Jeremy Wade did amazingly well to catch a giant one in such a short time there? Hes caught goonch catfish in india and wolffish in the Amazon too! No other fisherman has caught those 3 rare monsters in a lifetime of fishing! Hes the GOAT!
The problem with it all is that he is not the only one that has done that. He is just a person that makes a living of telling other people about it and brag about it. Others just enjoy the fishing and feel no need to brag about it. Andy is just another example of "famous" an angler that love to brag and exaggerate what he does and claim how extremely dangerous everything is and how brave and amazing he is. Just like Wade does. Wade is NOT the GOAT as you say. He is just the most famous of these guys because of his platform. And both Andy and Wade tend to lie and tell half truths to make it look more amazing than it really is. And I understand why they do, because that is the demand today to make it in the industry. I have met anglers in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe that are way better anglers than any of these two and all other famous anglers on TV, social media and magazines.
@carnivore2023 I thought Andy was a bit ridiculous in his methods, as long as I've lived and even with elusive fish I know two things, 1 is you don't need to swim with them to learn about them and 2, always bring a net
Um....well, the tiger isn't Africa's piranha. It doesn't behave like a piranha and hardly ever bites people, except careless anglers who haven't ever heard of fishermans' pliers before. It is native to Africa and plays an essential role in the ecosystem, so if you want to chat about problem fish in Africa I suggest focusing on alien invader species such as bass, trout and carp, which well and truly plague African waters and fishes.
@@asifimam88 I've noticed that the tigerfish shoal together when they are fairly small and tend to herd tilapia or mudfish , much the same as other predators such as European perch, kingfish or dolphins. Larger individuals are loners. However it's always to prey on fish, never humans or aquatic animals such as otters or crocodiles.
In packs.Piranha,snake heads,tiger fish are all more deadly in a hungry pack.Now solo piranha are wimps except the Blacks.A solo Goliath tiger fish has been known to bite a few people on record.Mistaken identity or a quick splash might trigger them for a second.I highly doubt they will attack a human for food.Snake heads will attack people solo,They are very aggressive especially when nesting.
@@joshuagarvey9362 Josh, there's no doubt that there have been very isolated but well documented cases of a bite on human beings by goliath tigerfish. This was probably because of a flashing watch or something which they mistook for a baitfish - just as divers who are bitten by barracuda for example, for wearing similar flashy items. On more than a few occasions I have seen bass acting as a wolf pack when hunting for tilapia, but again, it's the smaller ones who tend to shoal like that. Goliath tigers and tigers are favorite fly fishing targets for catch and release, and are quite safe to handle if you have suitable gear for landing them and have respect for them. I would say the chances of the average person being bitten while diving, swimming or fishing are around 000.1% in a lifetime.
Andy is one of the most inept fishermen imaginable. He finally catches one by accident (wire leader wraps around the fishes jaw) and he does not have a gaff or a net to bring it into the boat. No wonder he was worried about his hands.
@@tadhghayden7601 I found it scarier when he released it with his hands that close to its head one twitch the wrong way & it's bye bye fingers or worse. If they have Titanium leaders that would help them not biting through regular steel but i don't know if they make them & as a Machinist having worked with titanium it is some hard ass metal to work with light as a feather & strong as it gets. . The Congo is one hell of River & a River of death. Bite through it or not i would have a net & not reach down to haul this beast up plus as we see they are way bigger than this one was. Only real smart one i see is his guide, keeps quite & out of the way. They know what's in these waters. I'll stick with my Smallies, Largemouth & well any freshwater fish that can't kill me.
35 years ago we were on a house boat holiday on Lake Kariba and my dad caught a nice tiger fish. He had it mounted and still has it today and those teeth are incredible!
I'm going to tell you why. He's a HOAXER. 8:16 The large fish is CGI. And the crock overhead is stock footage. I downloaded the same clip on my computer.
I rented a houseboat on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. We caught several tiger fish, including a couple of impressive size. All I’ll say is, the guy on the video is quite a showman.
What an Awesome fishing adventure with a Awesome angler catching a Awesome fish.....man shot outs to the Congo, the Marketplace, the Shaman lady and all the Boatsmen
The village elder gave him 1 rule. And he totally disobeyed it. That fish could've provided a meal for the village. Give it to the people that graciously let you stay and hunt from their land especially in 3rd world countries.
Seeing they spent an insane amount to travel it would have been best to have bought a couple hundred bucks of food for the village so you can still release the endangered animal a village in northeast Australia ish don't remember exactly could have been an island in that area ate one of the last verified Tasmanian Tigers over tradition... sometimes it's better to feed the village and not give in to silly superstition
I kept 5 of these in a 680 gal tank. I thought it would be kool to have a mini school. They were constantly fighting and slashing at each other. If I would have known they fight even in the wild I would have never kept more than one.
I’m not a pro fisherman but @38:45, if I was hooked onto a giant fish with teeth, I wouldn’t be yanking the shit out of that rod everytime before I reel it in😂.
He was having trouble, he said, getting the hooks to get purchase in the fish's jaws. Of the ones he lost, maybe he needed to strike that little bit harder.
There's only two freshwater fish that are on my dream species list the Goliath Tiger and the Golden Dorado. I have a couple freshwater bucket list fish I need to cross off my list first.
Never knew Africa has piranha deadly fish. Then again, most animal origin in so-called New World, S American species came from or copycat of Africa which usually are larger, if not more vicious and numerous... A big kudos n thanks to Andy hard to find brave angler! Hope he will be OK, NOT being attacked during his first and last stage of catching Goliath Tigerfish!
No landing net no Chance! He got lots in to 5ft off the skiff. He could’ve got them all. Also those hooks need sharpening to kitten claw points every few hours. The water erodes the tips
Why don't you just hire Jeremy Wade as a guide. Seriously you're fishing in a boat for a toothy fish that you've spent weeks trying to catch and you haven't brought a landing net. Most anglers make that mistake once when they are novices and don't do it again.
The best part of this video is when he is preparing his fishing rod, and then a few scenes later adjusts his oxygen tank equipment and plunges into dangerous water.
He should have experimented with different hooks , those treble hooks arnt always the best, a double rig with circle hooks might have given him the edge !
This guy isn't much of a fisherman. He keeps on trying to set the hook before the fish has the bait all the way in its mouth. He can barely cast the bait. Rookie.😂
They can't even show him using the same real with the first fish he catches. He starts out using a spinning reel, then it flashes to a level wind, then back to a spinning reel again. It makes you wonder if he's actually doing the fishing.😅
He broke his word to the chief of the village. He was supposed to give his first Goliath catch to the Chief as he agreed to do. Guess he's never heard of circle hooks. I've had mine go right through a Long nosed alligator gar's bony mouth. He apparently missed the memo about using a dip net to land his fish. He'd of had a couple of those earlier ones that he got up to the boat with a good dipnet. He's had to have gone carp fishing during his life as a fisherman. Absolutely unqualified, under equipped and a very poor fisherman. I'm thinking that they probably caught the Goliath using a cast net and then rigged it up to look like he caught it himself. Very convenient that he just happened to land one on his very last day.
JUST ME, I find that certain fish (tarpon, payara) have very ""bony mouths" and require extra sharp hook points, VERY EXTRA SHARP, chemically at least laser sharpen, and first time use for something like that. From what I see so does that Goliath Tigerfish that eats even ""armour fish"". All in all brave man, good video.
He’s a very poor fisherman. The video is really well made. I watched 50 minutes just to see the two meter devil fish with the huge teeth. he didn’t end up catching one. SMH 😩 KMN 😭
Why do these fishermen "miraculously" catch the big fish on their last day. I guess this doco would have only been 10 minutes if he caught it on the first. Get where I'm going with this?
Since the tribe leader asked to be given the first Goliath Andy catches so they can eat it, Andy should have given them the little tiny baby Goliath. It was his first catch! 😂😂😂
🤣 he hunts fish without actually hurting them, which is part of the conservation ethos......1 minute later....fishing with live bait at night 😂😂. His actual fishing??never seen worse, he doesn't appear to have ever fished before in his life 🤣 what is this show?! i love it
So elusive they managed to get footage after footage of the actual large fish underwater while this guys casts his bait a hundred times without success.
You should watch River monsters by Jeramy Wade has caught the giant monster tiger fish .And every other fish in existence that’s why he had to stop his show river monsters because he had caught every fish none left to catch
I don't think his rod has enough backbone to get a good hook set he's going to have to burry the hook into the fishes mouth and keep it pinned with a tight line if he's going to have any chance at landing a trophy Goliath. And bigger hooks or smaller baits will increase his hookups.
Now this would make a Great Si-Fi Movie; a monster fish that is a mutated offspring of a Bull Shark/Tiger Fish that terrorizes the waterways at Disney World.
You asked what you did? It’s what you did not do and that is dip your rod tip down into the water and reel the moment you realized he was gonna jump. -Cheers
He brought knowledge. He brought equipment. He brought a story. He didn't bring a fishing net.
,😆🤣, funniest shit of the day. Thanks
😂😂😂
Ya all these would be at least half million should be grateful for very hard to find angler Andy!
His hook set drag could be abit tighter
He should have brought Jeremy Wade!
Jeremy Wade did amazingly well to catch a giant one in such a short time there? Hes caught goonch catfish in india and wolffish in the Amazon too! No other fisherman has caught those 3 rare monsters in a lifetime of fishing! Hes the GOAT!
Yeah, and some other giants like the giant freshwater stingray in South East Asia.
GTFOH! He's a googan too. Just because you have the money to go catch fish in foreign places doesn't make you a good fisherman.
Wade's done incredibly well!
The problem with it all is that he is not the only one that has done that.
He is just a person that makes a living of telling other people about it and brag about it.
Others just enjoy the fishing and feel no need to brag about it.
Andy is just another example of "famous" an angler that love to brag and exaggerate what he does and claim how extremely dangerous everything is and how brave and amazing he is.
Just like Wade does.
Wade is NOT the GOAT as you say.
He is just the most famous of these guys because of his platform.
And both Andy and Wade tend to lie and tell half truths to make it look more amazing than it really is.
And I understand why they do, because that is the demand today to make it in the industry.
I have met anglers in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe that are way better anglers than any of these two and all other famous anglers on TV, social media and magazines.
@carnivore2023 I thought Andy was a bit ridiculous in his methods, as long as I've lived and even with elusive fish I know two things, 1 is you don't need to swim with them to learn about them and 2, always bring a net
Um....well, the tiger isn't Africa's piranha. It doesn't behave like a piranha and hardly ever bites people, except careless anglers who haven't ever heard of fishermans' pliers before. It is native to Africa and plays an essential role in the ecosystem, so if you want to chat about problem fish in Africa I suggest focusing on alien invader species such as bass, trout and carp, which well and truly plague African waters and fishes.
That would be true for the Goliath tiger... The smaller variants congregate together for feeding purpose or mating...
@@asifimam88 I've noticed that the tigerfish shoal together when they are fairly small and tend to herd tilapia or mudfish , much the same as other predators such as European perch, kingfish or dolphins. Larger individuals are loners. However it's always to prey on fish, never humans or aquatic animals such as otters or crocodiles.
In packs.Piranha,snake heads,tiger fish are all more deadly in a hungry pack.Now solo piranha are wimps except the Blacks.A solo Goliath tiger fish has been known to bite a few people on record.Mistaken identity or a quick splash might trigger them for a second.I highly doubt they will attack a human for food.Snake heads will attack people solo,They are very aggressive especially when nesting.
@@joshuagarvey9362 Josh, there's no doubt that there have been very isolated but well documented cases of a bite on human beings by goliath tigerfish. This was probably because of a flashing watch or something which they mistook for a baitfish - just as divers who are bitten by barracuda for example, for wearing similar flashy items. On more than a few occasions I have seen bass acting as a wolf pack when hunting for tilapia, but again, it's the smaller ones who tend to shoal like that. Goliath tigers and tigers are favorite fly fishing targets for catch and release, and are quite safe to handle if you have suitable gear for landing them and have respect for them. I would say the chances of the average person being bitten while diving, swimming or fishing are around 000.1% in a lifetime.
It's the Baraka of the African waterways
Andy is one of the most inept fishermen imaginable. He finally catches one by accident (wire leader wraps around the fishes jaw) and he does not have a gaff or a net to bring it into the boat. No wonder he was worried about his hands.
@frankblangeard8865 gaff? For such a rare highly strung predator...they can be tail wrist lifted..
@@tadhghayden7601 I found it scarier when he released it with his hands that close to its head one twitch the wrong way & it's bye bye fingers or worse. If they have Titanium leaders that would help them not biting through regular steel but i don't know if they make them & as a Machinist having worked with titanium it is some hard ass metal to work with light as a feather & strong as it gets. . The Congo is one hell of River & a River of death. Bite through it or not i would have a net & not reach down to haul this beast up plus as we see they are way bigger than this one was. Only real smart one i see is his guide, keeps quite & out of the way. They know what's in these waters. I'll stick with my Smallies, Largemouth & well any freshwater fish that can't kill me.
I really applaud the effort put into the quest!! But get a fisherman for the next video, Please! Thanks
35 years ago we were on a house boat holiday on Lake Kariba and my dad caught a nice tiger fish. He had it mounted and still has it today and those teeth are incredible!
Only the most skilled fishermen can change rods while fish is on.
😂.
I was just looking at the spinning/ conventional myself. Lol
This is about high adrenaline fishing not continuity.
Great enthusiast and good fisherman! He showed us underwater of great river.
Thank you Andy...at least man has found a true adversary
He is fishing with a spinning rod and reel and all of a sudden at 32:10 there’s a conventional reel! And then it’s gone! 😂
Good catch, i missed that lol
I'm going to tell you why. He's a HOAXER.
8:16 The large fish is CGI. And the crock overhead is stock footage. I downloaded the same clip on my computer.
A bait caster becomes a spincaster reel🤣
My favorite part is where he's fighting the fish on a baitcaster spinning combo.
The tastiest fish I have ever had. I remember as a little boy my dad would take me to the Zambezi just to catch them
I like this guy’s spirit. I enjoyed this video just watching him fish.
I feel like I'm a bit of traitor watching this, I first watched Jeremy Wade catch one of these, awesome fish 👍
Word to that "River Monsters" for lyfe.......J.W is Boss
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I rented a houseboat on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. We caught several tiger fish, including a couple of impressive size. All I’ll say is, the guy on the video is quite a showman.
Sorry, but the cuts of the video....
Putting together a fantasy fishing situation from four situations
Yeh you can see the different fishing reels
It literally said in the video that it took him weeks of trying 💀
Many thanks for sharing this wonderful experience with us
"IM GOING AFTER A TWO METER FISH!" (pulls our zebco 202 open face with 10lb test that is 5 years old)
I'm lmfao
Lol l had that 202 then the 808...
Catch was good Release was Awesome 👏 👍🎣
What a journey! congratulations to Andy on finally landing one and much respect for returning it
Andy is the reason that women live longer than we do.
Well done, Sir !!!
using music and special effect like this is such a history channel thing to do these days. i wish more people could dial it back from a 10 to a 3
Njengomdobi nomthandi we-Afrika, ngiyakwazi ukulandisa. Thanks Andy I really enjoyed this one! Cheers! Ex EHS John Rose
What an Awesome fishing adventure with a Awesome angler catching a Awesome fish.....man shot outs to the Congo, the Marketplace, the Shaman lady and all the Boatsmen
Sir, you caught a real fearsome kind of fish 👍
The village elder gave him 1 rule. And he totally disobeyed it. That fish could've provided a meal for the village. Give it to the people that graciously let you stay and hunt from their land especially in 3rd world countries.
Afrikaner attitude.
I wouldn't expect anything less from the y t man. Aint shit
@@441rider???
@@nashcoleon4244 I should have said colonial mindset.
Seeing they spent an insane amount to travel it would have been best to have bought a couple hundred bucks of food for the village so you can still release the endangered animal a village in northeast Australia ish don't remember exactly could have been an island in that area ate one of the last verified Tasmanian Tigers over tradition... sometimes it's better to feed the village and not give in to silly superstition
I kept 5 of these in a 680 gal tank. I thought it would be kool to have a mini school. They were constantly fighting and slashing at each other. If I would have known they fight even in the wild I would have never kept more than one.
Like Back piranhas.You can only keep one in the tank or they will kill on another .
We fish for alligator gar in Texas. Gar have a similar jaw. You have to let them swallow the bait without drag before setting the hook.
If you let them swallow it can kill the fish. He was doing catch and release.
I thought this guys attitude was pretty cool. Good fish 🎣
Where do they originate?
hey Many Puik.... glad yr back.....
More deadly teeth than lion or tiger! WELL, done indeed Andy that size is 4-6 times of South American Piranha! US
What with the reels in 32:11? Perhaps to much splicing and editing. Kind regards. Perhaps more remarks when I have finished the video.
Guess the chief didn’t get to eat fish
That's what I was thinking . I would sleep with one eye open .
Ha ha
The chief probably sent a search party after him
I think he had moved location from where the elder was.
@@joeking22 that actually would make sense.
ok 1 thing whats with the reel on close up
Amazing me how every single show, they always catch the fish on the very last day before they must return home
Bro, I'm 4 minutes in and this guy is UNBEARABLE. Reading through the comments confirms my suspicions
I’m not a pro fisherman but @38:45, if I was hooked onto a giant fish with teeth, I wouldn’t be yanking the shit out of that rod everytime before I reel it in😂.
He was having trouble, he said, getting the hooks to get purchase in the fish's jaws. Of the ones he lost, maybe he needed to strike that little bit harder.
There's only two freshwater fish that are on my dream species list the Goliath Tiger and the Golden Dorado. I have a couple freshwater bucket list fish I need to cross off my list first.
Ahhhh yesss…the Golden Dorado. 👊
Never knew Africa has piranha deadly fish. Then again, most animal origin in so-called New World, S American species came from or copycat of Africa which usually are larger, if not more vicious and numerous... A big kudos n thanks to Andy hard to find brave angler! Hope he will be OK, NOT being attacked during his first and last stage of catching Goliath Tigerfish!
Completely different to piranha
can you tell the biggest challenges anglers face when targeting species like the Goliath Tigerfish?
Are they any good to eat or a lot of bones?
Nice !
No landing net no Chance! He got lots in to 5ft off the skiff. He could’ve got them all. Also those hooks need sharpening to kitten claw points every few hours. The water erodes the tips
They look like striped bass I wonder if a hybrid tiger/striper is feasible.
Andy, you need a quick-strike rig, Musky fishermen have been using them for years.
"How many fish must i lewse!?" Welcome to fishing buddy. 😂
This rich-boy is SUCH a putz.
What is the mumbo jumbo about ????
Why don't you just hire Jeremy Wade as a guide. Seriously you're fishing in a boat for a toothy fish that you've spent weeks trying to catch and you haven't brought a landing net. Most anglers make that mistake once when they are novices and don't do it again.
New need a documentry like this for wolf fish
The best part of this video is when he is preparing his fishing rod, and then a few scenes later adjusts his oxygen tank equipment and plunges into dangerous water.
Why are they cutting to a different video of someone else fishing as b-roll like wtf
best of best. thank you so much. ^^*
He should have experimented with different hooks , those treble hooks arnt always the best, a double rig with circle hooks might have given him the edge !
Thats what I thort to , surely Hes tried circle hooks , didnt see any in this vid tho lol .
A bit overdramatic aren't we, being pitted against a "monster" that's almost supernatural? 🙄 Calm down, it's just a fish.
I keep trying to find his last name through the transcript and when he was being introduced to the chief anyone knows let me know
Look at those snappers..Ralph!
What a bunch of billshit drama , that guy is a very poor fisherman.
he really stinks. He is an educated fisherman.... lol. better than us. Yet cannot catch crap.
His rod technique is hopeless. I doubt he really fishes much. After losing "50 fish" he never changed his rig?
Are you Jeremy Wade? lol
well said,you can tell the way he handles the rod and reel,
@@pigsandapples And fishing with out a net.We all would lose the fish .He lucky he got a small one 😂
This guy isn't much of a fisherman. He keeps on trying to set the hook before the fish has the bait all the way in its mouth. He can barely cast the bait. Rookie.😂
They can't even show him using the same real with the first fish he catches. He starts out using a spinning reel, then it flashes to a level wind, then back to a spinning reel again. It makes you wonder if he's actually doing the fishing.😅
Those teeth in the thumbnail 😅.... And a full size adult male crocodile doesn't fear anything at nearly a ton.
He broke his word to the chief of the village. He was supposed to give his first Goliath catch to the Chief as he agreed to do. Guess he's never heard of circle hooks. I've had mine go right through a Long nosed alligator gar's bony mouth. He apparently missed the memo about using a dip net to land his fish. He'd of had a couple of those earlier ones that he got up to the boat with a good dipnet. He's had to have gone carp fishing during his life as a fisherman. Absolutely unqualified, under equipped and a very poor fisherman. I'm thinking that they probably caught the Goliath using a cast net and then rigged it up to look like he caught it himself. Very convenient that he just happened to land one on his very last day.
I don't care what anyone thinks of this comment but this guy's got balls!!
That guy is a risk taker, he dived in a river full of large crocs.😱
that shaman was a big joke, for the rest amazing journey, amazing river and wildlife.
Feeling this channel..
JUST ME, I find that certain fish (tarpon, payara) have very ""bony mouths" and require extra sharp hook points, VERY EXTRA SHARP, chemically at least laser sharpen, and first time use for something like that. From what I see so does that Goliath Tigerfish that eats even ""armour fish"". All in all brave man, good video.
Can we get him and Jeremy Wade to fist fight... I'll pay to see😂
Turn up the volume of the background music because I can still hear the dialogue.
Africas's Waters?
Artist
Imagine if you crossed a shark with a pirahna AND a tornado!
I think they're adorbs
No wonder he’s staying at the bottom of the river this man has balls of steel
Could you imagine if fishermen went there to fish for Tiger fish? I'd really like to see videos like that. I love fishing.
At 32:11 it suddenly changes to a different rod and reel. Shenanigans!!
Shenanigans indeed!😂
They should’ve had me on the editing team lol
The ultimate!!!
He’s a very poor fisherman. The video is really well made. I watched 50 minutes just to see the two meter devil fish with the huge teeth. he didn’t end up catching one. SMH 😩 KMN 😭
Why do these fishermen "miraculously" catch the big fish on their last day.
I guess this doco would have only been 10 minutes if he caught it on the first.
Get where I'm going with this?
Since the tribe leader asked to be given the first Goliath Andy catches so they can eat it, Andy should have given them the little tiny baby Goliath. It was his first catch! 😂😂😂
🤣 he hunts fish without actually hurting them, which is part of the conservation ethos......1 minute later....fishing with live bait at night 😂😂. His actual fishing??never seen worse, he doesn't appear to have ever fished before in his life 🤣 what is this show?! i love it
So elusive they managed to get footage after footage of the actual large fish underwater while this guys casts his bait a hundred times without success.
Never heard of a dip net I guess
At some point the Congo River is the deepest river in the world as far as I know and hundreds of metres deep. Who knows what lurks in the deep waters?
When playing his second fish that jumped and got away, one minute he was using a fixed spool reel then a multiplier reel(bait caster)
crazy Afrikaner . 😎😎
he's not Afrikaner, he's dutch.
@@redemption3830 His accent is Afrikaner .
@@redemption3830 Andy Coetzee grew up in Pondoland near Kwazulu Natal . South Africa .
You should watch River monsters by Jeramy Wade has caught the giant monster tiger fish .And every other fish in existence that’s why he had to stop his show river monsters because he had caught every fish none left to catch
Man maybe top of the food chain on dry land, but not in the rivers and oceons.
I don't think his rod has enough backbone to get a good hook set he's going to have to burry the hook into the fishes mouth and keep it pinned with a tight line if he's going to have any chance at landing a trophy Goliath. And bigger hooks or smaller baits will increase his hookups.
Plagues? This fish has been around for ages. The only animal which plagues earth is us humans, what positive thing did we bring here?
good
The editing of the video is not very good. You see the compilation of different clips, that are using various equipment.
Now this would make a Great Si-Fi Movie; a monster fish that is a mutated offspring of a Bull Shark/Tiger Fish that terrorizes the waterways at Disney World.
Only Nile crocodiles keep these fish in check if I'm correct. That's a damn scary fish
Dude that's a hellish fish to tackle.
Zambezi tigers rock!!
These fish are NOT a PLAGUE and are NOT DEADLY.
HUMANS ARE.
Sorry couldn't watch anymore but adverts are doing my head in, spoils the video!!
You asked what you did? It’s what you did not do and that is dip your rod tip down into the water and reel the moment you realized he was gonna jump.
-Cheers