Nghe An people caught a giant catfish weighing nearly 100kg.
(Baonghean.vn) - While casting a fishing net on the Giang River, a young man from a fishing village in Thanh Chuong was lucky to catch a 1.6 m long, nearly 100 kg fish.
Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung (26 years old) in Lien Chung hamlet, Phong Thinh commune, Thanh Chuong district said: On the evening of December 12, while rowing a boat and pulling a net on the Giang river through Trai Buoi abyss, Thanh Hoa commune, he caught a very long and heavy fish.
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| Freshly caught catfish are kept in a large plastic basin. Photo: Huy Thu |
With many years of experience fishing on the river, he knew this was a bream, so when he caught the fish, he immediately brought it home. Mr. Hung shared: "It's been 4 years since I caught a bream, I was so happy that I rowed the boat home, because if I want to sell it for a good price, I have to let the fish live."
Mr. Hung said that although they often go fishing on the river, only occasionally do fishermen on the Lam and Giang rivers get lucky enough to catch this fish. "Whoever catches it is considered lucky for the whole month," Mr. Hung said.
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| The fish is 1.6 m long and weighs nearly 10 kg. Photo: Huy Thu |
The catfish that Mr. Hung caught was 1.6 m long and weighed nearly 10 kg.
Hearing that Mr. Hung caught a giant catfish, many people in the area came to see it. On the morning of December 13, Mr. Hung decided to sell the fish to an acquaintance in Vinh City for more than 6 million VND.
The eel fish is a freshwater fish with delicious, nutritious meat, loved and sought after by many people. Currently, the eel fish in rivers and streams is quite rare and is being sold on the market for around 700 thousand VND/kg.
