When we were kids, we used to hear fairy tales about giant fishes or weird species coming out of water. There are some myths that you realize when you grow older, but there are others that stick on you like glue. Sometimes it could be very hard to give up on something you believe in so much, but if you want to progress, you need to rely only on facts when it comes to information. If you don’t have the right facts, you will never be able to achieve anything.

With catfish being so popular, many people intentionally or unintentionally try to come up with made-up facts in order to impress other anglers or intimidate new fishermen. Here are five myths that many people still consider true:

1- There are catfish species that eat men:
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