Friends' 258lb catfish is a reel record-breaker

THIS record-breaking 258lb catfish needed five British holidaymakers - and a 30-minute battle to reel it in.

- By Kate Pounds

Josh Garrity was fishing at Mequinenza in Spain when a powerful tug on his line nearly pulled him into the river.

The digger driver and his four friends had to use a mat as a slide to pull the 9ft 9in European Wels catfish onto the bank of the Segre delta.