That fish is nothing to carp about! Female angler lands biggest fish ever caught by a woman in Britain after stalking prey that weighs more than a Great Dane for two days

A female angler has landed the biggest ever fish caught by a woman in Britain weighing more than a Great Dane after she stalked it for two days. 

Naomi Turner made a new British record when she caught a whopping 72lb 12oz carp at Holme Fen Fishery in Cambridgeshire.

The huge fish is known as Pashley and is the lake’s largest – it is also the biggest to be caught by a woman in Britain. 

Naomi had already spent 48 hours fishing in the shallower parts and hadn’t had much luck, the Angling Times reported. 

The huge fish is known as Pashley and is the lake’s largest – he is also the biggest to be caught by a woman in Britain

She decided to switch up her tactics and try the deeper waters instead after spotting some fish there. 

The female angler’s bait was quickly taken in just two hours and she was soon trying to prise her new catch out of the water. 

Naomi told Angling Times: ‘There was a spot to my left on a small hump surrounded by weed and with minimal bait, I was just hoping to catch one that was venturing through.

‘The rods had only been out a couple of hours, when the left hand rod signalled a slow take, as soon as I connected, the fish had other ideas and found itself lodged firming into a large weedbed.’ 

Naomi had to carefully coerce the fish until she was able to eventually land it in her net. 

Making a splash! Naomi didn’t think she would catch Pashley ‘in a million years’

She described the excitement of landing her surprisingly large catch and added: ‘After a few tears of joy, multiple moments of elation and disbelief, I eventually came to terms that this is potentially the largest carp in the country and the largest carp caught by a female angler in the UK too, a session I certainly won’t forget.’

Naomi’s whopping catch is heavier than the 68lb 1oz previous British mirror carp record however strict rules regarding feeding mean it is not likely to be officially recognised, the Sun reported.

The angler is thrilled with her huge fish and told the Sun: ‘I’d wanted to catch Pashley for a while now but never in a million years did I actually think it would happen.

‘I am still buzzing and think I will be for a while.’