British Fisherman land 18stone monster .....with a piece of sweetcorn

A retired Royal Navy officer used a tiny piece of sweetcorn as bait on a fishing trip - and landed an absolute monster weighing more than 18 stoneDavid Kent, 54, on the left of the picture, was on holiday in Thailand with his wife Isabel when he decided to try his luck in a nearby lake. He didn't have a single nibble all day and was about to pack up - when suddenly he had the bite of his life. After almost an hour battling the monster from the deep, Mr Kent landed a Giant Meekong Catfish more than 7ft long.


It was weighed in a giant sling and tipped the scales at 260lbs - a new World record.
Mr Kent - known as Dai - said: 'I managed to shatter that by some distance - this was the big daddy of the species, I am very proud to have caught it.
'I usually catch bass weighing four or five pounds off the Pembrokeshire coast so this was a bit bigger than I'm used to.' And the specimen fish will live to fight another day - after being weighed and photographed it was gently returned to the water