14-year-old schoolboy lands an 8-foot long catfish while holidaying in Spain

#catfish #catalonia We have read about such feats in story books but it can, and has, happened in real life when a 14-year-old schoolboy caught a monster of a catfish while on holiday in Spain with his father. The fish was 8-foot long and, weighed 208-lb – in weight, it was like that of David Haye, a champion boxer. Needless to say, it was the catch of a lifetime for the boy.
It seems the carnivorous catfish had snatched the live bait from 14-year-old Sam Lee's line and immediately bolted 100 meters downstream, but Sam, from Chester, hung on and, after a 35 minute battle, he landed the monster of the fish. Later, as per time honored tradition, he posed for the traditional photo to secure bragging rights before releasing it back into the waters of the River Ebro in Catalonia.
Landing monsters of catfish is not new to Sam who attends Upton High School. He has loved fishing for years and his latest catch is the biggest yet but, he had landed a 133lb catfish on the same stretch of river during a holiday last year.
Talking of minsters of catfish - earlier this year an eight foot 260lb Wels catfish was caught in Italy by angler Dino Ferrari on the River Po in Italy. However, the weight of the Guinness World Record is of 297lbs, 9 oz. And, the biggest on record is the Mekong catfish, found in Southeast Asia, which was recorded as 8ft 9in long and weighed slightly less than 646 pounds.