Video: 130-pound catfish caught in Mo. River

Greg Bernal, 47, of Florissant caught a 130-pound catfish early Tuesday morning in the Missouri River. Officials say the fish appears big enough to set a new world record, breaking the blue catfish record of 124-pounds.

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• catfish
• missouri river
• greg bernal
• blue catfish
• worlds record

[GuGtheone]

He should have let that fish go. He is going to be quite disappointed in the taste of that meat. Large blue cats scavenge most of their lives, and in a dirty ass river like the missouri. that cat probably has a little bit of every pesticide, herbacide, parasite, fecal matter, and chemical that has been used/dropped in that huge ass river for the past 50 years. not to mention that its old muscles are going to be tough.

[fingerboardsrule]

Way to go u just killed the cat that's producing more cats in the river congrats

[suzuki400rider]

i love how he says the part of the missouri is a secret. he could go back to the same spot the same dept same water temp same bait and never catch a fish over 40lbs again.

And taking a fish out of the river that size is a shame. there arent that many monsters left we need to perseve the ones we do have. not to mention its gonna taste terrible.

[iloveguitar338]

makes me sad to see a monster of earth to die like that

[GuGtheone]

@Illiamdra wels do not reach 660 pounds. over 200 yes, but they definetly do not reach 600. the world record was 246 pounds, but this record may have been broken out of italys river po in 2010 with a fish of 250 pounds 5 OZ. furthermore the largest breed of catfish is the mekong catfish, this fish can reach over 600 pounds.

It is very obvious that you watched the wels episode of river monsters, but your actual knowledge of fish is still quite questionable.

[Christokerson]

Shoulda kept that alive

[JimbowT]

I hope this fish was donated to the state's aquarium... it would draw crowds for years to come. Nice catch ! - tight lines.

[Utoobsteak]

OMG! Here kitty, kitty!

[XxKCREADNECKxX]

poor fish should have put him back or just try and keep him alive or somthing idk

[Illiamdra]

@gohuge OMG lol, im sorry but you might be a bass fisherman but your knowlage on Cat fish is slim. watch the vid again that fish is NOT dead. Cat Fish are a breed that still have a lung of sorts and can live out of water with slow gulps of air for days, as long as their skin is kept moist. I fish for cat every summer for food because its oen of the best tasting fish. and our cats can manage to still be alive and kicking after a 6 hour drive home in the back of the truck only wraped in a damp rag