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I Caught Europes LARGEST River Monster…

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Boys and girls, you know what time it

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is. For the last 3 years, I've traveled

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all over the world chasing some of the

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deadliest and most dangerous fish on the

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entire planet.

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>> Oh my.

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Oh my god. Look at the size of those

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things.

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That's it right there. That is the fish

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of my entire.

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[music]

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But this this is different. For the

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first time ever, we're exploring an

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entirely new continent. No guide, no

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safety net, and no one showing us where

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to go, just us. And one of the most

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dangerous rivers in all of France. A

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river known for powerful currents,

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towering commercial barges, and giants

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lurking beneath the surface. Somewhere

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[music] in these waters lives the

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largest freshwater fish in Europe. A

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predator surrounded by legends. A fish

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that inspired generations of explorers,

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including Jeremy Wade himself. And with

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time officially running out and less and

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[music] less options in front of me, we

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are getting down to the final moments to

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see if I'm able to make this possible.

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[music] Seek local knowledge and get my

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hands on one of the largest freshwater

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fish in the world. Ladies and gentlemen,

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I suggest you watch this video till the

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very end because we are on a mission and

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we are running out of time. Boys and

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girls, Fanatic Media presents the hunt

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for Europe's largest river monster, the

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Wells catfish.

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>> [snorts]

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>> It is 5:30 in the morning. We're

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literally running off just another few

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hours of sleep. But this is our only

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full day. We've got to make it count. We

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have a cooler or a bag full of dead

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mackerel and giant squids. I don't know.

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Hopefully, we can pull through. But

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we're going to fish till like 9:00 in

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the morning and then if nothing happens,

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I'm going to have to rethink what we're

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doing and build a different strategy.

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But until then, we haven't tried in the

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morning yet.

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Isn't it cute?

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>> Honey, where did you get the cat from?

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Aside from the medieval castle right

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there and the giant fish right there.

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Believe it or not, just like in Texas,

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you know, oh, something just busted. Who

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knows what that could have been. I hit

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our boat over there in the bushes and

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it's still there, which is great cuz if

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it got stolen, that would have been so

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bad. We just don't have the time to take

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it down and set it up every day because

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that's just way too much work. There's

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the SS Giga Destroyer. And okay, still

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pretty pumped.

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[music]

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>> Goal today. Catch a fish bigger than our

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boat. The SS Giga Destroyer. How big is

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that?

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>> It would technically be a world record

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fish to be 10.8 ft.

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>> The coolest part about this is in the

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area we're in, it's like a very medieval

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area. I mean, the fact there's a castle

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right there. I mean, like a giant

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castle. It would probably be one of the

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craziest like I'm talking top three or

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top five destinations we've ever landed.

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A giant fish.

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I'm very excited to get home and see all

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of you guys at the meet and greet in a

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few days. I really want to land this

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fish so we can talk about it in person.

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That would be great. It is a must right

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now.

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Using a giant squid as a piece of bait.

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also.

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[music]

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At this point, I have fished every

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single spot I could see. But that's what

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happens when you're fishing somewhere

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you've never been. And for something

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monstrous like this, I'm also starting

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to get the impression people don't truly

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understand what I'm after. This is about

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the only continent on the planet where

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you can [music] actually find this fish.

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This is the largest freshwater fish in

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all of Europe and the largest catfish on

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[music] the entire planet. There's been

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recorded attacks of them trying to pull

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swimmers underneath the water and they

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are considered one of the few freshwater

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river monsters on Earth and it's

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something I have never got to target.

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The only issue is is I gave myself such

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limited time and I'm beating myself up

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at this point for doing that. And

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normally I'm in a situation where I can

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push back flights, but I can't on this

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trip. I decided to pack up everything

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and try something new.

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>> I don't know what to do. Javama's got a

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plan though.

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>> I do. [snorts]

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>> We didn't get anything in this stretch.

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So, we're moving. But the only problem

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is there is no way physically possible

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we get this boat as small as we got it

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here. We happen to have another plan.

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>> And who came up with that?

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>> She did.

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All

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right, babe. Let's just say I did.

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[music]

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[music]

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>> I mean, the only problem is it's

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literally just the size of the car.

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>> What?

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>> No, you can see. It's just like your

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vision's a little distorted and slightly

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blocked off, but no, it's it's good.

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It's It's really good. There's no

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ratchet straps in this country. It's

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just rope. She's going to tie her down.

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>> What's this? Watch this. I see a

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>> So what does the dog do?

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>> It sits. I see aa. Come here.

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>> What is it? So he does what?

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>> He sits.

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>> No, but he can what?

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>> I see aa.

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>> No, baby. He can speak French. [ __ ]

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What does he do, baby?

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>> He can speak French,

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>> dude. All this for a catfish mission. We

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literally have We only have 24 hours

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left. We still haven't landed the fish.

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No clue what to do. What I can say is

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this boat is uh we might lose it. We're

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going to try.

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What are the literal odds that the first

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time I don't even know what this is? We

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don't even have this in the United

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States. There's just a bar that like

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says our max height for no reason at

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all. We're going to try and get

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underneath.

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Hey,

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>> you got it. Oh, I don't think we got it.

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I don't think we got it.

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>> What is the point of that? I don't

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understand. [music]

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>> [music]

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>> That's Oh, I have no idea where we're

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going, but it looks like a place where

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we could catch a catfish. Oh my gosh.

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>> Did you tell them that there's bulls?

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>> Oh, and there was a sign that said

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danger wild bulls. I've never interacted

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with a bull before, but apparently

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they're here.

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That is exactly what it looks like in

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those videos that everyone sees on

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Instagram.

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This looks like that place.

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>> All right,

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I am getting excited because all we have

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is today and tomorrow morning. That's

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it. This is the biggest catfish in the

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world all the way in France. My butt

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cheeks are tingling, which is always a

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good sign. It feels like we're at the

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Trinity. It's just a clearer version.

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Except for here there's a rope swing.

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>> Do a back flip. Okay.

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One. That was good. Good job. You did

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it. Oh, I want to do it.

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>> NO.

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>> [music]

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>> This looks insane.

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This is how you know that there is going

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to be giant fish in here. Just crazy

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looking. I like I said, it just does not

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feel like we're in France at all. Look

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at all this. And apparently there's 9

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foot fish living inside of it

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and incredibly dangerous bulls. Everyone

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keeps talking about the bulls, but we

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haven't encountered that yet. [music]

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It doesn't look like we are

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[music]

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[music]

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>> [music]

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[music]

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>> This is our bait. I'm going to be

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honest, I've slowly lost hope because

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there is branches everywhere. So,

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keeping this from getting eaten and not

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going inside of a tree is going to be

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incredibly difficult, but I'm not really

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sure what else to try. [music]

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All right, we're at another spot. We're

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just checking things off the list. But

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the thing about this spot is is if you

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notice there's some guys on some belly

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boats out there, which is a good sign

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because that means there's someone

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fishing over here and they're in the

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middle of the river, which means I'm

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going to pop that little graph on this

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boat. We're going to see if we can find

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what they're looking at because that

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tells me a lot, I think. Could be

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completely wrong. But let's get this

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boat in the water.

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officially

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last night. Um, so if there's any

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opportunity, it's right now. Um, it's

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starting to finally soak in. If we don't

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get We can't go home empty-handed. You

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got to at least get one at least one

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fish. It's so pretty, too, outside. It's

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so nice. [music]

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Just need one to bite, that's all.

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>> [music]

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>> Aside from me getting eaten alive by

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mosquitoes right now. That was our last

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full day tomorrow. We have a quarter day

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before flying out of here. Um, this is

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not what I expected. It was more

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difficult than anticipated, but we're

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going to give it one more shot.

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One more shot.

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Man,

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good news. There's good news. Final

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opportunity. There's another guy at this

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boat ramp. I don't know if he does well

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as catfishing, but he said he speaks

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English somehow. And he said that he's

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marked them like right here before

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giants. And he wouldn't mind showing me

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where it was. Not that this means we're

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going to catch a fish, but like that's

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the best info I've heard that there's a

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spot where they've been seen. That's

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great. And his name is Hugo. What is

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that? Is that a cruise ship?

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>> I don't know.

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>> Do you want to have a dance battle with

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your mama?

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>> How would you have a dance battle with

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me if I'm filming you?

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>> The camera move. This is crazy. Random

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man named Hugo.

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Didn't even ask him. He just d he's

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awesome. This is exactly what I meant by

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local knowledge. Hold this.

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>> Yeah,

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>> we can't do that. No.

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Now, you're probably wondering what Hugo

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is doing right here. This is called a

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clunker. And believe it or not, the fish

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actually like the sound and they come up

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from the depths. From what I could

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gather from Hugo's English is he fishes

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for all types of stuff, but he has seen

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massive fish under the water on his

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craft here. And he told me that if I

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tried hard enough, maybe I could get one

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to bite.

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Oh, it's a little

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a little Wells.

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>> Oh my god, that's cute.

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>> That is a Wells catfish right there.

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It's not a giant, but it is at least

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some hope. Talk about a buzzer beater.

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We just need a gigantic buzzer beater.

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But wow, that is a crazy looking fish.

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>> It's still really cute. It looks very

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different than anything I've ever seen.

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[music]

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Literally out of nowhere, a storm just

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blew in. So now we're getting pushed far

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away from the spot we were at. Just

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drifting down at top of it

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and it is getting cold.

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[music]

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It is officially [music] starting to

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rain.

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[music]

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Oh [ __ ] Come on. I'm on. I'm on. I'm

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on. Oh. Okay. Okay.

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Oh shoot. Oh shoot. As the storm is

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blowing in. Okay. Just hit a swimming.

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Okay. That feels like a good fish, but I

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don't know entirely what a massive

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catfish feels like. Like this.

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Okay.

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Oh my gosh. Talk about a buzzer beater.

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Oh, hi big guy. It's still a tiny one.

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That's crazy.

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Okay, that right there, [music] that's a

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Wells catfish.

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Not a giant Wells catfish, but this is a

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miniature river monster. This is a tiny

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river monster. Keep in mind, they get so

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much bigger than that. These teeth are

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actually much sharper than the catfish

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in the states. Oh my gosh, look at that.

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Looks like an eel. Just bigger. Just

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bigger. Come on. Oh, we're so close.

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This is like final hours. All right,

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honey. Give it a sniff.

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All right, big guy.

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All right. Gives me hope. That gives me

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hope. Oh, there we go.

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Oh, there's another one. Oh my gosh,

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dude. They just turned on from that

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storm.

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Okay,

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come on. Oh, about the same size as the

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last one, dude. They're eating now. It

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must mean there's big ones down there.

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That's another one. [clears throat] Hi

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there, pretty mama. It is like you just

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turned a catfish into an eel. Dude, that

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is crazy.

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Awesome. Just literally need big old

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stepdad. That's all we need.

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Okay. Come on. Come on. We're literally

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working with a few hours. That's it.

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Come on. Oh, my faith is building up.

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[music]

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[music]

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>> [music]

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>> I don't think Hugo will make it back if

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he's attached to us. He's a very nice

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guy and he speaks little English and

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it's so cool, guys. I

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I don't think we're able to make it

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happen. I mean, we made it happen. We

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caught the wells catfish, but like we

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were obviously after a different size

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and I just think we have a flight

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tonight and it just the time doesn't

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align.

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So

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damn, that sucked. Oh my gosh, dude.

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That's a tough feeling.

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And these waves are bad. And Jush is

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having a hard time. Jish is having a

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really hard time. Time to head back.

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>> To be honest, I can't even say I caught

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a Wells catfish. It doesn't count

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because this isn't what I was looking

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for. I was looking for a 7ft fish. So,

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getting off the water broke my heart.

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So, it was time for me to make a

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decision.

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>> What's wrong?

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>> We got to film this in real time. I

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changed a flight.

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What the do you [laughter]

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>> I'm not even kidding.

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>> We're not doing this another trip in a

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row. Like I'm I'm trying to go home. We

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got things to do.

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>> I know. I I Okay. Okay. The flight is

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supposed to leave in 2 hours. I changed

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it to 11:50 tonight. It was It did cost

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money. They don't have Spirit over here

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either. I The guy who was out there on

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the belly boat, Hugo, I got his number.

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I before I changed the flight, I texted

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him. I said, "Hey, are you going to

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still be out there?" because he said he

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knew where the catfish were because he

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had seen them before. He's going to be

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out there all day. We were in the middle

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of packing everything up. We can leave,

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go back, fish for another 3 and 1/2, 4

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hours, and then go get on the flight.

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>> Printon, this sounds impossible.

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>> I can't leave d with a small one like

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that. We can't. We came all the way here

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with Jush and the and the SS Giga

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Destroyer.

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Physically can't leave.

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>> I'm in it.

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>> [laughter]

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>> What?

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>> We don't have a choice.

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>> Well, not now. I changed the flight.

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>> Oh,

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>> so we're going right I I'm was putting

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on an outfit for the airport, but I'm

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going to completely change and we're

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going to go back now.

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If we don't catch this fish, I'm going

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to look like a loser. I'm going to look

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like an absolute idiot if we don't catch

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this.

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>> Okay, but what do you look like if we do

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catch it?

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>> A genius. I I'm [music] not even

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kidding. This is an insane moment. This

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reminds me so much of the Goliath tiger

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fish because we saw a little tiny baby

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right before [music] we caught the one

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that we needed. We just pulled back up.

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Keep in mind we have to leave in a

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little while because I changed the

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flight to tonight. But look at that.

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Exactly what we're looking for is washed

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up dead on the bank. I'm not even

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joking.

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That is a uh legitimate 7 foot long

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catfish. Just dead. The exact thing

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we're looking for is just washed up

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right here. That is really tough to see.

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One, because you don't want the fish to

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die and two because it's just like exact

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what we need is just there. They get

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hundreds of pounds bigger than that.

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We've got probably 3 hours. Ultra buzzer

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beater.

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[music]

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[music]

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Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Okay, that was

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out of nowhere.

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Out of nowhere. Out of nowhere. What

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just happened? What just happened? Okay.

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All right. I was just sitting there just

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minding my own business and this thing

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got hit. Okay. Okay. Yep. Yep.

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That'sing.

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All right. Yeah. That That's a big fish.

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That's a big fish. That's what we were

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looking for. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep.

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Oh, it's bent over the boat. Okay. Okay.

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Yep. This is what we needed. This is

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what we needed. Please, please, please.

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I don't know what these are supposed to

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fight like. I'm not really entirely

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sure, but it's Rod is doubling over the

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edge of the boat. Come on. Please. Holy.

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Oh my gosh.

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>> Happened so fast. I didn't catch the

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hooks.

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>> Oh my gosh. No. I I wasn't even on

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recording on the GoPro. We just

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literally were sitting there. I was

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like, "All right, well, hopefully

21:45

something happens right away." This is

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what we This is what we needed. Oh my

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goodness. Please, please, please land

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this fish. This is Europe's biggest

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river monster if we can get this up to

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the boat.

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Come on. Come on. Oh my gosh.

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Oh, please be a good fish. Just be

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bigger than me. That's all that matters.

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>> I think so. B.

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>> There's a shot. Oh my gosh. Do you think

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that you [music] would like fight this

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hard if you were swimming in the water

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with

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>> Dude, if I was attached to this fish

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underwater, this thing is pulling me all

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the way to the bottom. Come on. Oh, it's

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it's right here. It's right here. Oh my

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gosh.

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[laughter]

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That's it right there. That is a Wells

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catfish. Holy

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Oh my goodness. They're coming under the

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boat.

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>> Watch your foot. There you go,

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>> dude. They literally just roll like

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alligators here. Here it comes. Oh my

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goodness.

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That's it.

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There it is. Another river monster.

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Check that out. Got to take this thing

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back to shore.

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Can always count on Josh.

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As amazing as the feeling was, I just

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knew this wasn't the fish I was looking

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for. And as much as I was trying to mask

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my pain with happiness, I was truly

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looking for one way larger than this.

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But the difference between a 6-ft fish

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and the seven I set out my sight for can

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be over 100 lb. And I knew this fish was

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on the lower end.

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>> You literally were like

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LITERALLY I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS COMING.

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I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

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THAT FISH IS PROBABLY about the same

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size as me.

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I cannot wait to get this thing next to

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me. Dude, I am so pumped. Hugo was such

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a legend. Literally was like, "I've seen

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him before over there. Let's go look.

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We'll go look." And sure enough, we're

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sitting there. There it is.

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Oh

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my goodness.

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The thing is they get so much bigger

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than this. Look at that. That is crazy.

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Oh my goodness.

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Oh my gosh.

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That's crazy.

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[laughter]

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Wow. The [music] f I mean, literally, I

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remember watching this on river monsters

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when I was a kid, and they get so much

24:29

bigger than this. So much bigger. The

24:31

fact that we caught that so quick means

24:34

we have a little bit of time to try and

24:35

catch a bigger one. Oh, look how tiny

24:38

the eyes are on this fish. They use

24:40

literally no eyesight. They use

24:42

practically no eyesight to eat. It is

24:44

all feeling vibrations through these

24:46

lateral lines and these whiskers right

24:47

here. That's what it is. Oh my.

24:51

Yes. THAT RIGHT THERE.

24:56

THAT IS A river monster.

24:58

This fish is the length of me. Maybe a

25:02

few inches more. That fish we were

25:06

about. You would never think Europe

25:08

would have anything like this.

25:10

Yes.

25:13

Yes. I love this thing.

25:17

[music]

25:25

[music]

25:33

I'm going to take her in.

25:35

>> Wait, what do you mean by take her in

25:36

her in, dude?

25:37

>> I got to I got to take her back home.

25:39

>> Yeah, you just let her go.

25:41

>> No. No.

25:42

>> She needs a proper release.

25:43

>> No, Brenton.

25:44

>> Daddy's taking her home.

25:45

>> Brenton,

25:46

>> she doesn't know where her home is, and

25:47

I must take her. I remember where we

25:49

caught her. I'll be back. Oh,

25:54

this thing is eating my hand. This is

25:57

officially the biggest catfish I've ever

25:58

caught. All right.

26:01

Oh my goodness. I wish you could tell

26:04

the sheer [music] size of this fish. All

26:07

right, big mama. Here, I'm coming with

26:11

you.

26:20

There she goes. Changed my flight,

26:22

everything. We were supposed to [music]

26:23

leave this afternoon. I knew if I just

26:25

had a few more hours, we could make

26:27

something happen. And we did. And we

26:29

believe it. We still have a few more,

26:31

but that is all that matters. Another

26:34

buzzer beater and another giant checked

26:37

off the list. [sighs]

26:39

Literally just letting it sit on the

26:41

bottom. That's out of nowhere. That was

26:43

crazy. And they get so much bigger.

26:53

>> [music]

27:05

>> There we go. There we go. There we go.

27:06

There we go. There we go. [music] Oh my

27:08

gosh. Oh my gosh. Yep. That's a bigger

27:10

fish. That's a bigger fish.

27:13

Just started biting [music] out of

27:14

nowhere. Oh my gosh. Yep. Yep. Yep.

27:22

I had one rod that I was just casting,

27:24

moving. This one was just hanging off

27:25

the boat and just starts bouncing down.

27:27

This feels like dead weight. This This

27:29

is big. This is definitely bigger.

27:32

Yeah, this is definitely a bigger fish.

27:38

[music]

27:40

Yep.

27:42

Okay. All right. Pumpkin

27:46

out of nowhere. literally like have to

27:48

leave here shortly. This is lastm minute

27:51

fish, dude. It's just dead weight. Look

27:53

at Look at this. I mean, I am just

27:55

pulling and it's just nothing. Nothing.

28:00

My god,

28:02

that's a big fish.

28:04

>> Yeah, that's a big fish. Oh,

28:08

dude. This feels a lot bigger than the

28:12

other one. A lot bigger. The other one

28:14

was big. Oh, please. Come on.

28:21

[music]

28:22

Come on. Let's go one.

28:26

Oh my gosh, dude. This has got to be a

28:29

giant. This is it. The other one was

28:31

big, but you could tell that they get

28:33

way bigger. I think this is about to

28:35

show us what that looks like. OH MY

28:38

GOSH. YOU WOULD NEVER THINK THIS would

28:39

be in France.

28:42

Come on.

28:45

Come on, baby.

28:49

Dude, this thing is all the way down

28:51

there.

28:55

Gosh.

28:56

>> Oh, it's got to be huge.

28:57

>> Damn it. It's got to be huge. Look at

29:00

this.

29:02

Oh, dude. Dude, this is Oh my gosh.

29:11

It's turning the whole boat.

29:15

Oh man, turning the whole boat. Come on.

29:19

Come on.

29:28

Oh my gosh,

29:31

[music]

29:33

dude.

29:35

This is six minute fight so far.

29:38

Come on.

29:46

Dude, the fact that we're in Europe

29:47

right now, this is blowing my mind. This

29:49

is what we needed. This is what we

29:50

needed. I just want to take a look at

29:51

this fish. I just want to see it. I'm

29:53

freaking out right now. I'm freaking out

29:55

right now. There's no way

29:58

I went from having no hope this

30:00

afternoon to then landed one that was

30:03

the size of me and then hooking what I

30:05

think all the hype is about.

30:10

Oh, dude.

30:17

I can't believe this is a catfish. I

30:19

can't believe this. Dude, this is crazy.

30:22

No, this is crazy. This is a giant. This

30:24

is an actual giant. This is so This is

30:27

so much bigger than the other one, dude.

30:28

This is so much bigger than the other

30:30

one. Holy mama. Oh my gosh.

30:36

Oh my goodness. [laughter]

30:39

This has got to be going on a 10 plus

30:41

minute fight right now on a catfish. On

30:44

a catfish. Oh, my mom's going to freak

30:47

out. Paul's going to freak out. Nate's

30:49

going to freak. Everyone's going to

30:51

freak out. Come on. We've got to land

30:53

this thing. Got to be careful because

30:55

this is such a big fish. Oh.

30:59

All right. It's coming up.

31:02

About to see it. Oh, bubbles are coming.

31:05

Holy. Oh. OH. OH.

31:10

[screaming and groaning] OH.

31:12

OH.

31:14

OH [screaming] MY GOD. OH MY GOD. Oh

31:18

shoot. Yes. Oh, that's a giant. That's a

31:24

giant. That is way bigger than me. Way

31:28

bigger. Okay. Yes. Oh my gosh. Look at

31:36

the size of that fish.

31:41

Yes.

31:43

Oh my gosh. It's not hooked very well.

31:46

>> Yeah.

31:47

>> Yeah. I know.

31:52

Okay. Okay.

31:58

Yes. Yes. Yes.

32:02

Hell yeah. Yes.

32:05

Oh my god. [music]

32:07

This This is what I came for. This is

32:09

the fish I had crossed an entire ocean

32:12

to find. And the second I laid eyes on

32:14

it, I knew it shattered every single

32:16

[music] expectation I had. And my goal

32:19

was 7 ft. But this this fish was

32:21

something else entirely. [music] A true

32:24

river monster. And moments like this

32:26

remind me why I do what I do. [music]

32:29

Every mile, every failure, and every

32:31

sleepless night, it all leads to moments

32:34

that most people [music] will never

32:35

experience. And this was enough for me

32:37

to know that I'm slowly entering a group

32:41

of some of the [music] best to ever do

32:42

it. And with less than 3 days and no

32:45

experience on these waters and nothing

32:47

[music] but determination and the

32:49

resources around me, we did it. If

32:52

there's one thing I can tell you, it's

32:54

the greatest adventures aren't found by

32:56

the people who wait until they're ready.

32:58

They're found by the people willing to

33:01

begin before they are. Ladies and

33:03

gentlemen, we have officially crossed

33:05

off the most requested fish in fanatic

33:07

history, the legendary European Wells

33:11

catfish.

33:40

Yeah, those teeth are way sharper

33:42

compared to the other one. OH MY

33:48

GOSH. Damn it.

33:53

Oh my gosh. What the [ __ ] Oh, that's a

33:58

huge fish. Oh, that's a dinosaur.

34:01

[music] I I don't even know. I don't

34:02

even know how to hold the fish. I

34:03

literally don't even know how to hold

34:04

the fish. It is so big. Look at that

34:07

thing's face. Look at that. That is an

34:11

actual monster. The fins on the side are

34:14

just they're bigger than my hand. This

34:18

is crazy. Okay,

34:23

this is a gigantic fish. Probably 180

34:27

lb. I wish you guys could see the

34:29

stomach on this thing.

34:31

>> Okay.

34:32

>> Okay.

34:34

>> 22 [music]

34:35

>> 220.

34:36

>> Yeah.

34:36

>> 2.2 m.

34:37

>> Yeah.

34:38

>> 2.2 m. 2.2 m.

34:42

Yes. Oh my gosh. That is a dinosaur.

34:50

Why? I can't I I legitimately can't

34:52

believe this right now. I'm so happy.

34:55

I'm so happy with this fish.

35:00

Oh my. It's just double the size of the

35:02

other one. Literally double. [music]

35:10

Gosh, [music] that is an authentic giant

35:14

in South France. That's about as big as

35:17

catfish get in the world. This fish is

35:20

right under 200 lb. And it is a

35:24

prehistoric [music]

35:26

monster.

35:27

All right, guys. Well, I mean, I wish

35:30

the water was crystal clear. I think I

35:33

think you guys could I think you guys

35:34

could tell it's [music] a dinosaur. My

35:36

whole leg could fit in this thing's

35:38

mouth. I mean, like my hand will fit in

35:40

there

35:42

[clears throat] no problem. This is it.

35:44

The last one [music] was awesome and it

35:46

like made me feel like the triple was

35:48

was there and it was good enough to say

35:50

like, "All right, we can come back in a

35:52

year or two and cross off a giant." But

35:54

this just this completed it. This is it.

35:56

This is what you want. We didn't have to

35:58

go to Spain in the [music] rivers that

36:00

like everyone fishes. We came to South

36:02

France to do it ourselves. And then we

36:05

met Hugo, which was just appalling. That

36:08

was what I said I wanted to do. Come out

36:09

here on our own, meet someone that was

36:11

local, learn about the fish, and here it

36:14

is.

36:16

Yes. I'm going to get this big mama back

36:17

in the water. Obviously, [music] it's a

36:18

catfish, so it's really easy to work

36:21

with them cuz they are just fine. This

36:22

thing is just exhausting cuz I fought it

36:24

for so [music] long. It's literally just

36:26

chilling with me, but the second I get

36:27

out there, it's just going to take off

36:29

into the water. It was awesome with this

36:31

big girl. You would actually never even

36:33

know there's over a 7ft fish [music]

36:35

right here. But um she's right in

36:37

between my legs.

36:45

I'm gonna walk her out and Big Bertha is

36:47

going to get sent home. Oh my gosh.

36:55

[music]

37:03

Oh, that's insane.

37:10

>> [music]

37:19

>> Oh.

37:21

Oh my god.

37:24

Talk about straight up 2016

37:28

2017

37:30

Golden State Warriors baby. That's what

37:33

that's we painted all year.

37:37

Oh my god.

37:41

[music]

37:49

So, we're packing down everything. Uh,

37:51

we've got to obviously get on a flight,

37:52

but all of this we can't travel [music]

37:55

with home. And it's actually crazy that

37:57

we did that for a mission, including

37:59

just 5.0 you [music] know, and the boat

38:02

is all going to Hugo. Thank you,

38:04

brother.

38:04

>> Thank you.

38:05

>> Yeah, absolutely. No, thank you for

38:07

showing us around and even telling me

38:08

that you knew there was fish here. It

38:10

was actually awesome. But literally,

38:12

he's going to take this boat out so we

38:14

can go catch catfish on it now. Taking

38:15

just literally everything, the oil, the

38:17

gas, all of it, the rods, just cuz he

38:19

was so awesome. He was just so cool. And

38:22

we pulled up and he was like, "If y'all

38:24

are fishing for wells, I've seen some."

38:25

So, he knew what to do. And it was such

38:28

a good time. I I can't even believe what

38:30

just happened. So, all of this is going

38:32

to him. He's like a super passionate

38:34

fisherman. It'll be really cool. I got

38:35

his number, so he can literally just

38:36

send me pictures of him catching

38:38

monsters. Now, aside from that, we've

38:40

got to get out of here because we have a

38:42

layover in Rome.

38:46

Boys and girls, we are in Rome. And if

38:49

you are following us on Snapchat or

38:51

Instagram, we had a layover here. So, we

38:52

stopped and hung out. We saw the

38:54

coliseum. We saw the Spanish steps. We

38:56

saw literally everything you could see

38:57

in Rome. But we got to fly out in like

38:59

two hours. It is crazy here. This is the

39:02

first time we've ever filmed in Italy. I

39:03

feel like we at least had to get a few

39:04

clips.

39:05

>> Do you think we'll be back? Is there any

39:07

river monsters in Italy?

39:08

>> No, absolutely not. Uh, we caught the

39:10

river monster, which was the Wells.

39:12

[laughter]

39:12

That one's checked off the list.

39:14

>> Well, if Netflix

39:15

>> Yeah, if Netflix wants us to do river

39:16

monsters and we got to come back, maybe

39:17

we do it in Italy.

39:19

>> But, I mean, Hugo told me that it was

39:21

probably 2.3, but we'll say 2.2. He said

39:24

it was like on the dot 2.28 m. Um,

39:27

that's I don't even know what that is in

39:28

feet. I think it's like a little bit

39:30

over 7. So, it's pretty epic. I don't

39:32

know how big it is over 7 though. 7 foot

39:36

five. Almost 7'6. And it would probably

39:40

was like 7' 6 7' 7, but we'll just call

39:43

it 7'5.

39:45

That's crazy. That's crazy. This is it.

39:49

The Europe trip is officially over.

39:54

[music] Heat. Heat.

39:59

[music]

40:20

>> [music]

40:29

[music]

40:32

>> Are you excited? What? I'm excited for

40:34

your mama

40:34

>> to go to sleep.

40:35

>> Popeye's,

40:36

>> huh? There's a Popeye's here.

40:38

>> I don't know.

40:39

>> Where'd you get my hopes in?

40:54

Okay, I'll make my own noise.

41:01

What?

41:07

There was some French indigenous person

41:09

coming upon.

41:11

SORRY. [laughter]

41:13

[screaming]

41:15

>> All right,

41:15

>> I'm going to go again.

41:19

>> Add that music in there. No bites at

41:22

all. Gotten snags. We've gotten people

41:26

staring at us. Crazy out here right now.

41:28

over by basically where like the salmon

41:31

run is where all the bears are in this

41:33

location. But [clears throat]

41:36

we're just praying my adventure all the

41:39

way out here 800,000

41:42

km away from home. Ah man. So hopefully

41:48

we get a bite soon from the wells

41:51

>> catfish. They're pretty good

41:53

>> guys. Meet Christina's new dog.

41:56

>> Bonjour.

41:58

>> [laughter and crying]

42:03

>> I can't. Okay, I get it. Please help me.

42:06

Help me get out.

42:08

[laughter]

42:12

My goodness. Seriously.

42:16

[crying]

42:18

Come on.

42:18

>> I can't.

42:23

This is what I meant. Don't worry, guys.

42:25

She fell a second ago.

42:27

>> I'm good. I'm good.

42:29

[laughter]

42:38

Oh,

42:40

why are you not helping me,

42:44

>> dude?

42:46

It's a thing called a bubble.

42:48

>> What are you doing?

42:56

>> [laughter]

42:57

>> Yep.

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