
Claim: Photograph shows a 280-pound catfish caught by an Italian fisherman.
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Example: [Collected via email, February 2015]
On facebook there's a photo posted of a man with a HUGE fish... looks like a catfish. I believe it's photoshopped...can you verify this?
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The above-displayed photograph, which was posted by Ferrari's sponsor Sportex Italia on their Facebook page, quickly went viral on social media sites and left many viewers in a state of disbelief.
While this single photo may have been hard to believe on its own, Sportex Italia provided several additional photos of Ferrari's catch:

According to Sportex Italia, Dino Ferrari's enormous catfish was measured at

Last updated: 25 February 2015