After battling for almost an hour with his hands gripped to his rod and adrenaline pumping through his body, a British tourist has caught the world’s biggest Siamese carp – weighing the same as a person.
Andy Harman, from Reigate, Surrey, finally reeled in the whopping 10st 6lbs fish while on holiday in Thailand – after he had it on the line for an exhausting 50 minutes.
The keen angler, who was holidaying at the idyllic three-acre Palm Tree Lagoon fishing resort in Ratchaburi, used the simple bait of bread to lure the mammoth fish in – followed by a huge amount of patience and muscle work.
At 150lbs, the monster weighed in at 16lbs heavier than the previous record , which, strangely, was also caught by someone from Surrey on holiday in Thailand.
Keith Williams, of Carshalton, got the perfect 56th birthday present when he caught a 134lb carp at Gillham’s fishing resort in Krabi.
Mr Harman told GoFishing.co.uk: ‘It was eventually netted via a rectangular arapaima cage as it was too big for a landing net.
‘It beat my previous Siamese carp best of 84lbs and although it is bigger than the current IGFA [International Game Fish Association] record I’m not going to be putting a claim in as I’m currently fishing for one believed to be even bigger at another venue that to date has not been landed before.’