“That cat was just over 6 feet long, but we knew there was a monster over 8 feet yet to be landed.” It required the use of two slings to haul the catfish onto the shore, and a human body bag ...

Darren Reitz, 34, a binman from Rainham, east London, said "luck" was key to catching the "monster" catfish, which weighed 143lb (64.4kg). Mr Reitz said it took him and three friends about 50 ...

The late-September catch of an 8-foot, 150-pound catfish – said to be the largest ever caught in the UK – has been generating headlines this week. Shaun Ing landed the behemoth at Chigboro ...

"We had already recorded a 143-pound catfish from Maywater and knew it wasn’t the biggest fish left in the lake,” Ing said. “That cat was just over 6 feet long, but we knew there was a monster over 8 ...