They catch catfish over three meters long that would be a world record

Alexander Biancardi he is a fisherman Italian who had an unusual specimen on the other side of the line. It is a huge fish of the order catfish, commonly called catfish, catfish or catfishthose that comprise more than 30 families, some 400 genera and more than 3000 species.

The fan reported that It was not easy for him to capture the huge catfish and that when the water level began to drop he felt a “powerful sting” in his rod. “The fish stood still for a few seconds before starting a very complicated fight,” he told the Italian media, specifying that he fought “only against the biggest catfish I have seen in 23 years”. the huge fish resists fishing for 40 minutes. “I tried to hold him by the mouth 2 or 3 times, but he was still too strong, so I decided to go into shallow water to try and pull him ashore from the shore,” he said.

Parachute validate the measurement, the Italian fisherman called 10 witnesses next to which found that the length of the catfish It was from 2.85 meters, some four centimeters more than the current world record, but it was not heavy, since they will try to return it to the river and prevent it from suffering more stress. It is estimated that it could have exceeded 136 kilos, which is the world record that until now governs the IGFA, which is the International Sport Fishing Association (IGFA), translated into Spanish as the International Sport Fishing Association, and is the world authority that regulate angling and the one in charge of the records of the activity worldwide, in addition to the regular categories of fish. It was founded in 1939 by Eugine Castle and Frank Mouse and is currently headquartered in the city of Dania Beach in Florida (United States).