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Angler Benjamin Grunder struggles to hold on to the catch-of-a-lifetime after hooking a record-breaking catfish.



Benjamin Grunder holding his 286lbs record-breaking monster catfish



The 8ft 8ins whopper took more than 45 minutes to land

Benjamin, 37, thought his hook had snagged a submerged tree when the monster fish went for his bait, such was the colossal weight of it.

He quickly realised it was a big fish and spent a gruelling 45 minutes reeling it towards the banks of the River Po in Italy.

German Benjamin estimated the 8ft 8ins Wels catfish - the largest freshwater fish in Europe - at a whopping 286lbs or 20st.

Although the catch broke the existing record on the Po by 6ozs it is unofficial as it wasn't weighed on scales.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/57496...-after-battling-for-45-minutes-to-reel-it-in/
 

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I always wondered if the Wels Catfish could survive here if it did I would bet it would eat everything in the lakes and rivers.
I wonder if they even taste good.
 

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Very cool, but...?

German Benjamin estimated the 8ft 8ins Wels catfish - the largest freshwater fish in Europe - at a whopping 286lbs or 20st.
Although the catch broke the existing record on the Po by 6ozs it is unofficial as it wasn't weighed on scales.

Sooooooo.... they guessed. Yeah, ok.
 

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Even if it were weighed... you could swing 6oz on 286 pounds just by how much time elapsed between pulling it out of the water and weighing it.
 

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