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Posted: 2022-11-22T16:45:28Z | Updated: 2022-11-22T16:45:28Z

A British fisherman just caught one of the worlds biggest goldfish , weighing in at a whopping 67 pounds and 4 ounces.

Dubbed The Carrot due to its orange hue, the hybrid leather and koi carp was angled from Champagnes Bluewater Lakes fishery in France more than 20 years after manager Jason Cowler placed it there, per The Daily Mail .

Caught by Andy Hackett, 42, the catch was momentous.

I always knew the Carrot was in there but never thought I would catch it, Hackett told the outlet. I knew it was a big fish when it took my bait and went off side to side and up and down with it. Then it came to the surface 30 or 40 yards out, and I saw that it was orange.

Hackett, a company director from the English town of Kidderminster in Worcestershire, spent 25 minutes reeling it in. He couldnt believe his luck, as The Carrot weighed 30 pounds more than what was previously considered the biggest goldfish in the world.

Jason Fugate caught that specimen in Minnesota in 2019. The Carrot was also more than twice as large as a 30-pound koi carp caught in southern France in 2010 by Raphael Biagini from Italy.

The Carrot is currently believed to be the second-largest goldfish of its kind.