661 pound freshwater stingray.

dave44

Dang.

https://news.yahoo.com/largest-freshwater-fish-ever-caught-150020875.html

Turner River Terror

I saw that and I kinda have a hard time calling a Stingray a Fish..

dave44

       That gives a new step to the gulf shuffle, though.
   

Flash

Turner River Terror said:

I saw that and I kinda have a hard time calling a Stingray a Fish..

I was thinking the same thing

tag

I’m surprised they released it. 

stc1993

Must of been one of those Vietnamese stingrays from the Mekong.  I've seen them on tv that Jeremy Wade fellow.

dave44

stc1993 said:

Must of been one of those Vietnamese stingrays from the Mekong.  I've seen them on tv that Jeremy Wade fellow.

Yes, it was the Mekong.

Tony Roma

Would have no interest in fighting that thing for 5 hours

gogittum

Yah, yah, yah, it's a big'un all right, but hardly the "largest freshwater fish."  You see the same kind of blather about the Amazonian Arapaima, too, but neither is nearly as large as a big Sturgeon.

Flash

Tony Roma said:

Would have no interest in fighting that thing for 5 hours

Just think of all the scallops they got

lilwoody

gogittum said:

Yah, yah, yah, it's a big'un all right, but hardly the "largest freshwater fish."  You see the same kind of blather about the Amazonian Arapaima, too, but neither is nearly as large as a big Sturgeon.

Yup, I thought Sturgeon top 1000 lbs.

gogittum

I've seen pictures of one caught in the Fraser River, B.C., Canada, that was caught back in the....'30s, I think, that was 1900#.  They pulled it out with a Model T or Model A....not sure.  I've "heard" that some Russian fish get over 3000#....the ones they get Beluga Caviar from.  With poaching and all, I think those really big ones are pretty much extinct now.  

A friend in Idaho caught and showed pictures of one he caught in the Snake River that was 11 ft long....but no way to weigh it.  9 footers are "fairly" common.  Mine was 5'3" and very heavy bodied.  We estimated it at 105#.