Giant catfish fished out of the Vistula!

Rescuers of the capital city’s Voluntary Water Rescue Service fished out a giant catfish from the Vistula River! The fish was 227 cm long and, according to the information provided, could have been even… 90 years old!

The lifeguards spotted the fish during one of their routine patrols. The fish was so big that at first they thought it was a human corpse floating on the water! The whole incident took place at the height of the popular “Pomost 511” club, reports wawalove.pl

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Spooked by the shape resembling a human body, the rescuers intervened immediately. It was only when they got a few metres closer that they realised it was not a human being, but a fish of monstrous size. After closer inspection, they were able to establish that it was a colossal catfish. According to the rescuers, the giant from the Vistula River probably died of old age.

We fished a 2.27m long dead catfish out of the #Vistula on Sunday. The fish could have lived 50-60 years, so it could remember the opening of the Łazienkowski Bridge pic.twitter.com/UuMWWLOOPr

– Stołeczne WOPR (@StoleczneWOPR) 13 June 2017

It is a great pity that such an unusual sight was hidden all its life in a place where no diver could see it. In many waters it would probably be quite an attraction, like a freshwater whale shark!

Source: wawalove.pl