A York woman damaged her arm after reeling in this massive 139-pound catfish.

Kylie Gunn, who rarely goes fishing, believes it could be a record catch for a woman.

The 29-year-old, who has moved to Spain from Holgate, hooked the catfish while out on her boat in the Costa Dorada, with her partner, Derek Curzon, and his son, Nolan.

But she has been taking painkillers ever since after straining her arm under its weight. I don't usually fish but that day I decided to have a go," she said.

"I was between Derek and Nolan, but it went for my bait. It didn't look that big in the water at first, but it took about 20 minutes to reel in.

"It was that big we couldn't get it into the boat. I struggled to reel it in." Kylie, who is currently staying with her parents off Holgate Road, said it could be one of the biggest catfish caught by a woman in the area.

"My friends say it must be the biggest," she said. "I was over the moon - I got quite drunk that night. The catfish was really ugly, it really scared me when it was put on my knee!

The fish was put back into the water after being photographed.

The biggest ever catfish was caught in Khazakstan and weighed 202 pounds.

Meanwhile, The Blue Bicycle, in Fossgate, was delivered a whopper of its own - a halibut weighing an incredible 19 stone. The mammoth fish - nicknamed Lennox after heavyweight boxer Lennox Lewis - was caught off the coast of Scotland and cost the restaurant £900.

Restaurant director Kenny Noble said they would get 250 portions of grilled halibut out of it.

Updated: 08:49 Wednesday, June 25, 2003