A record-breaking monster cod has been snapped up by punters in a British seaside town. The humongous sea creature weighs a whopping 112lbs (51 kg) and measures almost 6ft (180cm) tall.
It was pulled off the coast of Iceland in by fishermen aboard the trawler Bergey and landed on Monday (April 4) in Grimsby, Lincs. The cod, which is believed to be the largest ever hooked in the North Atlantic, and could be 20 years old, was line caught in deep water off Iceland’s North-West coast.
Seafood buyer Nathan Godley bought the prized fish for £165 after hearing that a “head-turning fish” was coming on the market through a salesman for the trawler. A few days later, he proudly displayed the prized cod in his shop window in Grimsby, before selling off fillets to happy locals.
