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One angling guide from Thailand has managed to catch what is believed to be the largest carp ever caught in the history of sport fishing.

Fishing Adventures Thailand professional guide Kik’s carp was found to weigh some 265 pounds (120 kg) after he caught it on the Bung Sam Lan Lake on July 2nd.

The guide had only gone out to the waterway to test a new custom-built fishing rod he had been developing and ended up catching the largest Siamese giant carp ever recorded.

Thai guide in record carp catch - Fish and Fly - fly fishing news, fly fishing instruction and fly fishing video

タイの釣り師が265ポンド(120kg!)の巨鯉を釣り上げたというお話。
ちなみに今までの淡水魚世界記録は185kg の Arapaima gigas だそうです。
本当は 82kg だったらしいと言う情報が、コメント欄で指摘されました。
それは、それでスゴイですね。

ニューヒーロー誕生ですね。
しかし以前お伝えしたニュースでは 40.2kgだったのに一気に３倍とは…
世界は広いモノです。

ANGLER Graham Slaughter shows off his record-breaking carp catch — the first in the world to weigh more than 40 kilos.

It took him 20 minutes to land the mirror carp, which tipped the scales at a whopping 40.188kg (6st 3lbs). Graham, 42, of Worksop, Notts, said: “To be first to break the elusive 40kg mark is a great feeling.”
The Sun Online - News: Hook me, it’s a 6st carp

20分に及ぶ格闘の末、世界最大の鯉(40.188kg!)を釣り上げた釣り師グラハムのお話。

強烈にでかいです。
これは本当に鯉なんでしょうか？