Britain’s biggest ever freshwater catfish AKA “The Duke”

Plasterer Dayne Bosworth had to wrestled with the monster fish, which he later nicknamed “The Duke”. The catfish went for his mackerel bait in the depth of the lake at Oakwood Park Fishery in Norfolk.

This big catch came along after a four-day fishing, while he was in his tenth and resting, Mr Bosworth was woken up in his tenth when his rod alarm went off and his reel started screaming as the giant catfish darted off.

“On the final day of our day trip  woke up and  got out of my bivvy, and just as I was having a stretch and  yawn my rod alarm went off. I knew straight away that it was a big fish by the sheer power of it.

It took a good wrestling with the 7ft Catfish  before it was put under control. It took about 20 minutes to tire and get the fish under control, he could not do it alone and therefore, he had to enlisted the help of friends to haul the big catch to the bank using a special landing net.

It took three  people to get the fish out of water, Mr Bosworth say “I was blown away by their sheer size and power, and from then on I’ve concentrated on catching the biggest catfish”  and Mr Bosworth certainly caught one that may be considered as the biggest catch in Britain