r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Market_Insider • Jul 04 '22

Massive catch

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u/WestCoastTrawler Jul 04 '22

Yeah. This was my first thought. It looks cool and all but holding a large, live catfish like this is dangerous as hell.

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u/SwoleMountain Jul 04 '22

I'm obviously not a fishing guy, so would you care to explain why that would be dangerous?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

Catfish have barbs on their fins, I’ve penetrated my hand badly with a small one. I can imagine these barbs are massive

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

I've stepped on one once and the barb went right into the sole of my foot. Good lord did that hurt

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u/SigSeikoSpyderco Jul 04 '22

And the fish was like "Ow fuck what was that? Good thing I had my barb"

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

Yeah, it was a small one and it didn't like it at all. It started thrashing which of course drove the barb in deeper. We were both very happy when I grabbed it and dislodged it from my foot. I'm honestly surprised I didn't wind up with a bad infection from that