Related: Giant Wels Catfish Beach Themselves While Hunting Pigeons The wels also inspires a nearly cultlike following of anglers obsessed with catching and releasing a specimen that’s ...

An angler caught the gigantic wels catfish in the murky waters of the River Po, in Italy, where the previous world record for the largest catfish was set just 2 months ago. When you purchase ...

“I was alone facing the biggest catfish I’ve ever seen in 23 years.” After a 43-minute battle, Biancardi got the wels catfish to the boat but without help it became challenging.

Catfish are popular among North American anglers, but they can also be found all around the world, with two of the largest species—the Wels and the Giant Mekong—inhabiting waters in Europe and ...

The largest freshwater catfish ever caught on a rod-and-reel and certified by the IGFA was a 297-pound 9-ounce Wels catfish. European angler Attila Zsedely caught the all-tackle world record Wels ...

“I knew it was a big fish,” he said. After 30 minutes, he landed the wels catfish and slipped it into a weighing sling to capture its weight of 133-plus pounds before releasing the fish.

Anglers know Spain’s River Ebro as the “catfish capital of Europe” because of its giant wels catfish. English fisherman Ditch Ballard provided another story for that legendary river when he hooked a ...

It was the biggest battle of my fishing career ... The species found here is called the Wels catfish, which is known for growing to particularly large sizes. It is native to central, southern ...

The largest wels catfish by weight recognized by the IGFA was caught in the Po River as well, in 2010, and weighed in at nearly 298 pounds, records show. An official measurement of Biancardi’s ...