How I reeled in UK's 'biggest' fish: Amateur angler 始める，決めるs new freshwater 記録，記録的な／記録する after 戦う／戦いing for 50 minutes to 運ぶ／漁獲高 in monster 143lb catfish (にもかかわらず not 上陸 anything else all day)

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An amateur angler who went all day without catching anything has landed the UK's biggest ever fish caught by 棒 in freshwater.

Darren Reitz, 34, said he and three others had to 戦う／戦い for 50 minutes to 運ぶ／漁獲高 the 143lb catfish out of Chigborough Lake on Saturday night.?

The dustman from Rainham in Essex had started his day of fishing at the nature reserve in Maldon, Essex at 8.30am but had failed to catch a 選び出す／独身 fish.

After more than 12 hours fishing, at around 10.30pm, Mr Reitz said something finally took his bait and an hour after struggling against the monster fish, he was 重さを計るing his catch.

The previous 記録，記録的な／記録する for a catfish was 始める，決める at 130lb and the?British 記録，記録的な／記録する (棒-caught) Fish 委員会 (BRFC) has encouraged the 記録，記録的な／記録する-breaking fisherman to （人命などを）奪う，主張する his 肩書を与える.?

Darren Reitz 提起する／ポーズをとるing with his 記録，記録的な／記録する-breaking catch. The 143lb-catfish was 運ぶ／漁獲高d out of Chigborough La ker at 10.30pm after more than 12 hours of fishing

The dustman, 34, said he was over the moon at his catch which he only managed to land after changing his bait.

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The angler said he was overjoyed by his catch which has been 愛称d Scar.?

Mr Reitz, who started fishing in 2017,? ignored the advice of his friends and after a long day of 失望 switched his bait and managed to land the 巨大（な） catch.

But it wasn't all plain sailing.

He told The Telegraph: 'My friends started panicking as it was 明確に a big fish and they were telling me how I should pull it out.'

The fish could be the largest ever caught in the UK and Mr Reitz said he was a 'over the moon'.

'I can’t stop talking about it, you never think you will catch something like that.' he said.?

Mr Reitz only took up fishing in 2017 after 存在 the 犠牲者 of an unprovoked 強襲，強姦 in a nightclub in 2017 which left him needing plates 挿入するd into his 直面する

Chiggboro 漁業s 地位，任命するd about Mr Reitz 業績／成就 on their Facebook page

In a 地位，任命する on Facebook, Chigboro 漁業s said: 'The grizzly 天候 over the 週末 didn't 鈍らせる the spirits for Darren Reitz'.

They 含むd photos of the angler next to his 巨大（な） prize-winning catch.?

What is a catfish??

Catfish are are the largest freshwater fish in the UK.

The predatory fish scavenge 同様に as 追跡（する） and eat most baits.

They have also been known to eat small animals and birds and can be very strong.

Living up to 90 years, catfish can grow to be bigger than 600lbs.

?They are classed as an invasive 外国人 種類 and are under strict 支配（する）／統制するs to keep their 全住民 numbers low.

A catfish leaping out of the water

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Nick Simmonds, 長官 to the BRFC, said the 記録，記録的な／記録する for a catfish was 始める，決める in 2000 at 62lb but 記録，記録的な／記録する keeping was の近くにd in October 2000 over 恐れるs it was encouraging the 違法な 輸入 of large catfish.

On November 9, 2023, the BRFC 再開するd 記録，記録的な／記録する-持つ／拘留するing and 始める，決める 130lb as the （判断の）基準.?

The BRFC 長官 has encouraged the 記録，記録的な／記録する-breaking fisherman to come 今後 and （人命などを）奪う，主張する his prize.

The 143lb-catfish is thought to be not only the biggest catfish caught in Britain but it's 公式に the biggest of any fish caught on a 棒 in freshwater in the UK.

Mr Reitz has already received a reward for his hard work.

After 解放（する）ing the gigantic fish into a different lake, Chigborough's 漁業 （強制）執行官, who looks after lakes and makes sure anglers are に引き続いて the 法律, paid him £143 in cash.

The fishing club had been looking to 除去する catfish from the lake Mr Reitz was fishing in and were delighted by his surprising catch.?

The cash prize and his new 記録，記録的な／記録する have spurred Mr Reitz on and he is hoping to come 支援する next 週末 and catch another 抱擁する catfish.

The dustman only started fishing in 2017 after 存在 attacked in a nightclub?in Southend-on-sea, Essex earlier in the year.?

He took up fishing and motocross, a form of off-road motorbike racing, after 存在 the 犠牲者 of an unprovoked attack which he said resulted in him needing metal plates 挿入するd into his 直面する.?