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Where Do You Buy Your Catfish?

I don’t eat fish too often, but one of my favorites is catfish. We used to catch them a lot when I was about six years old and we’d eat them within an hour of catching them. I’ve never bought catfish from a supermarket, and after seeing this video I’m not sure I ever will. Despite healthy populations of catfish across the United States, a lot of catfish are actually imported from outside countries like Vietnam. Now this would be OK if other countries followed the same food safety regulations we do, but they don’t.

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August 26, 2010 by Clive Mathias

Filed Under: Catfish, Entertainment, Fishing, Freshwater Species, United States, Videos
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World Record Blue Catfish

Recently a massive 79 pound (35.8 kg) blue catfish was caught by Jayson Zerda of Unadilla, New York, setting a new Maryland state record. This amazing catch beat the old state record by more than ten pounds!


The fish was 49.5 inches long with a girth of 38 inches.

As impressive as Mr. Zerdas record catfish looks, its not even remotely close to the current world record blue catfish – just have a look at this!


Caught by Tim Pruitt, this world record blue catfish weighed 124 pounds (56.2 kg) and was caught on May 22 2005 near Alton, Illinois in the Mississippi River.

The fish measured a staggering 58 inches in length and was 44 inches around! Just last month an even larger blue cat was caught, weighing 130 pounds. It is currently under review by the IGFA and may take the world record title from Tim Pruitt.


Caught by Greg Bernal, of Florissant, Missouri – July 20 2010.

Continue reading “World Record Blue Catfish”…

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August 10, 2010 by Clive Mathias

Filed Under: Catfish, China, Fishing, Freshwater Species, News, United States, World Records
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