Legendary Dog-Eating Catfish Dies

[LadyFish]

Fri July 25, 2003 10:10 AM ET<br />BERLIN (Reuters) - A giant catfish that ate a dog and terrorized a German lake for years has washed up dead, but the legend of "Kuno the Killer" lives on.<br /><br />A gardener discovered the carcass of a five-foot-long catfish weighing 77 pounds this week, a spokesman for the western city of Moenchengladbach said on Friday.<br /><br />Kuno became a local celebrity in 2001 when he sprang from the waters of the Volksgarten park lake to swallow a Dachshund puppy whole. He evaded repeated attempts to capture him.<br /> The rest here... <br /><br />Now thats what I call a fish!

 

[neumanns]

Re: Legendary Dog-Eating Catfish Dies

I fish for Kuno when i can but Dachshund are getting hard to come by at the baitstores now. I find it is best to fish them with a combination leash/muzzele this cuts down on the nips when your hooking them. Save the hate mail it is only a joke!

 

[JB]

Re: Legendary Dog-Eating Catfish Dies

Musky bait.

 

[aspeck]

Re: Legendary Dog-Eating Catfish Dies

Every summer we get many stories of the finned gators in Lake Raystowm chowing down on poodles. In the last 15 years must have been 25 poodles lost to them! Great urban legend here - gets the tourists going (and keeps them out of the water)!

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Legendary Dog-Eating Catfish Dies

That's one skinny catfish at 5' and 77#.<br /><br />They love baby ducks too. Did I say that?

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

Re: Legendary Dog-Eating Catfish Dies

german fish, prolly germograms ... at 2.2 pounds to the kg - up near 170 pounds<br /><br />dats a fairly fat cat!

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

Re: Legendary Dog-Eating Catfish Dies

of course, it naturally begs the question, if a CAT fish eats a dog ...<br /><br />does it get furballs?<br /><br />hmmmm ... was it a male puppy? <br /><br />

 

[Scoop]

Re: Legendary Dog-Eating Catfish Dies

There is a bar in Minocqua, WI (S.A. Loons)that has a huge musky mounted on the wall. The plaque says it was found dead with a duck stuck in it's throat. After seeing the size of the fish, I believe it is not fish story. If ever in Minocqua (Woodruff) Wisconsin, I would stop by and check it out.