25 am • Reply
Troy Ward

Looks pretty fake. Have you ever picked up a large fish like this? The belly sags like you are holding a huge water balloon, your arms would sink into it. The fish in the pic looks like a plastic rendition, like the ones you buy in Mexico.

On August 31, 2011 at 3:22 pm • Reply
- Michael Lankford
  
  That was the first thing I noticed Troy! That's One Firm Fish!!
  
  On September 3, 2011 at 12:59 pm • Reply
tommy

FARM RAISED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On September 3, 2011 at 10:03 am • Reply
Kirk M

I agree with Troy that fish looks fake as hell!! And alot of you morons on here that dont care it was a farm raised fish….that means that if you kept a carp in a pond in your backyard with all the corn and bread it could eat and there was no other fish in that pond and it got super big….you think that should count as a record??? How about it being in a koi pond hand fed every day?? Thats what this fish was. No way it should be a record!

On September 4, 2011 at 3:01 pm • Reply
Avid Fisherman

Personally cant stand anyone who uses corn as bait!!! smaller fish that eat it cant digest it and just die. It may work well but if anyone wants fish in there lakes and ponds they should steer away from using corn!

On September 6, 2011 at 8:17 am • Reply
- eek
  
  hell to the yea
  
  On September 9, 2011 at 6:55 pm • Reply
Trail Camera Reviews

fishing with a tiny piece of sweet corn?? I can't imagine using a kernel of corn for bait on a rod that is big enough to handle a fish that size. something doesn't smell right

On September 6, 2011 at 3:01 pm • Reply
james T one

The man fought with the fish for 55 min. A fish that size would wear itself out reel quick (yes I know I spelled real wrong but it was intentional)…….that probably why you don't see it struggling.

On September 7, 2011 at 10:13 am • Reply
Chessie Roberts

Well i just say its fake..that man should get banned fom fishin..that would teach him to talk bullshit and buy rubber fish..wehn real fishermen are out there fishin and never get there picture taken and plus there fishin in a lake..not a pond where the owners feed hte fish whole frikken cows..lol……thats just a fake ass fish…thankyou america for fuckin up a very good sport……

On September 11, 2011 at 3:35 pm • Reply
- Dr. Walter Reed
  
  You do understand what you have just stated right. You have just said that the giant cat fish in this picture is fake. What are you seven. This fish is clearly real. You lack common sense. Thank you for Fucking up the great sport of fishing Chessie Roberts
  
  On October 2, 2011 at 10:58 pm • Reply
Shannon Jones

Wow, this much drama over a picture and story of a catfish. I'd hate to be in this crowd during discussions of issues that really matter. Ya'll probably shoot each other over who's got the better idea for ending homelessness, incredible.

On September 13, 2011 at 5:44 am • Reply
- carlos
  
  u r just hating, cause that guy cuaght that finish, and it wasnt you,haterrrrr
  
  On September 13, 2011 at 6:14 pm • Reply
- Chessie Roberts
  
  This has nothing to do with the fish…keep your politics to your self…….are you homeless..no ok then..neither is this fish..so this is the wrong site hun…..dont say shit on some random picture to get ppl to help with what you do….thanks
  
  On September 21, 2011 at 2:02 am • Reply
Chris W

What size hook did he use?

On September 13, 2011 at 4:27 pm • Reply
carlos

all i got to say, its good job to the guy that caught that beautyfull catfish, good job man

On September 13, 2011 at 6:12 pm • Reply
billy

dam, thats a large fish

On September 15, 2011 at 5:20 am • Reply
farquhar

i agree completly that picture is TOTAL crap and the person who "caught" it needs to the wild and catch a real monster not that farm bread bullshit. and if any of yall think that its even remotly real yall need to get your eyes checked

On September 15, 2011 at 6:57 am • Reply
Fly

They were juggin' in a farm pond. lol

On September 15, 2011 at 7:23 am • Reply
Fly

reeling for 55 min to catch “dead weight” is different then reeling for 55 min to catch “resistance weight”… I bet it wasn’t as fun to reel in as some would assume. Personally, I’d be more proud to catch a 10lb Brown or Rainbow or even a Bass on a fly-rod then use 100lb test to catch a farmer that you know has no chance of breaking off. Now if this guy comes back and says he used 10lb test line to catch this…OK…that’s a different story.

On September 15, 2011 at 7:25 am • Reply
mchornet7

Like to see some of those rednecks noodle this one.

On September 16, 2011 at 9:18 am • Reply
ThaiHawaiian

I've never seen this kind of fish in Thailand (I'm Thai) hilarious.

On September 18, 2011 at 6:37 pm • Reply