A Briton stunned the fishing community by linking one hybrid goldfish with another species in Champagne, France. The sample weighs 30 kg.
Andy Hackett, 42, caught the giant at Blue Water Lakes, in a feat that many believe broke the record for the largest fish of its kind ever caught there.
The goldfish was nicknamed the “carrot” because of its colour.
“I always knew the carrot was there, but I never thought I’d get it,” the fisherman and CEO told Britain’s The Mirror.
According to the article, a carrot is not a file goldfish Pure, but a hybrid type of carp and carp skin presserIt is a common aquarium fish in ponds.
The specimen, which is about 20 years old, was introduced to the lake 15 years ago, “as something different that anglers are trying to catch,” according to a Blue spokesperson. Water lakesJason cowlerto the mirror.
“Since then, it’s grown and grown, but it often doesn’t come out. It’s just too elusive.”
But within minutes it fell into a net Hackett🇧🇷 The fisherman says it took 25 minutes to hook the “carrot,” but he says it’s not without a dose of luck.
“I knew it was a big fish when I took the bait and walked back and forth with it. Then it appeared at 30 or 40 meters and I saw it was orange,” he said. Hackettto the Daily Mail.
