Huge albino catfish caught from River Ebro

A CARP fishing trip on the river Ebro threw up a big surprise for fishery manager David Coleman when he struck into this huge albino catfish.

Weighing in at 195lb the fish took over two hours to be hauled aboard the boat from which he was fishing from.

Using light carp gear on a 3.25lb test curve rod it was a boilie hookbait on a size 6 hook which fooled the fish unexpectedly much to the delight of Coleman:

“We must have ended up a mile or so downstream from where I first hooked the beast and we struggled to get it in the boat once it had tired. It was so big it nearly snapped our rods when we finally hauled it aboard the boat,” he said.

The fish capped off a fine trip for the Esthwaite Water manager who also caught carp to 47lb.