11yr-old English schoolgirl becomes biggest freshwater fish-catching child in Europe.Byline: ANI London, July 16 (ANI): An 11-year-old English schoolgirl has broken the record for the biggest freshwater fresh·wa·ter adj. 1. Of, relating to, living in, or consisting of water that is not salty: freshwater fish; freshwater lakes. 2. Situated away from the sea; inland. 3. fish caught by a child in Europe by hooking a nearly 9ft long catfish catfish, common name applied to members of the freshwater fish families constituting the suborder Nematognathi. The catfish is related to the sucker and the minnow, and like them has a complex set of bones forming a sensitive hearing apparatus. , more than twice the size of her, during a trip to Spain's River Ebro. Jessica Wanstall, from Sittingbourne, Kent, was nearly dragged into the water when the catfish weighing nearly 200lbs took her bait. She had to fight the beast for about 20 minutes, before her 49-year-old engineer father Mark helped her heave heave v. heaved, heav·ing, heaves v.tr. 1. To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force: heaved the box of books onto the table. See Synonyms at lift. it out of the water. Weighing 13.7 stones, the impressive specimen dwarfed the 4ft 10ins tall girl who weighs 5.7 stones. "I didn't realise just how big it was until I saw the photos afterwards af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. afterwards or afterward Adverb later [Old English æfterweard] Adv. 1. . I look tiny next to it," the Telegraph quoted her as saying. "My dad thought it was going to be a small one and I told him it didn't feel small when I picked up the rod. "It was really hard work pulling it in and my arms turned to jelly jelly /jel·ly/ (jel´e) a soft substance that is coherent, tremulous, and more or less translucent; generally, a colloidal semisolid mass. . My dad helped lift it onto the bank and I stood back and just laughed when I saw it. It was massive," she added. Mark, Jessica, and family friend Gary Peet landed 51 catfish during their trip, but Jessica's was by far the biggest. Their fishing guide Bodo Kunkel, who runs Bavarian Guildng Services on the River Ebro, said: "It was a large fish, much bigger than Jessica. She couldn't close her mouth afterwards, she was, how do you say, over the moon. She is the only child to have caught a freshwater fish that big in Spain and probably Europe." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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