A fisherman has caught a carp weighing over 30 kilos, so large that some on social media have called it a “monster”.
“Carrot” (carrot), as the goldfish was nicknamed, was caught by the British fisherman Andy Hackett in the Bluewater lakes of Champagne (France) earlier this month.
The carrot is a hybrid species of leather carp and koi carp, and has been dubbed by British newspapers as one of the world’s largest goldfish, as photos of Hackett holding his prize with both hands made headlines in Britain . . Both the Daily Mail and the BBC began referencing the 1975 shark thriller ‘Jaws’, with the Daily Mail headline shouting: “We’re going to need a bigger aquarium!”
It was such a heavy fish that Hackett spent 25 minutes spinning the reel. After taking a photo with “Carrot”, he put it back in the water. “I knew it was a big fish when it took my bait and moved side to side and up and down with it. Then it surfaced 100 to 150 feet and I saw it was orange. It was amazing to catch , but also pure luck .””, explained the British fisherman.
Source: Clarin
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