Albino Catfish

[FamousAJ]

Looks like a few records broken on this one.

Jeez, how tough would that meat be?

Like just about all fishermen, John Edwards and Tom Herron compete for bragging rights whenever they’re on the water.

But none could ever have imagined a scenario like the one that played out recently on the banks of the River Segre in Mequinenza, Spain.

Edwards had reeled in a 209-pound partial albino catfish, believed to be the world’s largest albino catfish, and wasted no time boasting about his remarkable catch. (The term albino is used in catfish-fishing circles to describe any of these lighter catfish, which lack normal pigmentation. They vary in coloration.)

“He was running up and down the bank shouting, ‘Yes, yes, I’ve caught the biggest fish!’” Edwards told the Plymouth Herald. But before Edwards’ bragging had begun to wane, Herron hooked up, and an hour later he landed an albino catfish that weighed 221 pounds, giving him bragging rights, and presumably the record.

Both catfish were massive, measuring 7 feet, 11 inches, and 8 feet, 1 inch, respectively.

Albino catfish are not their own species of catfish, so there is no official world record for the lighter-colored fish.

But fishing charter groups keep track of the larger catches of normal and albino Wels catfish–which are popular throughout Europe and not found in the U.S.–and a spokesman for the British-based CatMaster Tours, which booked the Edwards-Herron charter, said these were the largest ever caught.

full story below...but here are some pics.








http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/excursions/post/massive-albino-catfish-landed-spain/

 

[coolhandluke]

Those are huge cats, but still almost 100 lbs shy of the record for a Wels.

 

[dennishoddy]

Hope they released them for somebody else to catch

 

[Lurker66]

Thatsa Lotta fillets.

 

[justin_h635]

Looks like a mudcat went to town with a bullfrog tadpole.