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Do Wels and other large catfish species really attack humans?
Mar 10, 2022 10:12:10   #
FS Digest
 
Do Wels and other large catfish species really attack humans?

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by HooskerDooss1

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Mar 10, 2022 10:49:46   #
brianleffler Loc: Fairport N.Y. 14450
 
Did you mean Eels? I have no clue if They'll actually "ATTACK" humans? I look forward to read more input to this subject?? My only advice is Keep your Doors Locked...heeheehee

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Mar 10, 2022 11:08:03   #
charlykilo Loc: Garden Valley Ca
 
https://www.google.com/search?q=wels+catfish&biw=994&bih=464&ei=6CEqYsC3Br2d0PEPtOKK4Ag&gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TdIMskoLjBg9OIpT80pVkhOLEnLLM4AAGLYCDQ&oq=Wels&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYAzIQCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowIQCjIFCC4QgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUILhCABDIICC4QgAQQ1AIyBQguEIAEMgsILhCABBDHARDRAzIFCAAQgAQyBQguEIAEMgoIABCxAxDJAxAKOgcIABBHELADOgoIABBHELADEMkDOggIABCSAxCwA0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFDmgwFY5oMBYKy8AmgCcAF4AIABpAKIAaQCkgEDMi0xmAEAoAEByAEHwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz

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Mar 10, 2022 12:01:32   #
Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina
 
charlykilo wrote:
https://www.google.com/search?q=wels+catfish&biw=994&bih=464&ei=6CEqYsC3Br2d0PEPtOKK4Ag&gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TdIMskoLjBg9OIpT80pVkhOLEnLLM4AAGLYCDQ&oq=Wels&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYAzIQCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowIQCjIFCC4QgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUILhCABDIICC4QgAQQ1AIyBQguEIAEMgsILhCABBDHARDRAzIFCAAQgAQyBQguEIAEMgoIABCxAxDJAxAKOgcIABBHELADOgoIABBHELADEMkDOggIABCSAxCwA0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFDmgwFY5oMBYKy8AmgCcAF4AIABpAKIAaQCkgEDMi0xmAEAoAEByAEHwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz
https://www.google.com/search?q=wels+catfish&b... (show quote)


Thanks Charlykilo. Never heard of one of them.

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Mar 10, 2022 12:27:18   #
EdwardL Loc: Tenino Wa.
 
charlykilo wrote:
https://www.google.com/search?q=wels+catfish&biw=994&bih=464&ei=6CEqYsC3Br2d0PEPtOKK4Ag&gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TdIMskoLjBg9OIpT80pVkhOLEnLLM4AAGLYCDQ&oq=Wels&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYAzIQCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowIQCjIFCC4QgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUILhCABDIICC4QgAQQ1AIyBQguEIAEMgsILhCABBDHARDRAzIFCAAQgAQyBQguEIAEMgoIABCxAxDJAxAKOgcIABBHELADOgoIABBHELADEMkDOggIABCSAxCwA0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFDmgwFY5oMBYKy8AmgCcAF4AIABpAKIAaQCkgEDMi0xmAEAoAEByAEHwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz
https://www.google.com/search?q=wels+catfish&b... (show quote)


Dam my finger hurts from just looking at that address

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Mar 11, 2022 09:03:31   #
kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ
 
charlykilo wrote:
https://www.google.com/search?q=wels+catfish&biw=994&bih=464&ei=6CEqYsC3Br2d0PEPtOKK4Ag&gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TdIMskoLjBg9OIpT80pVkhOLEnLLM4AAGLYCDQ&oq=Wels&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYAzIQCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowIQCjIFCC4QgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUILhCABDIICC4QgAQQ1AIyBQguEIAEMgsILhCABBDHARDRAzIFCAAQgAQyBQguEIAEMgoIABCxAxDJAxAKOgcIABBHELADOgoIABBHELADEMkDOggIABCSAxCwA0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFDmgwFY5oMBYKy8AmgCcAF4AIABpAKIAaQCkgEDMi0xmAEAoAEByAEHwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz
https://www.google.com/search?q=wels+catfish&b... (show quote)


Yikes! They get bigger than me! I'd be appetizer!

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Mar 11, 2022 11:47:06   #
EdwardL Loc: Tenino Wa.
 
kandydisbar wrote:
Yikes! They get bigger than me! I'd be appetizer!


Yes kandy depending where you are YOU are NOT on top of the food chain all the time

One day you eat fish 🐠 the next day the fish 🐟 eats you

Be careful where you swim πŸŠβ€β™€οΈ there are
JAWS everywhere

Did you want to live forever. Just think how full that catfish would be as you slide down it’s throat kicking and screaming 😱
Yum yum kandy bar. It’s soft it’s crunchy it’s Kandy bar

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Mar 11, 2022 12:17:08   #
Passingbye Loc: Reidsville NC
 
FS Digest wrote:
Do Wels and other large catfish species really attack humans?

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by HooskerDooss1


Flathead catfish will attack your hand or foot, it's called noodling because they're territorial defending their nest/den along river banks. I had a uncle who had a large catfish that clamped down on his arm and dragged him out to deeper water to drown him. My grandfather was able to find him and had to pry his jaws off of his arm. I caught a 100lbs flathead last Summer in the Yadkin River near the Moose lodge park on a jugline, all by myself. It was tangled in two different juglines and strong as a bull in the water fought it for an hour, broke my huge catfish net, but only fit halfway, then I had to hoss him over the stern and he dern near pulled me out of the boat. I always carry a knife incase I need to cut me or the fish loose. No fish is worth dying for.

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Mar 11, 2022 13:19:46   #
kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ
 
EdwardL wrote:
Yes kandy depending where you are YOU are NOT on top of the food chain all the time

One day you eat fish 🐠 the next day the fish 🐟 eats you

Be careful where you swim πŸŠβ€β™€οΈ there are
JAWS everywhere

Did you want to live forever. Just think how full that catfish would be as you slide down it’s throat kicking and screaming 😱
Yum yum kandy bar. It’s soft it’s crunchy it’s Kandy bar


Ummm, thanks?

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Mar 11, 2022 14:34:25   #
HenryG Loc: Falmouth Cape Cod Massachusetts
 
charlykilo wrote:
https://www.google.com/search?q=wels+catfish&biw=994&bih=464&ei=6CEqYsC3Br2d0PEPtOKK4Ag&gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TdIMskoLjBg9OIpT80pVkhOLEnLLM4AAGLYCDQ&oq=Wels&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYAzIQCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowIQCjIFCC4QgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUILhCABDIICC4QgAQQ1AIyBQguEIAEMgsILhCABBDHARDRAzIFCAAQgAQyBQguEIAEMgoIABCxAxDJAxAKOgcIABBHELADOgoIABBHELADEMkDOggIABCSAxCwA0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFDmgwFY5oMBYKy8AmgCcAF4AIABpAKIAaQCkgEDMi0xmAEAoAEByAEHwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz
https://www.google.com/search?q=wels+catfish&b... (show quote)


Lets hope we don't get them in the States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ˜€πŸ‘

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Mar 11, 2022 21:06:26   #
rapala54 Loc: Nappanee,IN.
 
I'm in trouble in the water I look like a dough ball

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Mar 11, 2022 21:10:31   #
Bob Err Loc: Gulf Breeze FL
 
Yes those giant bottom feeding monsters will attack humans, except for Lawyers of course, because you know, professional courtesy.

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Mar 11, 2022 22:35:04   #
EdwardL Loc: Tenino Wa.
 
Bob Err wrote:
Yes those giant bottom feeding monsters will attack humans, except for Lawyers of course, because you know, professional courtesy.


I think lawyers are a bit lower. Along with bankers and other scum suckers that cheat us out of our money πŸ’° and telling us it’s for our own good

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Mar 12, 2022 10:04:37   #
USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ
 
The Wels catfish is thriving in Spain as the water temperatures stay warmer year round than it does further north where they are natives. They were transplanted and have no predators. 250 pounds is the current rod and reel record! Videos are on You Tube.

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Mar 12, 2022 13:16:02   #
HenryG Loc: Falmouth Cape Cod Massachusetts
 
USAF Major wrote:
The Wels catfish is thriving in Spain as the water temperatures stay warmer year round than it does further north where they are natives. They were transplanted and have no predators. 250 pounds is the current rod and reel record! Videos are on You Tube.


Wasn't there one in Spain that had a bounty on it because it attack and ate a bunch of folks? πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸŽ£πŸ˜€πŸ‘

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