141 Pound Catfish Caught From Shore

Categories: Catfish, Europe, Fishing, Freshwater Species, Incredible, Videos

Monday August 18th, 2008 @ 6:41 PM | Clive Mathias | 1 Comment

Catfish Eats Soccer Ball

We already know catfish like to eat mini basketballs, but apparently they like soccer balls too. This massive wels catfish bit off more then it could chew.

via Moldy Chum

Categories: Accidents, Catfish, Europe, Fishing, Freshwater, Oddities

Friday July 11th, 2008 @ 6:19 PM | Clive Mathias | Comments

Monster Snoek, Netherlands Pike!

Pike are one of the most popular sport fish in the world, and for good reason - they are savage predators and can grow very large. We at FishingFury love fishing for pike and all creatures Esox. We have posted photos in the past of potential world records, but no picture on this site has seen as much world wide attention as the monster pike seen below. I have seen this photo all over the interweb and have been emailed questions about it by thousands of people (well, maybe not thousands, but at least one or two)

If you are a avid fisherman, this photo has probably been appearing in your inbox more times then you can count, being sent by family and friends bragging that it was caught by a friend of a friend in a nearby lake (I’ve heard stories of it being a Manitoba or Ontario fish lately). Fact of the matter is that it wasn’t caught anywhere near you, unless of course you live in the Netherlands. The photo even appeared in ESOX Angler magazine and this only created more rumours.

There is no doubt that this is a massive pike, but stories of it being a new world record pike are completely untrue. The actual weight of this beast is 42.9lbs (19.5 kgs), and the length is 50 inches! This once in a lifetime catch was released to swim another day. If you want to read the story of this incredible pike, check out http://www.pacgb.co.uk/.

Looking for the world record pike? Click here!

Categories: Culture, Europe, Fishing, Freshwater Species, Incredible, Interesting, Netherlands, News, Northern Pike, World, World Records

Wednesday October 31st, 2007 @ 6:11 PM | Clive Mathias | 2 Comments

World Record Pike

The current world record northern pike is a 55 pounder (25kg) caught by Lothar Louis of Germany in 1986. This is a record I believe will be beaten in the near future. Huge pike are being caught throughout Canada and the Europe that could be potential records.

55.1lbs caught in Lake of Grefeern, Germany Oct. 16, 1986

In Canada, at least two Provinces have potential for a future record fish. Both Ontario and Manitoba produce pike over 50 inches each year. Jon and I have seen first hand the huge pike northern Ontario has to offer. Ontario’s current record is just over 42 pounds while Manitoba holds claim to what is perhaps the longest pike ever caught, measuring an estimated 70 inches.

Canadian Pike versus European pike

edit: Then again, maybe the next world record pike will come from Italy.

Categories: Canada, Europe, Fishing, Freshwater, Incredible, Interesting, Italy, News, Northern Pike, World, World Records

Sunday March 18th, 2007 @ 9:31 PM | Clive Mathias | 7 Comments

Six Tons of Highly Concentrated Sunny D Turns River Yellow

About 8,000 litres of highly concentrated Sunny D leaked in to River Parrett in Bridgwater, Somerset, turning it bright yellow. The accident occured due to a leak in an underground storage container. The liquid inside the container was filled with a ’sub-standard’ concentrate that would later be taken away and disposed of. The leak and and river were quickly sandbagged to prevent further spilage and teams were able to clean up the spill very quickly. Unfortunatly, all fish in the river were killed due to the acidity of the leaked liquid. If researchers determine any long term devistation the company could be fined heavily.

Categories: Accidents, Europe, Food, Incredible, Kids, News, Non-Fishing

Saturday May 20th, 2006 @ 11:20 PM | Jonathon Marshall | Comments

Snagged; When Keeping Your Lure is Worse than Loosing it

Every fishermen gets snagged at one point or another, and just about every fishermen deals with it in the same way. You pull on it, whip your rod up and down, eventually you loose your patience with it tighten your drag all the way and give it one last heave. Either your line breaks or the lure comes free. Occasionally when that lure comes free it will fly out of the water heading straight for you, and unless you have ninja reflexes like me, its going to hit you. Generally its not a problem with smaller lures or softbaits. Just don’t try it with a 14″ Jake caught in a tree less than 10 feet from you, OK?

Darren Williams, a 34 year old machine operator from Wrexham, learned that very lesson last week fishing with friends. His line became snagged and just like I described earlier, he pulled on it as hard as he could. Unfortunatly for him, he doesn’t have ninja reflexes, the lead sinker (and a big one at that) broke through his eye socket and lodged itself in his face. After a trip to the hospital and 5 hours of surgery the doctors removed the weight and repaired his cheek bones with a metal plate. Darren’s not broken up one bit about the experience and even keeps his “lucky” lead weight in his pocket.

“I was so lucky - if it had been a few millimetres in the other direction then I would have lost my eye,” he said.

“I was fishing when the line got snagged on something and as I pulled it, I just felt something hit me on the face and knock me to the floor,” said Mr Williams.

“To be honest, I didn’t know what had happened, but when I put my hands to my face they were covered in blood. But my mates ran over to me and they could see the tip of the weight sticking out of my eye socket”.

Link via Boing Boing

Categories: Accidents, Europe, Fishing, News, Oddities

Friday October 7th, 2005 @ 5:54 PM | Jonathon Marshall | Comments