World’s Largest Carp Caught by Thai Fisherman
WeirdAsiaNews reports that a Thai fisherman caught what is believed to be the largest carp in history. It weights about 260 lbs, while the old record was only 88 lbs.
When I first saw the photo above, something didn’t quite seem right. I didn’t think it was a Photoshop job. But the fish did look a little “light” and maybe artificial. What do you think?
However, I dug around on the web and amongst the scepticism on various other blogs, found a couple of news sites that seemed to legitimise the catch.
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FishingMagic.com reports that the Jean-Francois Helias’ Fishing Adventures Thailand team caught this carp, and they’re actually known to be the most professional pro guides for freshwater sport fishing in South East Asia. The carp is also of the Siamese Giant Carp variety – with a size us Europeans aren’t used to.
In addition, the exact weigh of the fish could not be recorded accurately as there wasn’t a large enough set of scales to hand. Forget weighing it later – carp anglers apparently almost all operate catch and release, and certainly in a fishing guide business like this, you’d want to let the fish go so you can catch it again.
Here’s another shot of the fisherman struggling to control the fish:
See the news on the DailyMail.co.uk
21 Comments Categories : Culture, Thailand
This is definately a fake picture. If you look at the 2nd image there is no ripples or anything in the water around either of the men or the fish. Theres no way this could be real.
一看就是假的，嘴怎么含得动鱼竿。a fake!how could he carry the fishing rod in his mouth
if that is real that is amazing dont get fish like that on my waters
thats not fake thats real by the way nice fish write back plz
First picture looks real enough but I agree the second picture has definitely been tampered with. I’m not saying they didn’t catch it only that the 2nd pic isn’t original.