Man catches a catfish that, simply put, is f*cking huge

The word "fish" doesn't do this creature justice.

"Loch Ness Monster" or "small whale" might be more appropriate for this 112-pound catfish caught in the Northeast Cape Fear River in North Carolina.

On the day before Thanksgiving, Riahn Brewington found this monstrous catfish.

Brewington told a North Carolina ABC affiliate about the fish, saying, “In the water, it felt like it was pretty big, but like I said being that big I thought it would have already snapped the line, but I didn’t realize how big he was until I actually got my hands underneath him."

He was fishing with a 10-pound line, so the catch is pretty remarkable.

While the catfish's location is currently unknown, Brewington said he released it back into the river after staging a photoshoot with it.