16 Jul 2009
11 Year Old Kentish Girl Lands Fish Twice Her Size
Angling, Ebro River, Field Sports, Gamefish Records, Spain, The Right Stuff, Wels catfish
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11 Year old Jessica Wanstall of Sittingbourne, Kent, on vacation with her father in Spain, set a new world record for a freshwater fish caught by an angler aged 16 and under, by landing a nearly 9′ (2.74 m), 13 stone 8lb (193lb – 87.7 k) Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) from the Ebro River. The catfish was considerably larger than the young angler, but was defeated in 20 minutes.