The man in the Xiangjiang River fishing for more than 1 meter "water tiger", scientific named catfish, weighing 68 catties

Jimu Journalist Ding Peng

On September 3, a man in Changsha, Hunan fishing in the Xiangjiang River to catch a 68 catties of catfish. Some local residents told Jimu Journalists that he witnessed the big fish on the spot. Some residents said that when the man called fish in the community, he weighed 68 pounds.

The man picked up the big catfish (screenshot of the live video)

According to the online video, the two men were holding a big fish by the side of the river. At the tail of the tail, the length of the big fish is more than 1 meter. Another video shows that a man dragged the big fish to the shore, put the big fish on the pedal of the electric car, and left alone. The video publisher said: "On the evening of the 3rd, a large catfish was caught in Xiangjiang, Changsha."

Jimu Journalists sent the video to a local fisherman Wu in Changsha. He said that the video is indeed a catfish. It is difficult to catch such a big catfish. Show off a wave.

On the 4th, netizen "MR Muyi" told Jimu Journalists that he witnessed the big fish at the scene that night and saw the last. Another female netizen "wearing a mask" also told Jimu Journalists that the man said with a big fish in the community where she lived, weighing 68 pounds. She didn't know the man who was fishing, but saw him in the community that night.

Jimu Journalists retrieved the Internet and found that catfish classification belongs to carp shapes, carp, and genus. Commonly known as yellow (zhuān), yellow diamonds, yellow cheek fish, pole fish, big mouth, guān (guān), is a fierce meat fish that is widely distributed in the river and lake in my country. Therefore, it is also known as the "water tiger". In February 2022, a Changsha fisherman also caught a large catfish weighing 58 pounds in the Xiangjiang River, and it took more than half an hour to drag it from the water.

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