The Parrot: What other celebrity fish are in the giant carp's league?

The Parrot: What other celebrity fish are in the giant carp's league?

Source: independent

1/27/2016

The Parrot weighed in at 68lb 1oz, a new record for a freshwater fish caught in Britain
As a greengrocer, Dean Fletcher knows the weight of things, so when an alarming bend showed in his rod earlier this month, the veteran angler knew something significant lay at the other end. How significant remains a matter for the British Record Fish Committee to confirm, but few would doubt the figure that Fletcher's scales showed, moments later, on the shores of a lake in Berkshire.

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