Record-Breaking Giant Catfish Caught In Spain, Then Burped and Released

posted Thursday, 4 August 2005

The Ultimate Catch And Release Experience

This photograph, released on Monday Aug. 1, 2005, shows Duncan Rooke, 32, left and Stephen Buss, 30, as they haul in a record-breaking catfish in the River Ebro, near Barcelona in Spain on July 6, 2005.

The 7ft 7in, (2.3 meters) 212lb (96kgms) female fish is the biggest freshwater catch ever made by a British angler and nearly pulled 32-year-old gas engineer Rooke back into the river once he had hold of her.

After weighing the fish and burping her to get rid of the air in her stomach she was released. Photo taken on July 6. (AP Photos/HO/PA)