An angler caught a 9-foot-long "monster" catfish in an Italian river after a 40-minute battle. The enormous wels catfish is likely "world record" breaking in length. It was the new world record catfish," Biancardi wrote on his fishing team's Madcat's blog. Describing the battle to land the amazing creature, Biancardi wrote on Madcat's website, "I calmly managed to fight what I felt to be a prehistoric fish." This fish will beat the International Game Fish Association's current wels catfish length record by 1.57 inches if confirmed by the association.

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Persons: Alessandro Biancardi, —, Biancardi, Madcat Organizations: Service, Game Fish Association Locations: Italian, Po, Italy, Europe, USA, Mekong, Thailand