6.23.10 - 10:30AM
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Drew Villano

31 Enormous Fish That Didn't Get Away

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Fishing is a peaceful sport -- unless you're trying to catch the huge monsters that live deep in the ocean or in mud tunnels at the bottoms of lakes. Then it can become exhilarating and sometimes scary. We've never even seen parts of the earth's epic oceans and if this is what we're turning up now... Who knows what lies beneath? Here are 31 enormous fish from around the world.

Someone's making a sexy face (hint: it's not the fish).

Derp Derp Derp

That's a salmon.

A Shark in NY

Their mothers would be annoyed to see them in the water with all their clothes on.

Stingray

June 10, 1970

A Shiny Metal Trophy

A Silly Looking Fish-Monster

The fish is like "uhh, excuse you."

Nine Foot Long Catfish

410 Pounds

This is the most touching scene from Free Willy.

Another Catfish

That guy must be pretty strong.

Jellyfish aren't actually fish... but that thing is enormous.

Caught in the Act

A Toothy Grin on a Tiger Shark

Tuna

The fish is as large as the boat... imagine running into that thing underwater.

Black Sea Bass

353 Pound Yellowfin Tuna

Stick your hand in there! That's a great idea.

Grouper Fish

Seconds Before Snack Time

8 Foot Long Halibut

A Scary Alligator Gar

This guy loves tuna.

The Fisherman's Smile of Triumph

Eel

Look at those teeth!

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6.24.10

By Jennifer

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It;s too bad those fish had to die. They were beautiful and such extraordinary examples of God's handiwork.

6.23.10

By pnut166

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Would be nice if the author could properly ID some of them ...

6.23.10

By kevin quinn

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I'm with you Jenn. What will the do w/them now. That is not fishing. All the super tech crap they have now for fishing is not in the name of sport. It's just murder. Who in hell gave us the right to kill anything we want.

6.23.10

By harry

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Yes it is, but we all like to eat don't we?!

6.23.10

By KCAT

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Bully Bully for the fishing boys. They killed something. What men. NOT. Catch it, take a photo and let it go ... just don't let it go in the Gulf of Mexico.

6.23.10

By CD

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Hate to break it to you, but the one with the jellyfish ain't real. Jellyfish don't get that big. You can tell by the fact that, even though there's nothing obstructing the sun over the diver, he seems to be in shadow compared to the jellyfish.

6.23.10

By kemarie

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I'm so tired of eco lovers. How do you know some of those fish weren't eaten. Heck how do you know that some of those weren't relesed after the photo. I'm so tired of tree huging eco freaks.

6.24.10

By lakearcher

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Jennifer, In over 2,000 years of scientific inquiry and research, god has never been found - - - because - - - god does not exist.

6.24.10

By Christian

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Couldn't agree more, put them back, especially the sting-ray

6.24.10

By Larry Caldwell

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Speaking of God's creations, Have you seen the huge statue of Jesus in Rio? His arms are spread as wide as He can reach----and the caption under the statue(in Latin)reads "The Fish was THIIIIS Big!"

6.24.10

By Just Saying

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Hey Jennifer, Have you read the bible? Jesus was a fisherman.

6.23.10

By Tomo

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The excessiveness of the ten fish lined up for foto-op in New Zealand is one of the reasons why fish are now caught before they are mature enough to lay eggs.

6.23.10

By brownie

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That pic is probably a lot older than you are bubba. We all need to eat, and fish is good for you right?

Why not pic on something else.....like corporate and/or government corruption?!

6.24.10

By tom

Lowest Rank

God gave us the right to kill anything we wanted to when He made them taste so delicious. OH, by the way, there is no God.

6.23.10

By fletch

Neutral

This gallery must have been done by a 4 year old.

6.23.10

By Donna

Neutral

What a shame. Catch and release, guys. Catch and release...

6.23.10

By acsc101097

Highest Rank

I'M WITH THE PERSON THAT SAID IT WOULD BE NICE TO PROPERLY ID THE FISH. THOSE ARE NOT BLACK SEA BASS AND THAT IS NOT A KILLER WHALE. GET THE STORY RIGHT!!!!!

6.24.10

By ourgordianknot

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Identified fish:
1st is is the Giant Barb or sometimes called the Siamese giant carp, Catlocarpio siamensis
2nd is a white sturgeon, tagged and released
3rd is a sockeye salmon that was found already dead
4th is a harmless basking shark from Long Island that was stranded last summer.
5th is a white sturgeon who was caught then tagged and released
6th is a Mekong freshwater stingray, Dasyatis laosensis, or maybe The giant freshwater stingray, Himantura chaophraya. Not sure. The site linking the image is not helpful (foreign language)
7th is an old photo of a Marlin, not sure the species
8's a sailfish.. rather small one. Caught and released.
9 is a Mola-nola, or sun fish-- jellyfish eating giant fish, distant relative to the pufferfish
10th, another marlin. Trophy fish looks like.
11th is a Mekong giant catfish, Pangasianodon gigas.
12th is a halibut.
13th is a whale, but not a killer whale. Likely its in the rorqual group. No idea why the chinese site that links to it calls it a fish (blowhole is evident)
14th is an european wels catfish, only catfish native to Europe.
15 is nile perch. Still relatively common in Africa
16 is a Lionsmane Jellyfish. They can grow to over 7 feet in diameter and its tentacles can stretch to 120 feet in length. Not sure if this photo is legit or doctored, however.
17 is said to be a warsaw grouper.
18 is a 1,100-plus pound Tiger shark hauled in during the Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Derby back in 2005
19 is an old photo of a tuna.
20, another mola-nola (Ocean sunfish)
21 are either giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas) sometimes called Giant black sea bass, or its a gulf grouper.
22 Another tuna, this one taken by spearfishing.
23 is a goliath groupr.
24, grouper, no idea the species.
25, whale shark, largest fish alive, planktivore (harmless)
26: halibut caught in Norway.
27, an alligator gar, looks to have been taken by bow & arrow. harmless to humans. Sadly becoming rare
28 another tuna
29, several marlin taken in New Zealand waters some time early in the last century.
30, an oarfish (not an eel) very long but paper thin body. Harmless deep sea fish.
31, last we have a barracuda.

6.23.10

By kevin quinn

Lowest Rank

I can understand why these so called fisherman or hunters want to pose with their kill. It's very sad to say the least. Are these so called sportsmaen lacking in some other way in there home life that they have to kill something to prove their manhood. You gotta laugh at them. But how sad.