What happens when the fish you catch is just too big to land? Is this every fisherman’s dream or nightmare? Angler Eric Axner was fishing from Norway’s Lofoten Islands when he caught the mammoth fish. The 24 year old fought a losing battle to land the monster and finally he jumped into the water so that he could be photographed with the enormous halibut.
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The fish was measured at over 7 feet long and the video shows the angler wrestling with it for a long time before finally conceding defeat and jumping into the water with it. Eric said that if such a big fish had been brought into the boat, it may have capsized.
The monster weighed in at a staggering 222 pounds and apparently would have been enough for 250 filleted portions! Most good restaurants would charge about $30 (£25) for a halibut dish so the fish would have netted an amount of about $7,500 (£6,000)!