Biggest Catfish Ever Caught In South Africa

The country currently holds the world record in the category thanks to a 646-pound catfish hooked in 2005 but last week researchers caught and released a giant freshwater stingray in the Mae Klong River that may set a new record.

Biggest catfish ever caught in south africa. May 28 2020 A likely new Pennsylvania record for flathead catfish a monster weighing 563 pounds was pulled from the Schuylkill River in the Philadelphia area on. Nearly nine feet long 27 meters and as big as a grizzly bear the behemoth tipped the scales at 646 pounds 293 kilograms. This big giant trevally was caught by two guys who run Reefari a YouTube channel that teaches people how to catch monster fish with small boats.

Reel state record for flathead catfish has stood for years at 80 pounds. It can grow to between 14 and 2m long and can weigh anything from 8kgs to 59kgs. Carps 10-25 kg Pseudobarbus capensis Clanwilliam Yellowfish 1066.

12 rows South Africa. Feb 23 2015 The biggest was 22st and 278m long and was also from the Po Delta. May 28 2020 Bonawitzs fish was 507 pounds.

However it is. The species has earned a reputation as a man-eater throughout its wide distribution in South America extending north from the Amazon and Orinoco River basins to as far south as Argentina. Mar 27 2015 The lau-lau or piraiba is the largest catfish species on the IGFA record books but there have been even larger specimens reported in the 200-kilogram 440-pound range.

Tight lines and Barbel calling. The fish was 12 meters in length and weighed more than 25 kg. The South African angling record is 35 kgs however a 589kg specimen was caught in the Vaal River.

This species is not common and rarely surfaces. The African catfish is a dominant freshwater fish. Wels catfish can grow as long as 4m and up to 62st.