New Wels Catfish World Record

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I love reading about new world records, especially when its a freshwater fish that exceeds 250 pounds! This enormous wels catfish is nearly 8 pounds more then the current world record!

Guided by IGFA Certified Captain Alberto Bartoli and using shrimp forbait, Roberto Godi of Arcole Veroma, Italy landed a potential IGFA All-Tackle record after catching a wels (Silurus glanis) on February 5. The giant fish weighed 113.5 kg (250 lb 3 oz) which Godi caught while fishing Italy’s River Po. He said the fish fought for 45 minutes before he was able to pull it to shore onto a smooth surfaced mat where it was weighed, photographed and released alive. The current IGFA record is 242 lb 8 oz (110 kg) caught February 2009 also from the River Po.

  6 Comments June 16, 2010 by Clive Mathias

Filed Under: Catfish, Fishing, Incredible, Italy, News, World Records
Tagged: big fish, IGFA, Wels catfish, world record, World Record Catfish
6 Comments on “...”SPONSOR Jonathon Marshall
3 days, 14 hours ago #

World’s biggest catfish, or world’s smallest angler?

The truth is out there.

cbiegel
3 days, 5 hours ago #

Now that’s one big fish!  It’s great that those guys take such care to make sure that the fish lives to fight another day.

Wisconsin Cowboy
3 days, 3 hours ago #

Dadgum!!!! That There isa mighty fine fish!!! Round Here we dont get them catfish that are more than 20 inches!! MIGHTY FINE! My hat comes of to you Mr. Fisherman. Good Job!

woody
2 days, 7 hours ago #

Catfishcapers.com is the place to have a look at Cats…The river Ebro in Spain is one of the best rivers for these big beasts, if you go there with them and you don’t catch a cat that’s at least 100lbs in weight, they give you a free return trip! Being in Europe it’s dirt cheap for me and will be going when there is enough of us to make it worthwhile.

Minnesota Fishing Guy
1 day, 15 hours ago #

That’s a serious kitty.

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