With the passing years and the democratization of its fishing, the record catches of catfish keep raining. Some fishermen have even made the pursuit of record catfish their specialty. In order to see more clearly, we wanted to list you the 10 biggest catfish caught to date and the history of their catches.
Dealing with a record catfish is never an easy task. But what the founder of the Black Cat team and his guest Markus Brock did again on the Po in Italy at the end of January 2019 is just exceptional!
For over a year, Benjamin Gründer had already been tracking a very large fish with his echo sounder during his sessions. “At the beginning, I always thought that only submerged obstacles or trees could create this kind of echo. But by dint of prospecting on this spot, it was clear that I had in front of me a fish of extraordinary proportions! “ then confided Benjamin.
It was in December 2018 that he had the chance to have a first contact with this record catfish. Unfortunately, he lost the fish in the fight. Blame it on the hook, completely open ...
At the end of January, Benjamin Gründer and two fishermen, Kai Weber and Markus Brock, returned to Wels Camp on the Po, the starting point for the vertical sessions.
On the second day of fishing, the supposed record catfish appeared to Benjamin's sounder. However, all attempts to bite him will have been unsuccessful. Then nothing…
On January 31, the fishermen again had the chance to follow the giant with the depth sounder. And it is finally Markus who will have the chance to come into contact with this monster on a carpet. After more than 45 minutes of combat and epic teamwork, Markus and Benjamin were finally able to put the fish in the boat. It was clear to everyone that this fish had absolutely exceptional dimensions. This is not the expected world record catfish but the giant still reached the length of 268 cm for an estimated weight of 130 kg.
Caught by Varga in 2016, a Hungarian fisherman on the Rhône, this record catfish measures 270 cm long for an unknown weight. Indeed, Varga's scale only went up to 130 kilos at most ...
However, the record catfish fisherman says the giant was doing little more. "I have no idea how I could have put this in the boat", he said, suggesting he was alone when the catfish attacked the lure.
It is then certainly at the epoch the new world record for catfish caught with lures.
“I captured this catfish from my boat. The fight lasted 30 long minutes. Arrived on the edge, I began to realize that this catfish was really exceptional. I then called several friends to confirm the measurement of this trophy fish, then I gently let it return to its river so that it could still spend many years, hoping perhaps one day to meet it again. “ This is what Nicolas, 29, testified when catching this record catfish in the Avoine en Loire sector.
We don't have a lot of information on this giant from Spain. We just know that it was caught in October 2018 in Mequinenza by a Swiss fisherman at Ebro Fishing Angelcamp. 270 cm on the clock all the same ...
Again, we don't have much information on this other record catfish. He was captured in 2013 by a group of friends during a fishing course on the Po at Il Campo del Siluro. The giant then displayed a recor size of 271 cm for 286 lbs.
Decidedly, it seems that it is in France where we have the possibility of catching record catfish this decade. Another Loire golgoth, captured in August 2019 with lure and on board by Hugo Leybac near Angers.
“We stopped at a spot with a pit of about eight meters and with a light current. After a few throws, I felt a clean slap but not very powerful. A generous shoeing will launch the start of hostilities with a catfish. After ten minutes of very intense combat, my friend and I saw a catfish with extraordinary proportions. A few moments later, my friend was able to grab the monster that we measured several times: 271 cm!
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A little less than a year after the capture of the world record catfish caught on the Po by the Ferrari brothers in 2016 which made a lot of talk at the time, it is the turn of another member of the team Black Cat to illustrate with a monster of 2.72 m.
The capture took place on Monday January 4, obviously on the Po river by Matteo De Grandi. As Matteo testifies, the session started under the best hospices with a first fish 2.10 m from the first drift. It was only in the afternoon that Matteo caught the fish in a 6-meter pit.
A good half hour of combat will have been necessary to get the better of this giant of the river, who as usual, after the usual photos, has found his freedom.
Another French monster! This 273 cm catfish was captured in October 2015 by Sébastien Delabre in the Gard near Vauvert on the Petit Rhône. At the time, it was nothing other than the world record catfish! Once the measures have been taken and noted by a judicial officer, Sébastien of course released his fish into the water.
The world record for catfish fell again in September 2017. He was then French again with this record catch of 274 cm. The catfish was captured by Jean-Christophe Conéjéro of the Zeck team, on the Tarn… in a float-tube! The Tarn has since become a major place for catfish fishing in the world. And this also thanks to this famous video of catfish attacking pigeons who came to quench their thirst in the Tarn. “It's the fish of a lifetime! It's almost a shame for me, I'm going to have a hard time finding another goal ”, testified Jean-Christophe Conéjéro.
The record was even taken on video.
It remains to this day the largest catfish caught and approved. He is therefore officially the record catfish in France and on paper the world record catfish.
Even if this catfish has never been officially approved and its owner remains discreet about this fish, for many it remains THE world record for catfish to beat. It was captured in October 2017 on the Po by seasoned fisherman Ronny Zürcher.
The fish was measured at 275 cm! For these 3 years that have passed, we can imagine that sooner or later, this record will again be equaled, or even exceeded.
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