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People like to take part in the pastime because it gives them the opportunity to get their own food straight from the lake.<\/p>\n
However, one man from Essex received more than he bargained for after he felt the line tighten.<\/p>\n
This is because James Jones had just caught a catfish that weighed a massive 65 kg, which made it Britain's biggest ever freshwater fish.<\/p>\n
It took Mr Jones two hours – and the help of two friends – to drag the fish out of the water.<\/p>\n
Amazingly, the cold blooded creature weighed nearly the same as the man, who said that he is usually somewhat of an unlucky angler.<\/p>\n
"I could not believe if when I felt the tug on the rod – I knew it was something big. It took me about an hour before I even saw it," he added.<\/p>\n
Posted by Mark Wilkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Jones caught Britain’s biggest ever freshwater fish at an Essex lake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n