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Angler reels MONSTER 9ft catfish from Czech river in epic 50-minute battle

AN ANGLER reeled in a massive 9ft catfish after a gruelling 50-minute battle.

Jakub Vagner, 43, hauled in the epic catch just south of Prague, in the Czech Republic – setting a new national record.

Man holding a 2.68-meter-long catfish.
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Celebrity angler Jakub Vagner set a Czech record with a 9ft catfish[/caption]
A man holding a 2.68-meter-long catfish in a reservoir.
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The Fish Warrior host let the giant catfish swim free again after posing for photos[/caption]
A man holding a 2.68-meter-long catfish.
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The encounter took place at the Vranov Reservoir just south of Prague[/caption]

The celebrity angler was drifting past a rocky overhang in the Vranov Reservoir, on August 4, when he spotted the giant fish gliding below in the early morning light.

He cast his custom-made rod towards it and waited.

“Ten minutes passed and nothing happened. Suddenly, it turned and went straight into my trap,” he said.

This led to “the hardest battle I have ever had with a catfish in the Czech Republic”.

The fish put up such a fight that Jakub had to call in a friend to help him hold onto the rod.

Jakub said: “After almost 50 minutes, it was lying half-tired next to my boat. I was shaking, completely done.”

He released the record-breaking fish back into the water after taking photographs.

He explained: “At 2.68 metres (8.8ft) in length, it’s four centimetres (1.6in) longer than the one I caught last year.

“This is one of the biggest catfish I’ve ever seen in Europe.”

Pictures show the Fish Warrior TV host, aired on the National Geographic Channel, standing in the shallows with the enormous catfish.

The 8.8ft whopper was “not only long, but also brutally tall and broad… a beautiful, almost flawless fish with the potential to grow even bigger”, Jakub said.

He added that catching big fish is all about “morale, dedication and determination” – and stressed he never kills his catches, releasing them so they can keep growing.

It comes after another angler landed a monster 20-stone catfish in Italy following a 45-minute fight to reel it in.

Dramatic images show Benjamin Grunder, 37, wrestling with the catch of a lifetime on the banks of the River Po.

At first, he thought his hook had snagged a submerged tree, but the sheer weight revealed it was a huge fish.

The German angler finally hauled in the 8ft 8in Wels catfish – the largest freshwater species in Europe – estimating it at a colossal 20 stone.

That fish was also released back into the water safe and sound.

A man holding a 2.68-meter-long catfish in a reservoir.
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Jakub Vagner with his record-breaking catch[/caption]

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