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Posted on 08/30/2004 5:14:08 AM PDT by harrycarey
Giant catfish claims latest victim - a dog
30 August 2004
BERLIN - A giant catfish is suspected of having eaten a dog in a German lake near the Polish border.
The estimated 1.5 metre catfish has been making waves in the small lake near Gueldendorf for several years, the Berliner Kurier newspaper reported.
Catfish are generally scavengers that feed on plants and animals on the beds of laks and rivers. They can on rare occasions grow up to 4.5 metres and weigh up to 300 kilos.
But the giant fish has developed other tastes and is emptying the lake of all the other fish. Now a small dachshund dog is believed to have been pulled under and eaten, said the report.
Lutz Affedlt, head of the Gueldendorfer Fisherman's Club, says the fish was probably planted in the lake by someone.
Several club members say they have had the phantom fish on their lines but that it has always broken off.
Attempts to net the giant catfish and to use electroshocks to stun it have so far failed.
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Yikes!
Now I know what kind of bait to use to catch the big ones.
Don't know if it is the same fish but, I saw a simular story about eight years ago. I would suspect there is more than one dog in that cat.
Many years ago, one of our neighbors was an engineer for Alabama Power and had the opportunity to dive with a maintenance crew checking Logan Dam at Lake Martin. This gentleman was 6'4" and weighed at least 250 pounds. He tells the tale of seeing catfish larger than his considerable bulk. He immediately ended his dive trip.
We always used to use hot dogs as bait........
I grew up in Southeast Texas eating fried catfish. One day while pulling a three-foot-long, 65-pound Oppelousa Catfish off a trot line, the question crossed my mind:
I wonder who was the first person who looked at this critter and asked himself "I wonder what this thing tastes like?"
Well with the little stubby legs the dog had, I am sure the fish just couldn't tell the difference.
On the other Lake Martin near Jackson's Gap, Alabama I had enough blue catfish strike my top water lures that I no longer think of them as bottom feeders.
A couple of decades ago while attending college, I partied a couple of times in Jackson's Gap. Can't remember the gent's name but he was endearingly referred to as The Mayor of Jackson's Gap. Small world.
Catfish Hunter lives!
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