i am the catfish king(wels catfish)

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The wels in the video was filmed in the river Aare at the village Bettlach in Switzerland. The diver said he estimated it from personal experience to a size of 3m. But I have to say that I doubt it. Estimating the size of a swimming fish underwater is really not very accurate, they nearly always look bigger than they are. Furthermore the wels has a very longiform body and this makes it looking even bigger. There is no true way for any comparison, but it not really looks as big as 3m. Surely a very very big fish, well over 2m, perhaps even around 2,5m or so, but 3m seems very unprobable. There is even written in the article that six or seven years ago an unusual big wels was caught in this river, which was 2,25m and a true sensation. But in any case, a really beautyfull animal.
 
In early summer a record specimen of 2,51 and 120kg was caught at Italy in the river Po, but I suppose you mean another one. This one was caught with rod and line and so able to get accepted as official record, what was not the case in the 2,78m specimen. But it shows very well how extremely unusual such sizes are.
 
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