Businessman catches nine foot long catfish in Po

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 5 - A Mantua businessman on Sunday caught an almost nine foot long wels catfish or sheatfish in the Po and freed it "so another fisherman or my children can feel the same thrill as I did".
    Alessandro Biancardi, 43, from Ostiglia (Mantua), said he had waited for "a lifetime to get a catch this big", a 2.85 metre monster weighing 150 kg.
    "Now I've given another fisherman the chance to live my same emotions, and also my children, if they decide to follow in their father's footsteps", Biancardi told local media. (ANSA).