[harrycarey]

Until searching for this story, I never realized how big catfish can be.

Like this one.

[apackof2]

Yikes!

[bad company]

Now I know what kind of bait to use to catch the big ones.

[Quilla]

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.

[Don Simmons]

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?"

[GenXFreedomFighter]

Catfish Hunter lives!

[Khurkris]

As I've always heard, catfish never stop growing. Along damns and in some rivers they say that 300-400lb cats are in there. I've caught a lot of river cats in the 10-20 lb range and thought they were just huge. Something that big is just amazing, but the Ol' Boys swear that divers have seen them.