The mirror carp, became Britain's biggest native freshwater fish in 2001 when he weighed in at a record 59lbs 12ozs. He kept gaining until he hit 67lbs 14ozs in 2008.

Frenchman Raphael Biagini is not your typical fisherman. At 30, he has a passion for big fish, very big fish. But not any big fish. Big carps. He is a specimen hunter. His biggest catch: a mirror ...

End of the line for giant carp Two Tone after body 'rejected' by Natural History Museum. It appears there may be no glory in death for Two Tone the carp, after calls to see him displayed at the ...

Weighing exactly 99lbs, this monster mirror carp took a fisherman an agonising 20 minutes to reel in. But for Ambrose Smith, it was worth the struggle – the catch has smashed the 94lb world ...