British garbageman reels in record-size fish weighing 64.4kg

British garbageman reels in record-size fish weighing 64.4kg

Source: 9news

5/1/2024

British garbageman reels in record-size fish weighing 64.4kg

Credit: Chigborough Fisheries, Essex

A garbageman has landed what is believed the biggest freshwater fish ever caught on a rod in the United Kingdom.
It took Darren Reitz, 34, and three men 50 minutes to reel in the gigantic 64.4kg catfish from waters at Chigborough Lakes nature reserve in Essex.

Reitz had fished for 14 hours without a single nibble on April 27, but his luck changed when he switched his bait, he told the UK Telegraph.

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