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Largest Freshwater Catfish Hoax

This photos has been going all around the internet as the largest catfish in the world caught in Thailand. I have a hard time believing this is real though. No doubt it is a big fish, but is it a catfish?

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8 Responses to “Largest Freshwater Catfish Hoax”
  1. Real says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    This photo is real. It is featured in the National Geographic.

  2. Tanner Lindsay says:
    October 31st, 2008 at 10:13 am

    its looks like its a real catfish, like a mekong.

  3. wes says:
    February 20th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    This is a real catfish. It holds the world record for largest freshwater fish as well as largest catfish.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8404622/

  4. gerhard reilly says:
    March 20th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    it is real but how could you pull something like that in!!!!

  5. Josh says:
    August 14th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    Gerhard, it was caught in a net.

  6. Gareth Manning says:
    September 27th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    It is a real pic s that is me in the cap the fish was dead baited with squid at a depth of 23 ft in the Mekong and yes it fought !!!! If you require any more pics email me.

  7. shawn l peterson says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 6:22 am

    I know dam we’ll it is real and i know that is not the biggest we will ever see, just a matter of time comon fishrmen that water them big cats are living in has been here long before we got here and they are just waiting for the right time to show you were they are, good luck to ya’ll i have fished catfish all my life and it is a feeling i crave.

  8. Dan says:
    March 12th, 2010 at 3:14 am

    Has anybody every heard of a Gooch fish?

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