Something Just Brushed Up Against My Foot! (Giant Freshwater Fish)

There was a time before sonar, before every part of the earth was google mapped, before we knew what lurked in the depths of rivers, a time of gods and demons. Human beings used to fear and respect the giant creatures that lived in the depths of our fresh water rivers and lakes. Luck for us these creatures still roam the planet, and are every bit as interesting now as they were then.

We have talked about large freshwater fish here before. Below are a collection of other amazing and giant freshwater fish.

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Mekong catfish

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The giant freshwater stingray (more)

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The Arapaima

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European catfish.

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Giant Chinese Paddlefish

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Giant Barb
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Kaluga Fish

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Alligator Gar (these used to live in Ohio!! where I grew up as a boy)

There are many humongous fish out there and they are all interesting and worth saving.

I am very comforted by the fact that these giants still roam this planet, and think we should do everything in our power to preserve and study these amazing, and freaking redonkulous sized fish.

Habitat loss and over fishing are the main causes of the die off of these giants.

70 thoughts on “Something Just Brushed Up Against My Foot! (Giant Freshwater Fish)”

  1. Wow! That’s a lot of record breaking fishes. I really do appreciate those pics Does anyone know how every anglers got those big catch? Thanks in advance. god bless.

  2. Love the wicked big fish pics! I actually was browsing a pretty neat fish store in Framingham this weekend: Tropic Isle Aquarium. Found out that maybe some of my own fish may slowly be on their way to becoming mac daddies some day :)

  3. hey man nice fish i caught me a 7 foot2inch alligator gar and i am
    14years old .my name is andrew garrett

  4. all does pictures are made it by photoshp studio…and if you pay attention to some of thoes photos..you really can tell that are fake1!!!!!!!!!!

  5. WOW!!!!!! Fish are really interesting to me. Although I am really scared of most of them. Those are amazing and they look like they would have taken forever to get out of the water. That just blows my mind I cant belive how big those fish are.

  6. that is so cool i have never seen a fish ever thats so cool i can not belive that you got that

    ps that is so cool

  7. anglers use tools what we had never seen! and there is not everwhere can catch them ! need knowledge and so on !

  8. Wow, I live in Dubai, and I have seen the biggest fish in the world, the Whale Shark. But it is a LOT different to see the proportion difference of fidh to person. I mean, to see a fish in the water, and however big it may seem, it will seem a whole lot larger once youve seen it in comparison to a person. Wow.

    Thanks for the pics mate (:

  9. Interesting, I was blown away with the sting ray. That fish is huge! Its astonishing to know that such creatures exist.

  10. i wish u didnt kill them and u take them back to the fresh water.. its very rare..so we must protect it

  11. I live in Ohio, and the Alligator Gar are definitely still there. Me and a few friends went down to the little Miami and stumbled across one last summer.

  12. i live in indianapolis and i love fishing but those are some really big fish i just want to no how you got them to the shor it took me and my brother to get a 52 pnd cat in i can just imagein how many it took too get one of them good job……

  13. but the thing is im a girl and every one thinks its really werried that i enjoy this it has been my dream to fish with some one as good as your selfs plus im only 15 and the biggest fish ive caught was ah 102 pnd blue cat flat head in white river no one thought he still was alive but i stayed out there for 2 weeks and finaly caught him:)

  14. None of those pics were altered. Those are the real thing.
    Anyone who thinks otherwise is welcome to come fishing with me.
    The alligator gar is becomming endangered, because they are
    easily caught, and are very tasty. They are also loaded with toxic chemicals, thanks to industrial waste. Best to let them swim free.
    The giant catfish are also real, and they didn’t get big by being stupid. They are only taken using very heavy equipment. They too are loaded with toxic chemicals, thanks to industrial waste. Best to let them swim free.
    I have caught a lot of monster fish; some over 1000 pounds, and I know if I go in the water, hungry fish can eat me.
    But that is their world. I am a land dweller and don’t think it is right to kill these creatures for ego. They deserve to live.

  15. Dude… I caught one of them Alligator Gars last week and I was all like What What… Want Some, Get Some. I pulled out my num chuks and went all Bruce Lee up side his head. Then I drop kicked him across the pier and put him in the Full Nelson, then I sliced him up into bite size pieces and served him with lemon sauce over rice. MMM mm

  16. I live in bc. we only have giant sturgeon. btw those alligator fish look dangerous. are they?

  17. just leave them alone why the hell do u have to catch and kill them!

  18. gosh i want tohelp the huge fish so bad they so amazing and i thought monster fish were a myth but wow that is cool

  19. Wow. I have never seen fish that big before! (:
    The person on the video sucks though. She needs to talk more livly!
    Well that’s all i have to say so……. BYE! (:

  20. Photoshp or not it should be PROHIBITED to kill those animals! and then be roud of it! fucking lame for Humans to do that! Ariel

  21. those fishes are the gifts of nature. .though very surprising to see fishes like that but they are amazing!!!!!!!!!

  22. I’m vegetarian doing a project on slaughterhouses, when I came upon this page. These fish are by far the biggest, even pictures of fish I’ve actually seen!!

  23. it reminds me of one thing …….. however big n strong those species are in their habitat……. THEY FALL WEEK IN FRONT OF THE GREED OF THE MAN ….don kill animals yaar , go veg .

    thanks
    php

  24. what a nice pictures of mega fishes…the KALUGA FISH is awesome it is a real giant mega fish.. what a nice big fish,….

  25. Love the pictures, i don’t think I’ll ever set foot in water again. I cant believe a catfish or stingray would grow that big. Congrats on the pictures.

  26. I have seen most of these fish on River Monsters Unhooked By animal planet and most of these fish are from the other side of the world and they are not fake they are the real deal and some of them can pose a risk to people and one day I’m gonig to try to catch some of them myself.

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