Northern European Record Catfish

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MarkTheSpark

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Top effort, my man, but let's be honest; you can't call catfish 'nice.' They're like reconstituted bogies with fins. I hope that one fought better than all those I've watched being caught on video, most of which have kind of sulked around a bit then come in like, er, reconstituted snot.
 
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Gary Newman

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Very impressive fish, how big was it out of interest? The previous record was 240-odd from Italy's River Po as far as i can remember.
The ones that I've caught have fought very well even on heavy gear - 8 lb test curve rods and 150 lb braid - often going on unstoppable runs. You're wrong about the snot bit Mark, that is what you end up covered in when you try to photogrpah one!
 
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muck fe, that thing would suck yir nuts off quicker than i could down a voddie an coke
 
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MarkTheSpark

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The ones that I've caught have fought very well even on heavy gear

Compared to? I've seen all the Matt Hayes videos - Ebro, Soane, etc. For 30lb-100lb fish, they don't fight. A 30lb yellow-fin tuna. That's a fish that fights. Or a 10lb steelhead, or a 5lb mullet - if they got to 30lb, you'd need a boat road and 200lb line to stand a chance.

Catfish - the piscine equivalent of Chris Moyles
 
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I watched an adult video once Mark, it didn't equate to the reality I knew!

Don't fight eh?
 
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Nice catch, i hope i can catch a whopper like that one day/forum/smilies/smile_smiley.gif!
 
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