Overview
- Sport anglers Krzysztof Pyra and Adrian Gontarz say they hooked the fish on Oct. 19 in the Rybnik reservoir during a Polska Akademia Wędkarska competition.
- The wels measured 2.92 meters, which would exceed the widely cited 2.85-meter record set in Italy in 2023.
- Polish angling organizations posted photos and a video of the measurement, and the City of Rybnik publicly congratulated the pair.
- After a fight reported at between roughly 90 minutes and 2.5 hours, the estimated 130-kilogram fish was measured, photographed and released.
- Reporting attributes the reservoir’s unusually large catfish to warmer water from a nearby power plant that fosters rapid growth.