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Seven foot catfish drags anglers’ boat a mile before being subdued!

April 30, 2012 By JD 6 Comments


Nto your average catfish! This massive, 218-pound, 7-foot, 8-inch wels catfish (hooked in the River Po in Italy) gave three German anglers all the fight they could handle as it dragged them downstream a mile, where they landed it and hour later!

Of the epic battle, guide Stefan Seuss said this:

“It was the hardest fight from a catfish I have ever witnessed…” Duh!

Read the whole story here: The Sun

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: italy, river po, wels catfish

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