We sent three divers down in the dam in my county only one come back he said big catfish got the other two he escaped because he had a sharp stick he stabbed a giant catfish in the eye
@@donniegreathouse72 Stories of Huge Catfish seen by Divers in the Altamaha River near Plant Hatch electric facility.. Stories of Catfish "Bigger than a Man", "as Big as a Volkswagen" have been told.. I Haven't seen them, You Haven't seen them.. Divers saw them.. If you were those Divers then you would feel Different about this.. That's For SURE
@richardtharp1608 stop with the nonsense, an average size man of 6 feet will weigh about 200 pounds, a man as big as a VW would weigh about 800 pounds . Now show us any fresh water North American fish of any species that weighs as much as. Certainly will not be a catfish. Sturgeon and Alligator Gar have the potential for huge size but neither look like a catfish. Stories are blown out of proportion each time it gets told, so after a few months it’s not even the same story
A dam on the little Arkansas River in Wichita ks. In the 60's was reports by Divers inspecting the Dam of Man Size Cats Lurking in the Base of Dam in the Holes. It's True there are 150 lb fish in our Rivers Nation wide. No one understands the feeding Habit of such a Large Fish. You want to catch a massive Cat, they don't Chase Minnows, they eat Big!! All rivers are full of 1 to 5lb fish. Assortment of Flavors. Fish use Energy to Hunt, unless they are laying in a Hole Waiting. Typical Huge FlatHead do this!
No fresh water fish gets as big as a VW Bug. While flatheads get huge , the top out at 100 lbs. and blues around 130 . This is just good entertainment. A diver seeing a huge catfish up close is somewhat startling and therefore estimates of their weight is subjective.Our huge catfish are only second to the sturgeon in size. The fishermen that sets the world record for flathead catfish on rod and reel will have his hands full and will deserve the accolades of being the person while the knowledge and determination to accomplish that
All I can say is whoever started this story is a legend because that story has been told for generations and all over the country in every lake known ! 😂
Any story that begins with "lo and behold..." raises questions when the story teller begins with trying to capture your belief and trust. Lake Lanier has the same dam story that begins with a chicken truck that ran off the dam. Divers years later to inspect for an issue with the dam, said catfish size of... you guessed it, Volkswagen. Yes two divers swallowed whole, one survived and said will never dive again. Heard that story almost 50 years ago.
@@COLE_and_JAY I saw the video of them using a 10 lb turkey and catching Goliath Grouper , unbelievable. But our catfish don’t get that big , the record fish is out there somebody just needs to make history and get it on film. You’re the internet talent and we are waiting and watching.
DANG!! You struck gold with this one man!! 100K on the views in a month is amazing. This documentary style has great potential to get you a LOT of views. You did a great job with the storytelling in this video. Nicely done!
@@americasoutdoorfam that is exciting to hear!!! I have subscribed and look forward to what you have to offer up next. I need to change the direction of my channel, "maybe", and came across while looking.....impressive.
There are enough people now that target big catfish that I don't know how the "Diver at the dam/fish the size of a Volkswagen" story still exists. The sad reality is many of the big catfish have been harvested by commercial fishermen and sold to pay lakes and fish markets.
Now, I'm an old man, but I saw this cat when I was 13 or 14. We were fishin Lake Diversion below the spillway. My Dad liked to catch, not fish. We were catching 3-4' gar which were average size. About noon we tired of this and moved to above the spillway to catch supper. Catfish. Later that afternoon I looked down on the spillway and a giant shadow appeared. You could see that beside it two gar + long, one gar wide. The absolute largest catfish I had ever seen. By my estimate 8'+ long. No one else saw it because I was about 50 yards away from the family. You decide whether I'm lying, that's my story, about 1961 or 62. Texas truly has some large cats! .
While you saw a shadow from 50 yards away that it’s not an actual fish . And that was almost 60 years ago and memories are fallible. Had you caught that fish and entered it in the record books, then doubt would be erased. Until a true monster catfish is caught and verified and presented to the public in the whole . A catfish as big as a man only exists is the man is a Midget
@@russellstewart5414 well, my sea monster story in Estes Flats in Rockport, Texas will not affect you either.... Too, bad you don't think I'm truthful..
My son, Zakk Royce, has two NC state record blue catfish (in fact that's him in this video in the last photo when he says ("Look at these catfish!"). He's a catfish guide who has caught more 100+lb NC catfish than anybody else. I took him to Fontana lake with our best bait and gear and we actually fished off the dam on July 4th. There were no catfish biting down there and we got harassed by Park Rangers to the point of them searching our truck. They were like "We've never seen anybody try to fish off the dam for big catfish." I did see a huge walleye and got a strike from it. But not a single catfish was seen or bit after fishing all the depths from the bottom uo to bobbers set 10 ft deep. If there are catfish the size of what these folks a tripping on they would be in Europe or Asia maybe South America not the U.S. The biggest blue catfish reported about were around 350 lbs. in the Missouri River in the 19th century. The world record now is 143lbs. from Kerr Lake in VA. That's big enough to spook a very easily spooked person but nothing like these stories. Sharks are many times bigger and divers have to swim around them yet they are supposed scared of a catfish. Naw man, I don't believe it.
I knew a diver and i know people who have fished the dam ps not that damn and i knew u not goin do it with them lil jugs if so everyone have a big one lol
we were catfishing last nite and my buddy brought up this story about the giant catfish at the dam and the divers that I have heard all my life and now today its on TH-cam lol.
I can tell you for a fact. South Georgia has black panthers. I saw 2 of them jumping out onto the railroad tracks while riding my dirt bike. That was back in 1985. Scared me to death.
@robbieanderson6, Seen Black Panthers in Ben Hill County several times.. Called a Game Warden friend and told him about One that I saw from a Deer stand in Arp Community near my House.. The Warden said that I was Mistaken and it was a HouseCat.. If So, then it was a Solid Black HouseCat 3feet Long with a Longer Tail than its 3foot body.. He Commented again and I Said I'll just Kill it and Show you, But then I'll be in Trouble and you Know it.. He Said "You're Right!!" .. They Know Brother.. THEY KNOW!!
@@robbieanderson649, We Climbed the tower at The Jessup landing Dude.. Went to the Sherriffs Boys Ranch landing and upriver was a Big creek where the big appaloosa Cats stay in the eddy current at the Mouth.. You gotta let them eat for a minute when they bite to get a Hookset.. That's some Big Woods and the tower Was WAY TALL!! .. Bringing back Good Memories Pal.. Thanks!!
Cool video Brother, we have all heard the Story and its something that keeps us all Looking for that one Fish. Like you said The Pursuit. I enjoyed the video
My people come from the Tennessee mountains and kentucky mountains. Im doing videos to share what was shared around our camp fires that no longer burn. I studdy your videos live what ehat you share, you remind me of grandpa. Makes me cry. Vod bless you. Hope oneday we can dip some pokes and talk of old days. 😊 My last name is Batson. Im going to visit Batson mountain one day too. 😅
I built a dam across the creek in my back yard when i was younger. I had to jump across it going to the outhouse. Well my friend told me id better be careful cause he fell in and seen catfish as big as VW's. That skurd me straight.
My in law Told me the same story about hoover dam back in the eighties , Divers would go down to inspect and there'll be caves down there.They said they saw two giant Eyeballs and got the hell out of there
Nicely done. The mystery lies in the depths. There was a similar story where I grew up of divers going down to clean out a clogged 12’ outlet tube only to encounter a catfish lying crossways.
Same story from the Cape Fear River in eastern NC. If I was trying to catch the world record blue catfish, I'd go Kerr Lake Virginia where the current world record was caught at 143 pounds. There's got to be more than one there. They catch them all the time there over 100 pounds.
We were fishing on a 40 foot house boat and my buddy hooked something down deep at the dam, he couldn't get it up and the thing took off on a run and it pulled our house boat up to the head of the lake then turned around and pulled us back down to the dam and went to the bottom. We tried to pull it using the house boat but it would not move we finally cut the line. Don't know what it was but it pulled our house boat for 10 hours before going to the bottom.
I enjoyed your video. And yes I agree that i've heard this story too I live in pennsylvania and there's been stories of people down the old Philadelphia naval yard, claiming to see catfish 6 7 8 plus feet long And that I'm aware of the world record is the may. Kong giant catfish at 680 pounds. No, when I was in the military, I spent time in Central America and there are definitely monster Catfish there in that Amazon river and its tributaries. Again, very well. Enjoy your video and as you said. It's also about being a nature looking forward to watching more. Your adventures and living more of my own thank you, sir. Have a blessed day. Oh, and I forgot the most important thing. Life's short FISH HARD
Came here from Ben channel...had to give u a shot since I seen how funny u were...subbed and now I have yet another fishing channel I hope puts out daily
@@americasoutdoorfam sweetness....do u fish for alot of different species? Flatheads,bluecats,sturgeon, musky,pike,walleye,crappie,bass and the glorious sauger/saugeye?
I used to fish the Muskingum River above McConnellsville, I hooked some late at night, that just took all your gear and swam away, They never even turned. I did not use Deep sea diving poles, but I used some pretty heavy duty stuff, it was like usingt a kids zebco.
Ive caught Flathead & Blue Catfish over 70 lbs out of the Cumberland River & Tennesse Rivers in Tennessee. Ive lost many much bigger fish also over the years and who is to say how big Catfish can truly get! Wish they stocked Wels Catfish in the United States....Up to 8 feet and 300 lbs Wow! They do exist for sure!
I have been fishing all my life and I was working on tug boats for some years. On one trip up the Mississippi River on a tug boat pushing i 475' barge up above New Orleans, we saw a 14' John boat along the river bank, fighting what we assumed to be an alligator. After shooting it with a shot gun, they pulled in a huge blue catfish. The next day while loading our barge the same boat and the two fishermen came by,and I asked him how much did the catfish weigh. They said it was 378lbs. But they lost three lines in the same area. They were using 1,000lbs test alligator lines with 14/0 shark hooks. Tied to trees and the three lines that they lost were shredded into as it was pulled apart 10 feet from the trees they were tied to. The line was not rubbing against anything it just popped and shredded and unraveled for almost three feet up the line. They said it was not an alligator that broke that line. It was a really big fish. It could have been the same fish or maybe two or three different fish.
My great Uncles were Commercial fishermen in the 60's in north eastern Missouri. I have seen several blue cats weigh over a hundred lbs caught in the Mississippi.
My cousin caught a flat head out of a local lake here in Ms that was so big he had to strap it across the trunk of his crown Vic.the head was touching the ground on one side and the tail was touching the ground on the other side and he was parading it around the hood all day n it was still breathing
I believe the story originated somewhere like spain where they have wels catfish that fit this description and as people migrated to America these stories migrated with them.
Wow I’m 42 and I never knew this story was world wide lol. I’m from Los Banos Ca and the huge catfish at the bottom of the damn kept us kids scared but we still swam cause it was hot af.
Hallo from Germany, great Video , i am fishing for Wels Catfish here in Germany, france and italy , there i got Catfish Up to almost 8 foot Long . Stay on and the Monster will Show up
I live on the tenneessee river in alabama our state record is 130ish and ive always heard that ole tale here too .if there is a catfish down there that big i would love to see it in person and see what kinda cat fish it is
I laugh in good humor because I have heard this story everywhere I have ever been fishing or working that had a dam. Just a friendly legend that entertains all that hear them goafter them folk and you might have your own story that survives history. I have heard about the divers, but I have never heard from the actual divers HMMM.
The tallest straight vertical axis dam is in Idaho on the North fork of the clearwater river it is 715 feet deep at the dam, sure to have monster catfishes.
Grand lake in Oklahoma has stories about big catfish like that. But I'd think you would have to dive down there to find out for real but it would almost be said if there wasn't to tell people. People need dreams, and thats a good one!!
They said the same thing when I was a kid at our dam. Lake Texoma. The biggest caught on rod there is 115 lbs. Same stories about divers and Volkswagen sized fish. I think it's like the Richard Geer, Rod Stewart stories. Pre-internet myths.
I lived 25 min from lake lanier for 50 yrs and heard the same stories. Moved to North Alabama and i hear the same stories here. Maybe the deeper the water the bigger the story...
My best big fish night came on Halloween night,1993.While fishing a 1 and 1/8th oz. doll fly with pork rind we caught 6 smallmouth. The biggest was a 9 lb 6 oz smallmouth and the smallest was 6 lb 2 ounces.Just as we got to the lake in our 14 foot aluminum boat,with 9 hp,a huge storm hit us flash flooding and heavy duty lightning.We stayed in a boat slip,then once the storm cleared out,we headed out.We mounted all 6 fish,and me and my brother still have them hanging on the wall.
@jordonpratt2604 Dale hollow is full of record setting smallmouth. Catching them is a whole other story.Conditions need to be right,with a drop in barometer to start with.
I heard the same story growing up in Lake City TN near the Norris Damn. I did see a pic hanging up on the wall of the Norris marina back in the 70's of a catfish that was hanging out either side of a trunk of a car.
Try Lake Texoma and the Tennessee River, my 2 Favorite's for Blue's and Flatheads...... And if you get your Bait from the Bait Shop, you will need a Guide........🤣🤣🍺🍺
That is hilarious . I though that was a local legend around here . I live in New Hampshire and there is a Dam on the Connecticut river and I have heard from several people none who know each other same story . There were divers fixing or welding the dam years ago and they came back up and quit or wouldn’t go back down because there were fish the size of Volkswagens down there . Even the same car brand was in our local myth as well . Blew my mind hearing them explain the stories sounds exactly how they have been explained to me here locally
We have the EXACT same legend about the dam near where I grew up. I think everyone in America has heard this legend. The location is the only part of the legend that changes. It's funny how it's spread. Even the part about them being bigger than a VW.
Hello, catfish bite all day long and at night. I have caught them in the Hudson River in Terrytown., also fish in the Cataba River system in SC mainly under the dams in full on sun, 95 degrees.
We got that story as well hear in new zealand and its with eels a diver working at a dam thought it was a log unit it moved 😅 we have cat fish but they are a very little kind of cat fish but eels get big but the biggest i have seen is about the size of a mans leg and those are at least 80 to 100 years old
Man absolutely love this mini-documentary Austin!!! Any chance these monster fish are giant white sturgeon!? Largest ever caught according to google is 1,100 pounds??
I grow up in Columbia SC, and heard the same stories of monster cats. If they exist, someone would of caught one approaching the weight that they are talking about.
I live in the upstate of SC and I have heard the same thing about lake Jocasse, and they say the same thing about catfish the size of VW bugs and eyes the size of hub caps. And you will need a live goat a pontoon boat that's connected to a 4wd that's tied off to a white oak in order to get the fish in lol.
When I lived in N.C., I heard about someone catching a catfish that was 600 pounds in that lake. The guy had 6 people with him, and they could not get the fish out of the water.
You need to put a whole chicken on a monster hook with solid rod with miniwinch reel. You will get the bigger ones like this...night time is the best time for catfish . You can also use a fish up to 2 pounds as bait.
There are a lot of TH-camrs who film monster catfish, grouper and other fish. They release them. Then you have TH-camrs who find these fish to consume or in most cases thrown out.
I'm pretty sure the thermocline theory is wrong. Definitely oxygen down there and I think you have to get to the bottom with your bait. We got lake trout in 600 foot water in the great lakes and Canada. Gotta love the old legends, keeps you thinking, what if?
We know to less about catfish, I'm fishing in Austria in a lake , that measures at least 462ft and a catfish with 8 inches started 'walking' with me... and I lost him... Long ago, i Russia, they caught catfish, longer than a VW ...
The lake in Murphy NC which is Hiawassee lake my dad had one on for 3 hours and 5 minutes before it broke the line. Pulled us around in a John boat the whole time. That was 20 years ago
I'm from Western North Carolina Bryson City actually actually catfished a lot jug line limb line and rod and I've actually hooked into two that broke a deep sea roller rod and 80 lb braid me and my buddies would also Cornish hens on 5-gallon buckets with steel cables and I've lost two buckets as big as Volkswagens I don't know but I know there's some really big cats in there I have recently moved to Wisconsin and still go back and finish quite often
We sent three divers down in the dam in my county only one come back he said big catfish got the other two he escaped because he had a sharp stick he stabbed a giant catfish in the eye
These are the stories the people need! Documentary #2 coming soon!
This is the story everybody near a big river or lake hear. All bullshit
First of all there would be records of this and sense there isn’t this is therefore false
@@donniegreathouse72 Stories of Huge Catfish seen by Divers in the Altamaha River near Plant Hatch electric facility.. Stories of Catfish "Bigger than a Man", "as Big as a Volkswagen" have been told.. I Haven't seen them, You Haven't seen them.. Divers saw them.. If you were those Divers then you would feel Different about this.. That's For SURE
@richardtharp1608 stop with the nonsense, an average size man of 6 feet will weigh about 200 pounds, a man as big as a VW would weigh about 800 pounds . Now show us any fresh water North American fish of any species that weighs as much as. Certainly will not be a catfish. Sturgeon and Alligator Gar have the potential for huge size but neither look like a catfish. Stories are blown out of proportion each time it gets told, so after a few months it’s not even the same story
That diver story has been told about every dam in the U.S.
Cool story. They ain’t 500 feet and I talked to the diver.
@wmickinley there's a guy that talked to the divers that saw them at every dam also! Lol
@@stevoky I guess they are all wrong. Nothing gets past you. Go back to Florida
A dam on the little Arkansas River in Wichita ks. In the 60's was reports by Divers inspecting the Dam of Man Size Cats Lurking in the Base of Dam in the Holes. It's True there are 150 lb fish in our Rivers Nation wide. No one understands the feeding Habit of such a Large Fish. You want to catch a massive Cat, they don't Chase Minnows, they eat Big!! All rivers are full of 1 to 5lb fish. Assortment of Flavors. Fish use Energy to Hunt, unless they are laying in a Hole Waiting. Typical Huge FlatHead do this!
No fresh water fish gets as big as a VW Bug. While flatheads get huge , the top out at 100 lbs. and blues around 130 . This is just good entertainment. A diver seeing a huge catfish up close is somewhat startling and therefore estimates of their weight is subjective.Our huge catfish are only second to the sturgeon in size. The fishermen that sets the world record for flathead catfish on rod and reel will have his hands full and will deserve the accolades of being the person while the knowledge and determination to accomplish that
All I can say is whoever started this story is a legend because that story has been told for generations and all over the country in every lake known ! 😂
You got that right!
Any story that begins with "lo and behold..." raises questions when the story teller begins with trying to capture your belief and trust.
Lake Lanier has the same dam story that begins with a chicken truck that ran off the dam. Divers years later to inspect for an issue with the dam, said catfish size of... you guessed it, Volkswagen. Yes two divers swallowed whole, one survived and said will never dive again. Heard that story almost 50 years ago.
"I can't swim and I know they ain't no catfish that big"😂😂😂 I'm coming to catch the Fontana Lake Monster with a whole rotisserie chicken!
LETS GOOOO
@@COLE_and_JAY I saw the video of them using a 10 lb turkey and catching Goliath Grouper , unbelievable. But our catfish don’t get that big , the record fish is out there somebody just needs to make history and get it on film. You’re the internet talent and we are waiting and watching.
Go show them how we do it in the south Cole...
DANG!! You struck gold with this one man!! 100K on the views in a month is amazing. This documentary style has great potential to get you a LOT of views. You did a great job with the storytelling in this video. Nicely done!
Got 2 more “documentaries” in the pipe line
@@americasoutdoorfam that is exciting to hear!!! I have subscribed and look forward to what you have to offer up next. I need to change the direction of my channel, "maybe", and came across while looking.....impressive.
Every lake dam in our country has a guy with 7 teeth that says a diver saw one bigger than a VW beetle lol
😂🤣😂 maybe it’s down there
@@americasoutdoorfam who knows! Great video👌
Heard it all my life also,no matter what river I'm on.
Kind of like the old story of "crybaby bridge". Hell,the county I'm in has 4 of them 😂
een hearing this one since a child
That's a lie - the guy only had 3 teeth......
There are enough people now that target big catfish that I don't know how the "Diver at the dam/fish the size of a Volkswagen" story still exists. The sad reality is many of the big catfish have been harvested by commercial fishermen and sold to pay lakes and fish markets.
Now, I'm an old man, but I saw this cat when I was 13 or 14. We were fishin Lake Diversion below the spillway. My Dad liked to catch, not fish. We were catching 3-4' gar which were average size. About noon we tired of this and moved to above the spillway to catch supper. Catfish. Later that afternoon I looked down on the spillway and a giant shadow appeared. You could see that beside it two gar + long, one gar wide.
The absolute largest catfish I had ever seen. By my estimate 8'+ long. No one else saw it because I was about 50 yards away from the family. You decide whether I'm lying, that's my story, about 1961 or 62. Texas truly has some large cats!
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While you saw a shadow from 50 yards away that it’s not an actual fish . And that was almost 60 years ago and memories are fallible. Had you caught that fish and entered it in the record books, then doubt would be erased. Until a true monster catfish is caught and verified and presented to the public in the whole . A catfish as big as a man only exists is the man is a Midget
@@russellstewart5414 well, my sea monster story in Estes Flats in Rockport, Texas will not affect you either.... Too, bad you don't think I'm truthful..
My son, Zakk Royce, has two NC state record blue catfish (in fact that's him in this video in the last photo when he says ("Look at these catfish!"). He's a catfish guide who has caught more 100+lb NC catfish than anybody else. I took him to Fontana lake with our best bait and gear and we actually fished off the dam on July 4th. There were no catfish biting down there and we got harassed by Park Rangers to the point of them searching our truck. They were like "We've never seen anybody try to fish off the dam for big catfish." I did see a huge walleye and got a strike from it. But not a single catfish was seen or bit after fishing all the depths from the bottom uo to bobbers set 10 ft deep. If there are catfish the size of what these folks a tripping on they would be in Europe or Asia maybe South America not the U.S. The biggest blue catfish reported about were around 350 lbs. in the Missouri River in the 19th century. The world record now is 143lbs. from Kerr Lake in VA. That's big enough to spook a very easily spooked person but nothing like these stories. Sharks are many times bigger and divers have to swim around them yet they are supposed scared of a catfish. Naw man, I don't believe it.
Dude! Thanks for chiming in! That’s awesome, Yeah the ones your son has caught are MONSTERS!
@@americasoutdoorfam My pleasure! Cool video!
I knew a diver and i know people who have fished the dam ps not that damn and i knew u not goin do it with them lil jugs if so everyone have a big one lol
we were catfishing last nite and my buddy brought up this story about the giant catfish at the dam and the divers that I have heard all my life and now today its on TH-cam lol.
People say these same things about divers seeing catfish "as big as volkswagons" at the base of Bagnell dam on Lake of the Ozarks.
Every dang lake in the country lol
I can tell you for a fact. South Georgia has black panthers. I saw 2 of them jumping out onto the railroad tracks while riding my dirt bike. That was back in 1985. Scared me to death.
@robbieanderson6, Seen Black Panthers in Ben Hill County several times.. Called a Game Warden friend and told him about One that I saw from a Deer stand in Arp Community near my House.. The Warden said that I was Mistaken and it was a HouseCat.. If So, then it was a Solid Black HouseCat 3feet Long with a Longer Tail than its 3foot body.. He Commented again and I Said I'll just Kill it and Show you, But then I'll be in Trouble and you Know it.. He Said "You're Right!!" .. They Know Brother.. THEY KNOW!!
Seen 1 in ozark mts in arkansas 2
@@TonyHamby-bp2yd I believe you Tony 💯.
@@richardtharp1608 that’s actually not far from where I was. I was between jesup and baxley. That’s wild man.
@@robbieanderson649, We Climbed the tower at The Jessup landing Dude.. Went to the Sherriffs Boys Ranch landing and upriver was a Big creek where the big appaloosa Cats stay in the eddy current at the Mouth.. You gotta let them eat for a minute when they bite to get a Hookset.. That's some Big Woods and the tower Was WAY TALL!! .. Bringing back Good Memories Pal.. Thanks!!
Great job guy’s!!!!! Fun vid
Cool video Brother, we have all heard the Story and its something that keeps us all Looking for that one Fish. Like you said The Pursuit. I enjoyed the video
Thanks bro!
My people come from the Tennessee mountains and kentucky mountains. Im doing videos to share what was shared around our camp fires that no longer burn. I studdy your videos live what ehat you share, you remind me of grandpa. Makes me cry. Vod bless you. Hope oneday we can dip some pokes and talk of old days. 😊 My last name is Batson. Im going to visit Batson mountain one day too. 😅
I built a dam across the creek in my back yard when i was younger. I had to jump across it going to the outhouse. Well my friend told me id better be careful cause he fell in and seen catfish as big as VW's. That skurd me straight.
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That's so rich😂😂😂
This is the best video of all time we need more of these
Thanks for the feedback! I plan on rolling out more content like this!
Try gettin a diver
My in law Told me the same story about hoover dam back in the eighties , Divers would go down to inspect and there'll be caves down there.They said they saw two giant Eyeballs and got the hell out of there
Nicely done. The mystery lies in the depths. There was a similar story where I grew up of divers going down to clean out a clogged 12’ outlet tube only to encounter a catfish lying crossways.
The legend lives on!
Same story from the Cape Fear River in eastern NC. If I was trying to catch the world record blue catfish, I'd go Kerr Lake Virginia where the current world record was caught at 143 pounds. There's got to be more than one there. They catch them all the time there over 100 pounds.
Thanks for sharing, this was cool and yes it’s all about just being out there👍
It sure is
What a videography!!! I’m talking dagum golden globe award winner right here
Thank you! It was a quick, fun project!
I catfish this lake every day and I’ve caught a few good sized ones and missed one giant. Definitely has the potential to hold a world record fish
Thanks for the insight!
What's your heaviest yet?
@@Complete.cyclepath 41 lb Flathead but I’ve hooked into one that snapped an 50lb leader
@@williamledford6488 wells catfish record is over 600lb?
@@davehart1027 well obviously there aren’t wells catfish in Fontana but there are Flatheads
Awesome video man, this one is taking off! Congrats
Thanks a ton!
Every lake with a dam has stories of catfish bigger than people and drivers too scared to go down. lol.
Well, I’m 66 years old and was raised here next to The Great Smoky Mtns. I’m a woman and even I know you go after cat fish after dark.
You gained a subscriber. Great videography. Already knew the outcome but was still a fun video start to finish
Thanks man!
@@americasoutdoorfam very welcome. Ready to go back and watch your others now
Who is this guy that loves to hear his self talk
That Volkswagen sized catfish story was printed in Southern Living magazine in the early 1980's! 😂
I had to bring it to life 40 years later 😂
We were fishing on a 40 foot house boat and my buddy hooked something down deep at the dam, he couldn't get it up and the thing took off on a run and it pulled our house boat up to the head of the lake then turned around and pulled us back down to the dam and went to the bottom. We tried to pull it using the house boat but it would not move we finally cut the line. Don't know what it was but it pulled our house boat for 10 hours before going to the bottom.
I enjoyed your video. And yes I agree that i've heard this story too I live in pennsylvania and there's been stories of people down the old Philadelphia naval yard, claiming to see catfish 6 7 8 plus feet long And that I'm aware of the world record is the may. Kong giant catfish at 680 pounds. No, when I was in the military, I spent time in Central America and there are definitely monster Catfish there in that Amazon river and its tributaries. Again, very well. Enjoy your video and as you said. It's also about being a nature looking forward to watching more. Your adventures and living more of my own thank you, sir. Have a blessed day. Oh, and I forgot the most important thing. Life's short FISH HARD
Came here from Ben channel...had to give u a shot since I seen how funny u were...subbed and now I have yet another fishing channel I hope puts out daily
I try for for every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, with shorts in between
@@americasoutdoorfam sweetness....do u fish for alot of different species? Flatheads,bluecats,sturgeon, musky,pike,walleye,crappie,bass and the glorious sauger/saugeye?
We will a lot more moving forward. We have some HUGE news for our viewers and subscribers!
@@americasoutdoorfam awesome...look forward to it.stay safe sir
How funny. This same legend existed 50 yrs ago on Cherokee Lake when I was a kid.
I used to fish the Muskingum River above McConnellsville, I hooked some late at night, that just took all your gear and swam away, They never even turned. I did not use Deep sea diving poles, but I used some pretty heavy duty stuff, it was like usingt a kids zebco.
Ive caught Flathead & Blue Catfish over 70 lbs out of the Cumberland River & Tennesse Rivers in Tennessee. Ive lost many much bigger fish also over the years and who is to say how big Catfish can truly get! Wish they stocked Wels Catfish in the United States....Up to 8 feet and 300 lbs Wow! They do exist for sure!
You can't catch a legion with a milk jug 🤨
I think if you swam up on a 150 lb catfish you might think it's the size of a Volkswagen that would be scary
"The North Carolina state record for blue catfish is 127 lbs, 1 oz, caught by Rocky Baker on the Roanoke River on July 10, 2021."
I have been fishing all my life and I was working on tug boats for some years. On one trip up the Mississippi River on a tug boat pushing i 475' barge up above New Orleans, we saw a 14' John boat along the river bank, fighting what we assumed to be an alligator. After shooting it with a shot gun, they pulled in a huge blue catfish. The next day while loading our barge the same boat and the two fishermen came by,and I asked him how much did the catfish weigh. They said it was 378lbs. But they lost three lines in the same area. They were using 1,000lbs test alligator lines with 14/0 shark hooks. Tied to trees and the three lines that they lost were shredded into as it was pulled apart
10 feet from the trees they were tied to. The line was not rubbing against anything it just popped and shredded and unraveled for almost three feet up the line. They said it was not an alligator that broke that line. It was a really big fish. It could have been the same fish or maybe two or three different fish.
Omgshhh
My great Uncles were Commercial fishermen in the 60's in north eastern Missouri. I have seen several blue cats weigh over a hundred lbs caught in the Mississippi.
My cousin caught a flat head out of a local lake here in Ms that was so big he had to strap it across the trunk of his crown Vic.the head was touching the ground on one side and the tail was touching the ground on the other side and he was parading it around the hood all day n it was still breathing
😂
Bs
People released Wels catfish in that lake. That’s what the lake monster is.
I believe the story originated somewhere like spain where they have wels catfish that fit this description and as people migrated to America these stories migrated with them.
Totally possible!
Wow I’m 42 and I never knew this story was world wide lol. I’m from Los Banos Ca and the huge catfish at the bottom of the damn kept us kids scared but we still swam cause it was hot af.
🤣😂🤣
Fish don't bite during periods of high pressure weather systems.Fish right before,or during storms or heavy rain.
My pb catfish was caught in blue bird skies and sunny, the most high pressure system you can get, that’s not always the case
The Conc catfish in India is the biggest catfish on record.
My grandfather used to say they were catfish as big as cars at Wheeler dam in Alabama 😮😮
There is
I repair dams and I saw one so big I'll never die again. I just snorkel now
Wow, most people die only once!
Hallo from Germany, great Video , i am fishing for Wels Catfish here in Germany, france and italy , there i got Catfish Up to almost 8 foot Long .
Stay on and the Monster will Show up
Go getchye one!
I live on the tenneessee river in alabama our state record is 130ish and ive always heard that ole tale here too .if there is a catfish down there that big i would love to see it in person and see what kinda cat fish it is
I laugh in good humor because I have heard this story everywhere I have ever been fishing or working that had a dam. Just a friendly legend that entertains all that hear them goafter them folk and you might have your own story that survives history. I have heard about the divers, but I have never heard from the actual divers HMMM.
Agreed 😂
agree too
Such clickbait shame on you
They say it’s as big as a Volkswagen (which would be the world record) and it lives at the Dam. The thumbnail matches the video
Hey from Greensboro! Diggin the NC content dude. 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Good video 😎🎣🎣💪
I live in Missouri and I swear these guys tell the same stories the fellas around hear say. Exactly the same....
Every big lake in America bro haha!
The tallest straight vertical axis dam is in Idaho on the North fork of the clearwater river it is 715 feet deep at the dam, sure to have monster catfishes.
See I’ve of Volkswagen’s from what I hear
It's BS,hes along way sway from the fish,makng it look bugge than it realy is
Grand lake in Oklahoma has stories about big catfish like that. But I'd think you would have to dive down there to find out for real but it would almost be said if there wasn't to tell people. People need dreams, and thats a good one!!
They said the same thing when I was a kid at our dam. Lake Texoma. The biggest caught on rod there is 115 lbs. Same stories about divers and Volkswagen sized fish. I think it's like the Richard Geer, Rod Stewart stories. Pre-internet myths.
I want to see the pictures that the divers supposedly took why they were down there
I lived 25 min from lake lanier for 50 yrs and heard the same stories. Moved to North Alabama and i hear the same stories here. Maybe the deeper the water the bigger the story...
I am here in maine and i've heard the stories about the catfish that are longer than men. And Is out way Is three people
My best big fish night came on Halloween night,1993.While fishing a 1 and 1/8th oz. doll fly with pork rind we caught 6 smallmouth. The biggest was a 9 lb 6 oz smallmouth and the smallest was 6 lb 2 ounces.Just as we got to the lake in our 14 foot aluminum boat,with 9 hp,a huge storm hit us flash flooding and heavy duty lightning.We stayed in a boat slip,then once the storm cleared out,we headed out.We mounted all 6 fish,and me and my brother still have them hanging on the wall.
What state??
@@jprizzle2604 Tennessee.
@@markpaul-ym5wg where that’s where I love curious where you caught a 9 lb smallie at I have caught 3 over 8 this past winter
@jordonpratt2604 Dale hollow is full of record setting smallmouth. Catching them is a whole other story.Conditions need to be right,with a drop in barometer to start with.
@@markpaul-ym5wg yeah I have fished there a lot, I have caught a lot over 7 and 8 in watauga and south holston
I think every lake has a story of the Volkswagen size catfish at the dam I heard that story about deer creek dam in ut from as long as I can remember
It's all folk lore lol!
Im lucky Grew up love catfishing.They caught world record flathead 2 hrs from where i live in wichita ks.Caught at elk city res.125 lbs 1993 i believe
Wow! So cool!
There’s 80-120lb blues all over North Carolina / South Carolina
I’m sure if you see one of those fight while down diving it does look huge !! lol.
For sure bro!
I heard the same story growing up in Lake City TN near the Norris Damn. I did see a pic hanging up on the wall of the Norris marina back in the 70's of a catfish that was hanging out either side of a trunk of a car.
Try Lake Texoma and the Tennessee River, my 2 Favorite's for Blue's and Flatheads......
And if you get your Bait from the Bait Shop, you will need a Guide........🤣🤣🍺🍺
That is hilarious . I though that was a local legend around here . I live in New Hampshire and there is a Dam on the Connecticut river and I have heard from several people none who know each other same story . There were divers fixing or welding the dam years ago and they came back up and quit or wouldn’t go back down because there were fish the size of Volkswagens down there . Even the same car brand was in our local myth as well . Blew my mind hearing them explain the stories sounds exactly how they have been explained to me here locally
The legend is everywhere!
Could be paddlefish?
This looks like serious Bigfoot territory
It is!
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We have the EXACT same legend about the dam near where I grew up. I think everyone in America has heard this legend. The location is the only part of the legend that changes. It's funny how it's spread. Even the part about them being bigger than a VW.
Hahaha yeah, same legend EVERYWHERE
I heard the same story about lake Cumberland in Kentucky lol
Hello, catfish bite all day long and at night. I have caught them in the Hudson River in Terrytown., also fish in the Cataba River system in SC mainly under the dams in full on sun, 95 degrees.
We got that story as well hear in new zealand and its with eels a diver working at a dam thought it was a log unit it moved 😅 we have cat fish but they are a very little kind of cat fish but eels get big but the biggest i have seen is about the size of a mans leg and those are at least 80 to 100 years old
Man absolutely love this mini-documentary Austin!!! Any chance these monster fish are giant white sturgeon!? Largest ever caught according to google is 1,100 pounds??
I grow up in Columbia SC, and heard the same stories of monster cats. If they exist, someone would of caught one approaching the weight that they are talking about.
He's talking about Clark's bridge on lake Lanier, heard the same story 50 years ago
my favorite part is when he catches the catfish
🤣😂 no doubt
50lb test spiderwire snapping it's a monstrous fish. went fishing Sunday night and had a cat snap my 50lb line 2 times.
Oh wow!
I live in the upstate of SC and I have heard the same thing about lake Jocasse, and they say the same thing about catfish the size of VW bugs and eyes the size of hub caps. And you will need a live goat a pontoon boat that's connected to a 4wd that's tied off to a white oak in order to get the fish in lol.
When I lived in N.C., I heard about someone catching a catfish that was 600 pounds in that lake. The guy had 6 people with him, and they could not get the fish out of the water.
😳😳😳 they exist!
Bro said “catching the dam monster” and didn’t get nothing 😂
I double suck 🤦🏽♂️
I'm from Lexington Kentucky an the Herrington lake at the did dam are cat fish an s appears that big go! An see
The fish of mine you showed is from Missouri, no where near the east coast, just an fyi :)
Don't cut bluegill.
They make vibrations and more importantly they make a sound, a deep sonar location type sound that catfish run to.
You need to put a whole chicken on a monster hook with solid rod with miniwinch reel. You will get the bigger ones like this...night time is the best time for catfish . You can also use a fish up to 2 pounds as bait.
In Ontario they tell that story with a little bit of a twist regarding the dams along the Trent river. It's a musky the size of a Volkswagen.
The musky 💩😂
There are a lot of TH-camrs who film monster catfish, grouper and other fish. They release them. Then you have TH-camrs who find these fish to consume or in most cases thrown out.
I'm pretty sure the thermocline theory is wrong. Definitely oxygen down there and I think you have to get to the bottom with your bait. We got lake trout in 600 foot water in the great lakes and Canada. Gotta love the old legends, keeps you thinking, what if?
We know to less about catfish, I'm fishing in Austria in a lake , that measures at least 462ft and a catfish with 8 inches started 'walking' with me... and I lost him...
Long ago, i Russia, they caught catfish, longer than a VW ...
Pretty sure everyone here’s that story growing up near a lake 🤙🏻
I've heard this exact story about Raystown lake in PA.
The lake in Murphy NC which is Hiawassee lake my dad had one on for 3 hours and 5 minutes before it broke the line. Pulled us around in a John boat the whole time. That was 20 years ago
They live there!
2:39 Atta man! GSMR!!
I'm from Western North Carolina Bryson City actually actually catfished a lot jug line limb line and rod and I've actually hooked into two that broke a deep sea roller rod and 80 lb braid me and my buddies would also Cornish hens on 5-gallon buckets with steel cables and I've lost two buckets as big as Volkswagens I don't know but I know there's some really big cats in there I have recently moved to Wisconsin and still go back and finish quite often
🇺🇸 I knew the stories were true
Kram fish market in St Louis Missouri had a fish checked in at 333 lbs on the books. I saw it in the book
Whatttttt
Take some poles out there go few times maybe catch a giant good video
The thing is fish will grow to the environment if they have a large body of water they will get bigger
No Picture-------No Fish------Period!!!!!!!!
I've caught big cats. Shoot, one time I caught one and it's shadow weighed 52#.
Haha! Nice