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When John Farrant caught a 28lb 5oz sea trout he was justifiably proud of what he understood to be the biggest one ever caught.
Indeed Mr Farrant had his prize specimen stuffed and framed, initially displaying it in pride of place at his home in Lyndhurst, New Forest, before eventually selling it in 1993 to an unknown buyer.
But now angling officials believe there is something, well, rather fishy, about his British record. This is now being investigated following claims the fish he caught 27 years ago was actually a trout-salmon hybrid.
The fish was caught by Farrant, off Calshot Spit, near Southampton, Hampshire, in 1992.
Now the British Record Fish Committee (BRFC) is trying to track down its current owner after receiving an anonymous complaint from someone who studied a picture of the monster fish and suspected something about the record was distinctly off.
