soulpatrol said,

damn these giants should be left in the water

Forshizel said,

Wow…. what the hell kind of fish has those teeth!!!! OUCH.

SarahFish said,

Mmmmmm…..Taaaasty fish.

Drew said,

@Dave and SoulPatrol,

You both seem very quick to judge. As someone who works and has spent a long time in the hobby, I run into many like yourself who jump to conclusions too quickly.

Consider the following before commenting:

-What if the people above are ichthyologists (which is very likely in many of those pictures)? Then would it be ok? If not then are we not allowed to study any animal life by your guidelines?

-Have you considered many if not all of those fish are a food source for someone unless being studied for science?

-Native people to the tropical areas above (many of which is in the Amazon Basin) RELY on fish farming and catching as a means of surviving. But screw them, leave the fish in the water right?

-How do you know they arent planning on releasing them? Relating to this, how do you know they are not just on a fishing expedition studying and learning about fish, then releasing them? Fish can live hours (some days-weeks out of water).

Do you now see the problem with speaking before thinking?

Your logic is confusing…”They should be left in the water.”

Well then we should say that for every single animal, regardless of the purpose behind it yes?

To the author, quite a nice collection of mostly stolen pictures, the Mekong Cat is always one of my favs.

Oh and BTW, a whale IS NOT a fish.

-Drew

chris said,

ps great pics.

Drew said,

@Chris,

I am very chilled “dood.” I run into people who make sweeping statements like that and I present my point.

“the microwave is not an oven”

*sigh* Why bother? Let me explain it this way, a whale is a mammal. A shark is a fish. Your analogy does not apply.

-Drew

clifton said,

nice with cracked black pepper, lemon and bay leaf.

HA! said,

Hey Drew Consider the following before commenting:

your a fag

Mia said,

I think we all need lives. But those shots are way awesome. I’m going to school to be a marine biologist so this kind of stuff is pretty frickin sweet!

Chuck said,

too bad these people never heard of catch and release

me said,

to the people bitching about how drew needs a life: personally i think it’s cool that he’s trying to educate a few morons (sorry to say it’s a lost cause).
if you say he needs a life, well, i’m guessing he does have one, probably one more interesting that yours. so sad that the only way you can get off is by bashing people over the internet. (and this isn’t bashing, this is truth-telling =D ).
but on topic, these are really interesting photos. and people wonder why i don’t like swimming in the ocean.

elaine said,

Oh great!!! Now I’m gonna have nightmares.

kelly said,

those fish are all massive though

Csiga said,

The second to last fish isn’t ugly, it’s Mr. Saturn. :)

And the photos are real.

Teddy said,

You’re going to school to be a marine biologist and have never gone fishing? That seems a more than a little ignorant and close minded. Fishing is probably the biggest impact humans have on marine biology. It seems logical you would get some first hand experience with it if for nothing more than education.

Also, you are probably a nice person and the thought of an animal feeling pain bothers you but, you really need to toughen up if the thought of an animal sustaining internal damage bothers you. Almost every living creature on earth would die without it.

Jimmy said,

@ Elisa,
one ! is enough… putting more makes us wana slap you.

Rebecca said,

My husband is a semi prefessional angler in the UK & a baliff for Cemex (large group of water in the UK). British fisherman work on a ‘catch & release’ system. Where all fish get photographed & the put back safely. Some are even offered first aid if needed.
This is a great way to keep a visual track of some of the UKs most famous fish!

Teddy said,

Comments like “so much death” are ridiculous. Go to a slaughter house or vegetable harvest. You are ridiculously hypocritical.

jonok said,

Why would they catch a whale shark????
They’re harmless and really endangered. Not that the east asians care about stuff like that i suppose.

PETA said,

We have eliminated all humans seen in these photos and will continue to punish those involved with fish genocide.

Teddy you are one sick fuck, “vegtable harvest”, I thought this act was abolished with slavery!

kickn' said,

i like me some fish…

sjsjsjsjsjsj said,

those are the worlds stupids and huge paranas

christina said,

Wow those are some giant fish! I never seen fish that big out of the water! How did you catch them? Those fish should of been kept in the water like 500 feet deep so no would be able to harm them. So weird on what the ocean and lakes hold below.