A British fisherman who travelled more than 2,500 miles to carry out his hobby has had his determination rewarded after catching a carp weighing as much as a baby hippo.

Warren Harrison drove from Denton, Manchester to a 28-acre lake in Hungary in a desperate bid to catch a huge fish.

The 54-year-old couldn't believe his luck when he felt a tug on his line and reeled in a carp, which was more than 5ft long and weighed 101lb 8oz.

A British fisherman who travelled more than 2,500 miles to carry out his hobby has had his determination rewarded after catching a carp weighing as much as a baby hippo

The father-of-two has now described the catch - the third biggest of its kind and second biggest by a Briton - as a 'monster'.

Describing reeling it in, he said: 'As soon as I got to my rod and felt it I realised it was massive, and I turned to my mate and said: "This is a monster".

'Half an hour is a very long time to try and land a fish, my arms were in agony and sweat was just pouring down my face. I was boiling hot, but it was so cold even our kettle had frozen solid.

'I just kept seeing this big vortexes bubbling up in the water and when it popped up I just though "Jesus".'

Warren Harrison drove from Denton, Manchester to a 28-acre lake in Hungary in a desperate bid to catch a huge fish. He is pictured above with his carp

The 54-year-old couldn't believed his luck when he felt a tug on his line and reeled in a fish, which was more than 5ft long and weighed 101lb 8oz

The fish was so heavy Mr Harrison needed his friend David Treasure to help drag it onto the scales.

He said: 'I couldn't pick it up and we had to both lift it to be weighed. My fingers were trembling with the weight when I posed for the pictures.

'It wasn't a world record but I'm still pretty chuffed with it, as it's the second biggest carp caught by a British angler.'

The biggest carp ever landed by a Brit was caught by Hampshire's Stephen Weir at the same venue last year and weighed in at 104lb 2oz.