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A fisherman in England landed a 133-pound wels catfish at a catch-and-release pay lake in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, that apparently would qualify as a British record, and by a lot. The catch by Tomas ...

The enormous wels catfish two Polish fishermen landed a few weeks ago while competing in a fishing tournament at a reservoir in Rybnik, Poland, is being hailed as a world record for length. Krzysztof ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alessandro Biancardi poses with his massive catch, a 9.4-foot-long wels catfish, on the banks of the River Po. Alessandro ...

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Europe’s largest freshwater fish is a bottom-dwelling predator that goes by several names. Sometimes called soms, siluros, wellers, or sheetfish, these massive critters are the Old World’s answer to ...

This unusual behavior is not observed in Wels catfish populations elsewhere and is believed to be a learned adaptation. Due to limited food sources, the catfish became desperate enough to try hunting ...

Wels catfish are so big they make the biggest blue catfish look small. The species is the largest freshwater fish in Europe. They are capable of living for decades, grow continuously as they age, and ...

A family vacation to Spain turned into an international headline when 11-year-old Joshua Davenport caught a 152-pound wels catfish on the River Ebro during the last week of October. He and his parents ...

Whiskered, marble-skinned giants lurk in the murky waters of Italy's longest river. These behemoths are prized targets for anglers, but a fisher recently hooked a truly colossal individual — and it ...