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Venue for the capture of the 58 kg European record Huchen (Hucho hucho) in 1938 This list is of the heaviest European freshwater fish caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line. The criteria for inclusion on this list is that the species, weight, date and venue have been published by a recognized publisher with a genuine ...
It is the largest freshwater fish in the world. The beluga also rivals the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and the greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) for the title of largest actively predatory fish. [10] [11] The largest accepted record is of a female taken in 1827 in the Volga estuary at 1,571 kg (3,463 lb) and 7.2 m (23 ft ...
5 oz 8 dr bleak caught by David Selley on the River Lark 2017. [229] Rejected as a hybrid by BRFC. [230] 38 lb Ferox brown trout caught by old Willie Maule. Evidence destroyed by fire. 8 lb burbot largest ever recorded in England, caught from the river Trent around 1700–1800. No date/also method of capture unknown.
A fisherman in northern Cambodia hooked what researchers say is the world’s largest freshwater fish — a giant stingray that scientists know relatively little
The previous record for a freshwater fish was a 293-kilogram (646-pound) Mekong giant catfish, discovered in Thailand in 2005, the group said. Cambodian catches world's largest recorded freshwater ...
The Mekong River in Cambodia regularly produces 13-foot giant stingrays, scientists confirm. This is how.
A large alligator gar, the largest freshwater fish in North America The largest of the gar, and the largest entirely freshwater fish in North America, is the alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula). The largest gar ever known, caught in Louisiana in 1925, was 3 m (9.8 ft) in length and weighed 137 kg (302 lb). [1] Anglerfish (Lophiiformes)
There is no international convention nor single agreed body concerned with verification of records and mandated with the task, however there are many modern and historical records for the largest huchen caught. Among these recorded is a fish weighing 34.8 kg (77 lb), caught in February 1985 in Spittal an der Drau in Austria,; [10] also one ...