English angler catches giant goldfish nicknamed ‘the Carrot’

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English angler Chris with the Carrot
The Carrot weighed in at more than 30kg (five stone)
(Image credit: Bluewater Lakes)

An English angler has managed to land one of the world’s largest goldfish. Known as the Carrot, for its colouring, the fish (a hybrid species of a leather carp and a koi) was put in a lake in Champagne, France, 20 years ago, to give anglers something different to fish for. Since then, the Carrot has grown into quite a whopper, weighing in at more than 30kg (five stone), yet it is rarely seen and, until last week, it had never been caught. Andy Hackett spent 25 minutes reeling the Carrot in, before posing for photos and then putting the fish back. “It was brilliant to catch it, but it was also sheer luck,” he told the press.

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