Fish the Size of Volkswagens at the Dam

[@Scott.Farkus]

I caught a catfish one time that would fit in a Volkswagen

[@tonycardone990]

Every catfish I ever caught would fit in a Volkswagen. I even caught some that would fit in a Smart car, a school bus, a Boeing 747, and some that would fit on a motorcycle, or in a Radio Flyer red wagon.

[@mr.shadestrains6033]

Awsum 🙃

[@larryrussell5884]

@@tonycardone990 That is just shameless braggin' Tony. 😀

[@davehendricks4824]

I had a Volkswagen once. And if I put into it all the catfish I caught, there would still be room for 4 people!

[@Scott.Farkus]

@@davehendricks4824 My brother had a Chevy Malibu that we went catfishing in one time, we used chicken liver for bait; when we left we put the fishing poles and the bait in the trunk. He forgot about the chicken livers in the trunk and drove around for a week wondering what the smell was. After that you couldn't find 4 people that would ride in in the car.

[@brianlykins6663]

Well, Mr. Cranky, you and Keith did it again. Ya'll done another purty good video. I'm not gonna argue with science, but I gotta say that they are wrong on line color. Crappie don't seem to be line shy (in regards to line color). But an old bass, line color makes them nervous as a long tail cat in a room of rockin chairs. Keep up the great work there, brother. God bless you and your family, and ya'll have a blessed day.

[@jessiemae6873]

Back in the late 1970's my sister had some friends that scuba dived Cheney Reservoir in south central Kansas. They told her they would never dive near the dam because of the size of the catfish they saw. They would do the rest of the lake, but never again the dam. No claims to car sized fish, only fish big enough that the Kansas kids didn't want to be near them. Always wondered if those divers ever did an ocean. Fish are really big there. And, as muddy as that water is, I've always wondered how they saw anything at all.

[@FishinNStuff]

I've wondered the samething . I've put Gopros in the lakes and couldn't see anything . I know firefighters that are divers and they say they can't see anything . But they still say they are really big catfish down there lol

[@icanhazgoodgame3845]

I heard the basically the same story for a lake in Texas. I think its a story to keep kids away from dams which can be dangerous.

[@rodneycaupp5962]

It took a real educumater to teach us these important thangs bout fishin

[@russhayes4882]

Glad to see Cranky is back in full bloom !

[@tenncutt]

The Bay Area of California had the legend of sturgeon the size of cars when the divers were working on the Benicia Bridge. There are some bigass Sturgeon in there. Supposedly they use to pull 1000 pounders out with horses and mules back in the olden days. I'm thinking I heard 1800lbs reported

[@3henry214]

In the early 80's, my wife and her previous husband were the caretakers of a long time fishing resort at Port Costa called "White's Fishing Resort", that closed in 1985. The Southern Pacific RR tracks ran along the shoreline past the resort. She told me that the train crews heading up to Sacramento would stop and put out a drop line (wire rope) for Sturgeon, and then continue on their way. On the return trip later that day, they would stop and check the lines. She had some old photos from the 60's or 70's (I no longer remember which) that hung in the resort office, showing a drop line attached to a rope, that was tied onto the front of a locomotive, that they used to pull a gigantic Sturgeon out of the water. It could have easily been a 1,000 pounder. I also heard of the stories about the Benicia bridge divers getting the shit scared out of them when they were brushed by something the size of a car. Having seen the old photos, I wouldn't be surprised that the sturgeon legends were true.

[@willtrax71]

Just a cool video thank you my friend stay safe. Semper Fidelis

[@66bigbuds]

Spotsville Kentucky railroad trestle bridge on the green river. There is a 700 foot deep hole there. The Army Corp of engineers sent down divers to check it out back in the 70s. They came out scared to death. Catfish and paddle fish big enough to swallow a man. Fishermen have tried to catch the monsters with saltwater electric reels and steel cable. And still get broke off.

[@wompbozer3939]

You’re high. If there was a 700’ hole in the river it would quickly fill up with sediment.

[@eileenpatterson4982]

You are hysterical! My husband was watching you and I happened to see one of your videos and I was hooked! Here’s the crazy part… I don’t even fish! 😂. I’ve subscribed and watch your videos religiously because you are so funny (and I love your little sidekick). You are so entertaining and your buddies are so funny that you’re just a joy to watch. (Just sayin’) Keep ‘em coming. You have tons of fans out here 😊

[@FishinNStuff]

Eileen that means so much more than you realize . That you very much. I really appreciate that

[@showme....6043]

Well you have done it again. Just making awesome videos and keeping fishing fun. Thank you for all you do. Looking forward to your next video.

[@513coneyslinger]

I have an uncle who dived in the Ohio river here in Cincinnati. There are deff not fish that big, there are some very very large catfish down there though.

[@williamsporing1500]

Yea, I’ve seen some big ones caught down in Newport

[@marctheriault]

I loved this format!! Good stuff, informative as always, great jokes and gags… ya got this stuff down, my man!

[@djpat5998]

You should check out the mekong giant catfish, it's the largest catfish out there. The largest perch is the Nile perch.

[@seymourwrasse3321]

almost 650lbs, still not as big as a VW

[@chrisfultz1528]

Great video thanks for sharing your knowledge and I might add it's some good knowledge 😁🎣🎣

[@muddyrivercatfishing]

Excellent video my friend!

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you Kris

[@MusicCitySkateCo]

I haven’t fished in 20 years, most engaging video I’ve watched in a while. Well done 🤘🏼

[@joebuck66]

I had an older gentleman tell me that over in Alabama, at Weiss Lake he seen with his own eyes 3 catfish swimming up river that was so big you couldn’t have put all three in a long bed pickup at the same time. I was young at the time and looked for them every time I was close to the water. Great video Keith.

[@purextacy3174]

Wheeler dam on the low side Elgin Alabama

[@robertm731]

You are a treasure, sir! I've only said that about one other youtube couple and I'm on here hours a day.

[@markmorash1682]

Loved it, especially the "cars as big as catfish.... wait, did I get that right? The myths that are almost as fun are the ones on big deep lakes, such as Tahoe, Lake Champlain , Loch Ness, etc. You should compile a list of lakes with "monsters" and then advise us as to the gear you think we'll need to land em.

[@FishinNStuff]

Lmbo 😁 . That's a great idea lol

[@Catman-mg9ye]

That makes a lot of sense!!!! Lets go fishing!

[@thepain321]

Flathead Lake in Montana is said to be over 1,000ft deep.

[@timothycontreras8424]

Cherokee lake bubba🌵🥃🚬

[@brianpinion5844]

Dewey Dam in eastern Kentucky , divers went down to work on the dam, one said he never go back down there but that what they said Volkswagens

[@beanschmidt9699]

Ah just LOVE that talking lure!!!

[@jamestboehm6450]

I hear those car stories I just sit back and smile. Ya there are some big ones down there but.

[@spencer6764]

Awesome video 👍 Thanks for sharing 👍

[@jeffreyneely9283]

Thanks for the info , always a great time watching your videos.😊

[@lordfarquar9215]

Much love from Paris Tennessee. "Home of the world's biggest fish fry"

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you Paris Tennessee

[@jeffbrummette1622]

I don’t care what fish can an can’t do! All I care about is the videos you put out. Your the master fabricator that I love watching! Actually I do care bout what fish do,know what I’m saying,know what I’m saying? I had a failed attempt to be the little fish in your videos! Lol. Keep these videos coming sir!!👍

[@terrysims4028]

Great video on fishing myth 's I learned something valuable today

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

Thank You My Friend, for all Your posts! You are a positive energy in this world! Stay Strong! Will

[@922crappiebbq8]

Keep em coming Keith great vid keeps me laughing

[@mikeedwards2384]

That was the best . You are awesome brother great info and I'm so glad that someone finally got that out there. I can tell you as a diver when you run into a big catfish under water they look a lot bigger than they are especially in dark stained river water

[@FishinNStuff]

Well I would think I'd be pretty scary to find a huge fish you can't really see lol

[@emilypulled312]

I just got back from NC. Everything I seen was "AWESOME" The old lady hit me after day 3. Jes Sayn Luv ya man and can’t wait till the next video.

[@stevencompton5087]

Sounds like the story of fish trap dam in Kentucky. Always heard these stories mainly the one of big blue.

[@drunkwoodswyllia4885]

When I was a kid, we had a big flood that flooded the soybean fields close to where I live. The Point Remove creek runs through this area towards and connects to the AR river. Towards the mid to end of summer, the flood had been long gone and we were in a pretty good draught. I was riding my 3 wheeler down the Point Remove creek, mostly mud with a few feet of water in places. Well I came up on a large brush pile and there was a catfish the size of a sofa! It had got caught in the brush and died. Even though it was rotting, it was freaking huge!

[@paulmeade3180]

I want in. Those are pretty cool. Crap happens and sometimes we have to leave in the dark those would be awesome to have

[@donniedickerson8077]

Well,, what else do you say,, that's Purty Dang Awesome right there y'all,, Mr, Crank bait is as always a super star lol,, and I must concur with the findings of the myths busted,, However,, Fall and winter is my favorite time's to fish , And Fish bite in the water not in the rain lol 🤣🤣🤣 ,, imagine that Huh 🤷🏻‍♂️ lol 🤣😆 , Great Video Again, 🐟🐡🎣🤠🇺🇸

[@FishinNStuff]

I recon urge rite lol 😆

[@davidhopson9802]

Very interesting I to have always believed that there. Was catfish big enough to swallow a man at the dams . Here in Texas like Sam Rayburn and Toledo dam

[@kenbobca]

I Like This Type of Video. Please make more videos like this one.

[@kungfoomonkey]

That little lure you got is a smart 4$$. Id be telling him hes goin on the line.

[@James-oj6ck]

I lked this video. Great work.

[@pawsnazzy01]

Great job on this one.

[@Jeeg_Quebec_CAN]

That was a fun one! 👍🎣

[@223rocks]

Grew up near Kerr Lake. I really miss it.

[@rl2109]

You're right... This video WAS purdy interesting...! Even Cranky was hooked! God bless ALL of us! WWG1WGA

[@FishinNStuff]

Lol 😁

[@shawnhousewright7973]

If u co.e to alabame to neely Henry damn off of hwy 77 there's a baitshop that has photos from the 60s or seventies where they needed cranes to pick up the catfish off the turbines

[@michaelporrazzo1180]

awesome what is the name of the bait store I'm headed to the Elk river in June or July so I will stop by that bait store

[@ronniehooper5618]

I always told if cows laying down. Fish are not biting. 😅

[@FishinNStuff]

🤔😃

[@iShawn0624]

This one is true 👍🏻 I have tested this one 😁 Of course I think it’s the barometric pressure but if every cow in the field is bedding down the fish are as well

[@joesummers9864]

I was told the opposite if they ARE laying down it's good fishing now I'm confused

[@LivinWith3M]

Absolutely awesome and Hilarious too. Boy ole Cranky getting well uh cranky. 🤣🫣

[@HooverDaMan]

Love your video's man .

[@4toes1nose]

Thank you

[@davidgarcia6315]

It’s the same for saltwater if you go just before a hood rain you might have a good chance of hooking up !!!!

[@keithbartlett6708]

Thank you!

[@markybob_bassplaya1462]

100% SPOT ON! and yet, there are some people you just cannot convince. Same ones think Mitchell 300's and Zebco (Abu) Cardinals were the best reels ever made. It is in their heart, not their brain, and there is no convincing them otherwise, so it is best just to smile :) and keep quiet.

[@MrEQ2009]

I was swimming in gasoline alley just above Davis dam in the waters below hover dam. I saw a fish as long or a little longer. I’m 6’5”. I t was the same size of a black tail shark. Amazing expierance.

[@mobelue]

My Daddy told me or repeated a similar story about Santee. He said when divers were needed around the dam, they had to hire out-of-state divers because the catfish (always catfish) were so big. The locals would not dive. Was also told that the freezers had to be cut end-to-end to hold said cats. Long live the legends!

[@AllenGoodman]

I grew up hearing the same stories from my papaw. 👍

[@chrishayden4151]

I remember seeing fishermen pull pretty big catfish from Lake Cumberland, TN. They said they grow bigger there because the lake is so deep.

[@FishinNStuff]

That's possible . I think its the DNA . kinda like deers . All catfish can't get big . I personally think the head size tells you alot about their potential

[@snappybonesify]

Lol I know that pic of the Catfish in the bed of the truck. It's in the next town over. Lampasas Tx.

[@dirtybuzzard5977]

Another great video Sir. I hear what ya saying.. Keep’em coming

[@Thegoofyairgunner]

I live a short drive from Kerr and there are catfish as big as they get. They are definitely big but a 100 lbs is just a touch smaller than a car. 😂

[@beerdrinker6452]

Pretty crazy interesting. Thank you.

[@johnfugate3432]

Heard that same tail back in the seventies at Watts bar damn so I will keep passing it on lol

[@themrsluggo]

I know what ya sayin'! I heard this story told about every major dam in Texas. BTW, the big catfish on the old truck art was n display for years in Waco, Tx.

[@FishinNStuff]

I'd love see it in person lol

[@sifishes]

I know what your saying and it's bang on!

[@jefflay5818]

The more i watch this video, dude you got me cracking up 😂😂😂

[@MrSoarman]

I know fishermen that park their boats 3 days before full moon, while I keep on fishing and cleaning fish.😊

[@daviddura1172]

river monster tv show caught some giant catfish in Thialand... big as a yugo.... LOL

[@mwgillispie]

Thanks for the video, great job as always.

[@hanburgundy4317]

My PB was a 4' channel cat, and the guys who dive by the dam said they've seen 6' cats. I've seen a 5' carp pulled out of that lake, so I don't see why not.

[@bertramjonessr.6923]

Good Job

[@leesmith5419]

This was the great video I hope you put out more like it

[@rigbreakers]

I always heard that if the cows were lying down, the fish wouldn't bite. Also, they said that if you make noise they won't bite.

[@michaelblencowe4241]

Best channel on KZbin period!!!!! I love the content! I've caught catfish on hotdogs soaked in minced garlic and cherry kool-aid powder. I've also caught the without the kool-aid powder but I think the garlic makes all the difference in that particular bait. I still like cut trout and blue gill the best. Keep up the awesome videos!!!!!!

[@FishinNStuff]

I agree 100% . Shad and bluegill for me . But I have caught some gooduns on hotdogs and chicken breasts

[@jefflay5818]

That sounds what they say about Green River down here in Ky... Gossip of scuba divers looking for a missing person said...

[@tville7043]

Enjoyed your show, can't do without it. Jest saying... NW ga.

[@MysticKnight38]

Lakes that freeze up in winter go through to inversions every year. They affect fishing. Spring inversion the warm surface water drops down. The fish go from post spawn to summer fishing habits. The next inversion happens late fall. The cold water at the surface drops . That inversion makes fish suspend. Your fish finder will show targets at all depends and they don't bite or at most light strike. They come out of it and go into winter routine. I don't know if southern waters do that. It sounds like they might to some extent by what you described.

[@ddhh6552]

They do have white sturgeon that can get up to 18 feet long in the Columbia River.

[@chrispeguero2404]

I think the only one you miss was about fishing before and after the full moon

[@stevencochran4274]

I believe the dive n Ohio river to recover the body’s from the silver bridge collapse is how urban voltswagon legend started … along with the mothman

[@silvergrizzly316]

Keith, that myth could be true, I did catch a catfish one time that would fit into the glove box of my 1986 Yugo😜🤣

[@Texasfishingfamily]

I know where that catfish on the truck is. Its also a good place to snow goose hunt.

[@aliceking3145]

Ok, myth or fact? "If the cows ain't eatin' the fish ain't bitin'." Per my Dad and Grandpaw from Mule Holler Tennessee.

[@mrshowlove3960]

So funny Kentucky dam is where my grandpa "Steve Boros" worked, him and his friends dove down to check for cracks,not to fix the dam...the Volkswagen that he was speaking of was in fact a beetle he drove to work every single day until it caught on fire one day😂 facts Thank you for this video grandpa wasn't afraid of anything I can recall but did request cages for accidental reasons, like one of them get caught in the current and literally go in their mouth! Which he also said the spoonbill seem to be even bigger❤ Me and my brother's have tried our whole life to land one, we've had to cut lines before because was dangerous not much leverage, I even have some Kentucky dam videos of us fishing 🎣 on here and snagging,thanks again I was so amazed to cross that story sense my grandpa came home excited being a fisherman to see such a thing,he would love to know that legend will never die,so maby not your standard Volkswagen, I don't know what I would do even if I got ahold of the one's they saw swimming with the current on the bottom of that massive concrete wall, I would fight it as long as possible just to get a good picture of it on the top of the water.

[@FishinNStuff]

Your grandpa was a cool dude . 😎

[@jonathanhawkins3269]

Lewis Smith lake dam in Alabama had a diver use to hook up cars that people sunk and he was hooking up a car and then something moved beside him he thought it was a another car on the way down he has never went back

[@gregjones923]

It most have been 50 years ago now.Divers went down below the lake Martin dam.And said that very thing.That there was catfish as big as VWs.I think it made the paper.

[@grady7532]

My uncle clames he saw one at the dawn in Shelbyville Illinois on Lake shelbyville

[@jefflay5818]

Amazing you mention the divers before i watched this video 😂

[@chuckparson6712]

Educational and entertaining 👍👍

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you Sir

[@stilltuckered]

Another great video

[@captjinxmarine9832]

In Spain there are catfish called Wells catfish and they can get to 10 feet long and half a ton

[@joshrhoades7034]

In the winter months of the year where the lake freezes over the lake water temperature actually flips. Warmer waters down at the bottom and colder waters at the top. So it would make sense to find the deeper ledges. I’m not sure if that applies to lakes that don’t freeze.

[@FishinNStuff]

The bottom never changes much the surface temperature is always effected by the outside temperature . I think of it like a cavern or cave. When it's 90 outside it's 50 degrees in a cavern abs when it's 20 degrees outside it's still 50 degrees in a cavern . It stays stable. That's why they used root cellars in the old days . The water kinda works the same way . Deep lakes with exactly the same way . The fish stay in the middle column of water because they have to choose between the warmer water and oxygen. Deep lakes have very low to no oxygen the deeper you go

[@gonefishn1975]

Great video, know what I'm sayn, keepem comin.

[@doncoe8165]

I caught my biggest bass in January. A 9 pounder!

[@choccolocco]

Winter has always produced big bass for me. Just have to slow down, and try and drop the bait on their head. I believe I read once that the big bass were more likely to bite in the winter, because of the opportunity and their sluggishness. (A little tip I learned decades ago can help; use some “hot hands” or just your own hands to warm up the lure. Plastics and jugs work best. Sometimes the little bit of extra heat will be sensed and cause a fish to bite when it might not have otherwise.)

[@saxon6]

Good for you!

[@doncoe8165]

@@choccolocco thanks for the tip

[@ronhargis1854]

I caught a catfish one time that puked up a Volkswagen when I got him out on the bank.

[@FishinNStuff]

Lol dang 🤣

[@RobertSiwik1968]

Great video are used to catch tons of bass on yellow mono all the time it really did make a difference compared to my other lines but unfortunately I can't find it anymore

[@mackbeasley71]

LOL. DAT DANG GON FISH. DEN HE GOT A COLLECTION OF HATS😅😅

[@FishinNStuff]

Lmbo

[@terrancewilhite9260]

Biggest catfish I have seen was in the mekong river in vietnam. It weighed over 300lbs and was nowhere as big as a car.

[@patcolston2901]

Everyone said it. Great Video. Cranky is the bomb 💣

[@fireformedwind9376]

Would love to come to the states and fish

[@jaimeortega4940]

Also some giants - stingrays and fish of the Mekong Delta.

[@fishin-impossible2992]

Awesome video Keith, man that lure was cranky on this video wasn't he lol,

[@BrandonSmith-jz3zt]

As a guy that grew up in western illinois next to the Mississippi River I have heard that exact story about divers going down to fix the damn and coming up saying they wouldn’t go back down because there was catfish the size of Volkswagens down there.

[@adamelliott2302]

Yep. I lived much further down the Mississippi. Heard many people with the same sorta story..... they knew somebody who knew somebody who knew somebody that heard that somebody talked to a diver.... you know the story!😂

[@billy2623]

Dude your trippin, I laughed out loud at that. My dog even looked at me like she was trippin cause I was laughing. Another informative and amusing video. Your awesome.

[@FishinNStuff]

Haha 😄 thank you