When Stephen Pullen embarked on his first ever trip targeting catfish, he could never have imagined that he'd end up catching what's thought to be one of the largest freshwater fish in UK waters.
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He was on a session with his brother-in-law, Luke Mason, at Earls Colne Fishery near Colchester, and the pair had already banked seven 'cats' to 40lb when the enormous 135lb specimen picked up his double boilie just as the pair were about to pack up.
“I knew it was something special as it almost reached the other side of the lake, despite the clutch being screwed down tight!” Stephen told us.
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“After a long, slow fight, and with the help from other anglers on the lake, I managed to land it. Although I had it on my wedding anniversary, my wife let me off when I told her it was my ‘fish of a lifetime’!”
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