# Thai fishermen catch 646 pound, 9 foot long catfish... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588 "2005-06-30T20:53:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588/1 "2005-06-30T20:53:04Z")
Unfortunately, it died soon after being caught. [Click Here!](http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/06/30/no_fish_tale_thai_catch_646_pound_fish/) I wonder how long two people could live off of a fish that size? Quite a while, I would imagine. I have a sudden hankering to go fishing. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588/2 "2005-06-30T21:26:55Z")
Scary thought: I wonder how long a fish that size could live off two people. ---
**Author:** ![Fringe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5a626/32.png) [@Fringe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fringe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588/3 "2005-06-30T21:27:29Z")
That’s…monsterous. I have to wonder how exactly they managed to catch it. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588/4 "2005-06-30T21:31:02Z")
> [@The Unkempt One](#): > > have a sudden hankering to go fishing. I think you’re going to need a better pole. [sub]No pun intended[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588/5 "2005-06-30T22:22:43Z")
Man, that’s gonna take a mess of hush puppies! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588/6 "2005-06-30T22:53:12Z")
I’d hate to be a Thai right now, because once the other catfish figure out that their god has been caught, they’re going to be _mighty_ pissed. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588/7 "2005-06-30T23:00:55Z")
And reader’s of Terry Pratchett know what happens after that. Well…not exactly what happens. Only bits. Grisly bits. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588/8 "2005-06-30T23:02:24Z")
Sorry, I seem to have caught a small case of the apostrophes. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588/9 "2005-06-30T23:27:43Z")
There is going to be a lot of fishermen planning vactions to Thailand. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-fishermen-catch-646-pound-9-foot-long-catfish/310588/10 "2005-07-01T02:43:11Z")
Could any of you guys approximate the age of that fish? Wow, at that size, it probably has few predators, and probably could’ve lived on several more years if humans hadn’t caught it.