CATCH OF THE DAY

A BRITISH MAN CAUGHT A 771-POUND FRESHWATER STINGRAY:

Recently, 45-year-old Ian Welch of Aldershot, England (--about 40 miles southwest of London), was in Thailand to help with a fish tagging program . . . when he reeled in a stingray that turned out to be the BIGGEST FRESHWATER FISH ever caught
--Check out the specs on Ian's behemoth catch . . . --The stingray weighed 771 POUNDS. That's 125 pounds heavier than the previous record-holder, a 646-pound catfish caught in 2005 . . . and it's even heavier than a typical silverback gorilla. (!!!)--The stingray was seven-feet long by seven-feet wide . . . plus a ten-foot tail.--It took 13 men a total of 90 minutes to hoist the fish onto the boat.--According to Ian, the stingray, quote, "dragged me across the boat and would have pulled me into [the water] had my colleague not grabbed my trousers. It was like the whole earth had just moved. I knew it was going to be a big one." (Sun)

(--Check out some pictures of Ian and his mammoth catch here . . .)