PLUCKY Jo Green left her angler husband reeling when she caught this monster carp — and smashed the world record at the same time.
The British fishing fan snared the gigantic beast while on holiday in France with husband Mike.
The carp weighed almost as much as Jo herself at a whopping 84lbs.
Jo, 36, and husband Mike, 45, were sleeping in their tent when they were woken at 4am by an alarm attached to a rod.
Landscape gardener Jo, from Reading, Berks, rushed to the bank and battled with the fish — finally reeling it in after an epic 45 minute fight.
Her catch broke the world record for the biggest carp caught by a woman by an impressive 12lbs.
And it dwarfed Mike’s personal best of 62lbs — netted on the same trip.
Jo released the giant carp — known by locals as the Brown Fish — back into the lake before toasting her success with a cup of tea.
She said: “I was shaking like a leaf afterwards and the record only sunk in about an hour later.
“I am over the moon about it. It was a real beauty.”
Mike added: “I am delighted for her. She is such a good angler.
“Although I would like to have caught it, it makes my life a lot easier because she is happy!
The previous women’s record was held by Dutch angler Sandra Claessen who caught a 73lb mirror carp at another French fishery in November 2009.
Another Brit, Ambrose Smith, grabbed the overall world record when he reeled in "The Scar" in Dijon, France, weighing a staggering 99 lbs.
from Nora Marks
I'm so glad for her, for her catch. She will have a fish story to tell the rest of her life , and it wont be a story
May 4, 2012 at 9:10am | Report Abuse
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