CATch of the day: Schoolboy, 14, snares monster 15 stone catfish after half-hour struggle to land it during holiday in Spain....and it's bigger than him

A schoolboy has landed a catch of a lifetime - a monstrous 8ft catfish weighing the same as a champion boxer.

The carnivorous catfish had snatched the live bait from 14-year-old Sam Lee's line who was on a fishing holiday in Spain with his father Peter.

Weighing in at 208lb, similar to that of boxing champion David Haye, it was never going to be an easy battle to pull him in.The giant catfish immediately bolted 100 metres downstream, but Sam, from Chester, hung on. And finally, after a 35 minute battle, Sam finally landed the 15 stone, 2.5 metre-long fish.

In time honoured tradition, he then posed for the traditional photo to secure bragging rights before letting the creature swim back into the water at the River Ebro in Catalonia

Curled from:Daily mail