Fishing Fails just don’t get much better (or worse depending on who you ask) than this video below of two girls playing “Pin The Catfish”. The modern version of pin the tail on the donkey…

What really surprises me is the small percentage of Americans that realize catfish can really mess you up!

And NO, catfish do not “sting” you.

And NO, catfish “whiskers” cannot hurt you either.

So how to do the catfish inflict their pain?

Well, the catfish dorsal fin (the one on top) and the two pectoral fins (one on each side) are razor sharp, especially on channel cats and the smaller catfish like in the video below.

And these catfish spines on their fins can puncture your skin just as easy as any doctor’s sharp needle. What happens is that the spines on the dorsal and pectoral fins contain a venom that can cause severe swelling along with a hemolytic (causes increased blood flow in the area of the injury) when you get pricked by the fin.

In other words, don’t mess around with catfish.

We apologize in advance for any “Adult Language”.

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