'World Record' Catfish Caught By Italian Angler

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An Italian fisherman caught a catfish that would have broken the world record for the largest ever to be caught, but lost out on the milestone after setting the monster fish free. The gilled Goliath was caught by angler Alessandro Biancardi in the River Po and measured 285cm - making it the largest ever to be caught. In a blog post for his fishing team MADCAT, he wrote: “I calmly managed to fight what I felt to be a prehistoric fish". “I followed it for 40 endless minutes. When it surfaced for the first time, I really realised that I hooked a monster, the adrenaline started pumping hard and the fear of losing it almost sent me into a panic, I was alone facing the biggest catfish I have ever seen in 23 years” Biancardi then had to leap off his boat to bring the catch ashore before swimming to retrieve his boat and equipment, which had begun to float downriver. Alongside ten witnesses, an official measurement was carried out - and the size of the fish surpassed the current record holder by an incredible 40 cm. However, Biancardi won't be given an official world record because he decided to release his catch back into the river rather than weigh it. This fish will, however, qualify for the International Game Fish Association's catch-and-release length record, if confirmed by the IGFA.