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The photos made in Saratov region prove that Russian rivers are still rich with fish. This giant catfish caught at the end of April is good evidence.

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cactushair
May 4, 2008, 8:35 a.m.
wow!!!
huge fish 8)

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  libsRfunny
  May 4, 2008, 3:47 p.m.
  Huge .. UGLY fish. I wonder if they noodle for catfish like they do in the South...
  
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    GHOSTWHOWALKS
    May 4, 2008, 11 p.m.
    In this case the noodler would be bait for the fish.
    
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      libsRfunny
      May 5, 2008, 2:54 p.m.
      Some of those guys do die trying to bring in a big catfish. Why risk you life to catch such an ugly damned thing? Catfish always gave me the creeps ever since I was a kid.
      Those noodlers are crazy - sticking their hands in underwater obstructions and trying to make a big catfish swallow their hands/arms so they can pull them up. If they mess up, they can drown. Goofy!!!
      
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rdy2rck
May 4, 2008, 8:49 a.m.
WOW. It shows natures ability to fight off the effects of man.

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  Dionys
  May 4, 2008, 6:53 p.m.
  Does it?
  Finding one big gold nugget in a river doesn't mean the river's "rich with gold" by definition. It just means you got lucky once.
  
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    tryingtofindmyway
    May 4, 2008, 8:45 p.m.
    Yah I was gonna say...catching one fish doesn't exactly prove anything!
    
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Emmanuel70
May 4, 2008, 9:22 a.m.
Awesome catch! Thanks for sharing. Happy for you that the Volga still sustains such prodigious specimen.

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daducha
May 4, 2008, 9:55 a.m.
Whoa...what a catch. I'm not gonna eat something like that though.

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engineer
May 4, 2008, 12:03 p.m.
WOW!!!!

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Dicax_Maximus
May 4, 2008, 12:51 p.m.
An exception to the rule, I fear.....
Just ask the Sturgeon.......

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  libsRfunny
  May 4, 2008, 3:50 p.m.
  They still fish for sturgeon and spear them - on limited basis - in norther states like Michigan and Wisconsin. They make an annual event of it on some lakes, and once a set limit has been caught/speared by all fishermen, the season ends. Season might last a couple days or a couple weeks. Some fishermen get a sturgeon while some go home empty-handed.
  
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simonsez
May 4, 2008, 4:34 p.m.
That one is little bitty to one caught in China that was big enough to eat people. 8' long with a mouth that could easily swallow a full-grown adult. They stopped people swimming in the lake because they fear there are others just as large.
I have a picture of it, but no way to send it.

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birddog54
May 4, 2008, 10:46 p.m.
I smell fish fry.

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