Comments on Weird Fresno: Giant Catfish in Fresno County's Millerton Lake?

I am 37 years old and have gone to Millerton lake ...

2011-05-16T02:07:27.770-07:00

I am 37 years old and have gone to Millerton lake a lot when i was younger..kid age..and i remember being told about divers that went into the lake and came out scared because they saw an eye of a giant catfish the size of a frizbee looking right at them. I also remember that the catfishes nickname from the other locals was "General" or "The General" i have never forgotten the stories i have heard about him. He definately has been in that lake for quite some time.

I dont doubt that there are some huge catfish down...

2011-04-04T12:45:05.862-07:00

I dont doubt that there are some huge catfish down there! You have to figure that the lake was made in the 1940's and has a maximum depth of 319 feet with most of it around the 200 foot mark so it is very likely that there is some that are 60 years old or more still lurking about. It sure would be "exciting" to find one of these swimming next to you! =)

The biggest catfish that I ever caught was out of ...

2011-02-24T14:32:00.078-08:00

The biggest catfish that I ever caught was out of a private pond up in Northern Cali. It was the summer of 1985 and I was 6 months pregnant with my second son. This bitch of a fish kept steeling every rig I through out to it, finally, I got smart and put on a steel leader and a live cricket, She weighed in at 74.4 lbs and was almost 6 feet long. I got all my rigs back, she had 'em all, needless to say, she was some good eating' catfish, we barbecued her and berried the eggs back in the pond. Now, the hatched eggs help keep the duck population down in that pond!!!!!!

I believe it. This past July I went camping to Mil...

2010-12-07T14:45:42.352-08:00

I believe it. This past July I went camping to Millerton Lake. Around 11 pm, we decided to take a ride on my boat. I was almost at the dam area when I saw what looked like 6-8 ft log on the surface about 20 ft away from the boat. I quickly turned around and what was on the surface had quickly disappeard. My friends wondered what it was. I told them that it was probably a big catfish that was swimming on the surface. I bet there are some big fish in there.

This catfish story is very true there is a giant c...

2010-08-03T01:14:52.040-07:00

This catfish story is very true there is a giant catfish at the bottom of millerton lake.About 15 years ago me and my ucles were floating out to dirt mound in a tube,as we got about half way out i spotted what seem to be a clear frizzbee type of plastic upon retreiving it and getting a better look at it turnd out to be an eye lid of a very large fish.The lid measured 12 inches across,this carrys over about 4 years later when me and my aunt went fishing while the danm was realy low,and decide to fish down the dam we were there for a while without a bite until we both started losing our bait continuisly,i thought we were losing it on the bed of rocks that was in front of us so i went up top to check our cast.As i got to the top i just froze at what i saw a giant greyish fish that looked to be about 10 feet in length i yelled at my aunt to come uo and check for herself but when i told her she kept trying to cast her line out to catch it which was impossible ever since than i will never go swimming in millerton lake true story i put that on every one of my family memebers.

I think you guys should call or get a hold of Jere...

2010-04-25T09:24:53.043-07:00

I think you guys should call or get a hold of Jeremy Wade the guy off the show River Monsters. He will be able to catch the monster.

The "catfish" caught in the Philippines ...

2009-11-19T20:02:19.683-08:00

The "catfish" caught in the Philippines is not a catfish it is a whale shark. Look it up.

Would love to. Next time youre out and about with...

2009-06-30T23:54:01.287-07:00

Would love to. Next time youre out and about with the crew shoot me a text and we'll hook up. (559 259 8239)

@Dale: I saw that article, guy made me jealous. I...

2009-06-29T21:37:26.756-07:00

@Dale: I saw that article, guy made me jealous. I actually went sturgeon fishing with my step dad years ago and it was one of the best trips I had. Those things fight like crazy.

@JohnJayJay: I could possibly do that, but you need to hang out with us more. If you do that then maybe I will look into this connection.

@Carrie: Not sure how they would taste, I remember eating the 14lb cat my step dad caught and it didn't really taste that good. Something about the older they get the tougher the meat is or something.

I only care if they are frying it. Because I want ...

2009-06-29T21:31:48.386-07:00

I only care if they are frying it. Because I want some!

I think you need to tie this all together in a UFO...

2009-06-29T15:27:33.131-07:00

I think you need to tie this all together in a UFO/catfish conspiracy type thing. Catfish are just plain nasty looking, and certainly look like they could be from alien DNA. Look into it.

There was a story in the Bee the other day about a...

2009-06-26T12:15:24.669-07:00

There was a story in the Bee the other day about a local guy who had caught several huge stripped bass at Millerton. I searched for the story online with no luck. But, here's a
story about a giant sturgeon.
http://www.redding.com/news/2009/may/07/huge-sturggeon-surfaces-at-lake-shasta/

I've seen noodling before, but only on TV. No...

2009-06-23T16:33:04.047-07:00

I've seen noodling before, but only on TV. Not sure if it's done here, at least I don't know anyone who has.

The largest cat I ever saw was a (relatively) small 14 pounder my step dad caught at Hensley. But I've seen pics of people that had caught larger ones like you mentioned.

The biggest catfish I ever caught was about 4 and ...

2009-06-23T15:42:08.295-07:00

The biggest catfish I ever caught was about 4 and a half foot long, 62 pounds, and put up a big fight.

There's only one real way to catch a fish like this, it's called noodling. Native to Oklahoma, I'm here to share it with Cali...

Google it if you like. It's NOT for the faint of heart...