{"id":1742,"date":"2025-10-24T12:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:03:05","slug":"the-worlds-largest-catfish-caught-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/the-worlds-largest-catfish-caught-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"The World\u2019s Largest Catfish Caught in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A new world record has been set in Poland:<\/strong> a gigantic 292-centimeter catfish was caught at Rybniki Reservoir \u2014 the largest ever recorded!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a two-day fishing competition held at the <strong>Rybniki Lake<\/strong> in southern Poland, anglers <strong>Krzysztof Pyra<\/strong> and <strong>Adrian Gontarz<\/strong>, members of the <strong>Polska Akademia W\u0119dkarska<\/strong> (Polish Angling Academy), successfully landed the massive fish.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/564580243_826441883660204_3911375229410922737_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/564580243_826441883660204_3911375229410922737_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/564580243_826441883660204_3911375229410922737_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Foto: Polska Akademia Wedkarska<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The duo was fishing from a boat using <strong>spinning technique<\/strong> with artificial lures. The battle lasted <strong>over an hour and a half<\/strong> before the giant finally surfaced and could be safely landed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rybniki Lake has long been famous for its enormous catfish population, but this latest catch broke all previous records and immediately entered the annals of international angling history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt was the greatest moment of our lives,\u201d said a tired but thrilled <strong>Krzysztof Pyra<\/strong> after the competition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos of the massive fish have already spread around the world, inspiring anglers everywhere who dream of landing their own record-breaking catch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new world record has been set in Poland: a gigantic 292-centimeter catfish was caught at Rybniki Reservoir \u2014 the largest ever recorded! During a two-day fishing competition held at the Rybniki Lake in southern Poland, anglers Krzysztof Pyra and Adrian Gontarz, members of the Polska Akademia W\u0119dkarska (Polish Angling Academy), successfully landed the massive&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1745,"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions\/1745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishingandhuntingtv.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}