Huge catfish would obliterate a record

Huge catfish would obliterate a record

By David Strege

Source: yahoo

1/3/2024

A fisherman in England landed a 133-pound wels catfish at a catch-and-release pay lake in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, that apparently would qualify as a British record, and by a lot.

The catch by Tomas Marcinkevicius “would obliterate” the official record of 62 pounds caught from Withy Pool in 1997, according to AnglingTimes.

But Marcinkevicius, who is an avid fisherman of catfish, isn’t interested, telling AnglingTimes, “It’d be nice, but I already know of larger UK cats that’ve been caught. I’m just happy with the fish.”

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