280 Pound Catfish With Rod and Reel

[Hobbes]

Italian fisherman Dino Ferrari hooked a 280-pound, 8-foot-9-inch catfish last Thursday on Italy's Po River, which is believed to be one of the largest ever caught with a rod and reel.



Ferrari, a bus mechanic who was fishing with his twin brother, spent 40 minutes reeling in the fish, according to this CNN interview. After Ferrari outlasted the monstrosity, he took a few photos and released it back into the river. The photos were so alarming that the authenticity of the catch was called into question. But this video should quiet even the harshest skeptics.

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/pag...ri-catches-impossibly-large-280-pound-catfish

 

[Okie4570]

That's huge! Wonder how they weighed it on site?

 

[DeeJay]

That's huge! Wonder how they weighed it on site?

A "harness" can be seen in some of the video and the scale is briefly seen in one of the stills at the end of the video.

 

[RETOKSQUID]

Just think of this next time you go noodling

 

[dennishoddy]

What a beast!

 

[Buzzgun]

I watched the video and never saw the fish take a breath. Never seen a fish out of water that long that wasn't moving it's gills trying to breath?? Either it's fake, or the fish was dead.

 

[surjimmy]

I'm a modest man and don't like to brag, I really didn't want that to get out, and it really only weighed 277ibs.

 

[Deer Slayer]

LMAO, I bet that threw your back out

 

[surjimmy]

You know better then anyone, if I caught a 5lb carp. I'd have it stuffed and mounted. lol

 

[Hoov]

Yeah, Photoshop. Though, with its mouth gaping, it does look like George.