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Monster of the sea: Paul Stevens was overjoyed with his incredible 83lbs catch in the sea off Norway</b></span></p>
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<h1><span style="color:#660000;">Meet the codfathers!</span></h1>
<h1><span style="color:#660000;"><span style="font-size:large;"> Fisherman Paul Stevens caught a massive 83lb cod off the coast of Norway<br />
But then his friend Bert Williams caught a 93lb beast the following day<br />
Experts say once-threatened species is thriving in Scandinavian waters </span></span></h1>
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<div class="imageCaption"><span style="font-size:small;"><b>Bert Williams battered his friend&#8217;s catch the next day with a 93lbs beast &#8211; the biggest cod ever caught by a British angler</b></span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">Two British fisherman are celebrating today after landing two of the biggest cod ever caught.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">Paul Stevens was overjoyed with his monster 83lbs catch in the sea off Norway. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">But then his fisherman friend Bert Williams battered it the next day with a 93lbs beast &#8211; the biggest cod ever caught by a British angler.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">His catch is still 10lbs off the world record but experts believe it is only a matter of time before the title is taken as the once-threatened species is now thriving in Scandinavian waters.</span></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><span style="font-size:small;"><b>It was not just plucky Brits who struck it big as Norwegian guide Johan Mikkelson also caught an 89lb cod</b></span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">Bert reeled in his five foot-long catch after a frantic 20 minute battle off Soroya, Norway.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">The 71-year-old, from the Wirral, Merseyside, said he thought he had snared a whale to begin with.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">He said: &#8216;I&#8217;ve never felt anything like it before. As soon as it caught my bait it pulled 20 metres of line from my reel &#8211; the only time that has happened before is when I got snagged on a boat propeller.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8216;When I&#8217;d recovered I saw there was so much air coming up out of the water I thought it was some kind of whale, it was just so big. It took two men to get in in the boat.&#8217;</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">Sadly Bert&#8217;s leviathan died after it was reeled in but there are now plans for it to be mounted in the Norfolk office of Sports Quest Holidays, which arranged the trip.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">Paul, 39, head guide for Sports Quest Holidays, said: &#8216;The look on Bert&#8217;s face when he caught it was priceless. He wasn&#8217;t far off the world record.&#8217;</span></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><span style="font-size:small;"><b>The friends think the abundance of cod in the waters is due to a ban on catching capelin &#8211; as the cod&#8217;s mouths are overflowing with capelin when they are reeled in</b></span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8216;It was absolutely enormous, I couldn&#8217;t believe it was real. Even though it was 10lbs bigger than mine I was delighted for him. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8216;I think we are going to have a world record soon because the cod there are just gorging themselves.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8216;I think it is because of a ban on catching capelin which is their main source of food, their mouths are overflowing when we pull them in.&#8217;</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">It was not just plucky Brits who struck it big as Norwegian guide Johan Mikkelson also caught an 89lb cod.</span></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><span style="font-size:small;"><b>Tom Ascott, 32, from Dorset, hauled in the world record shore-caught cod earlier this month, which weighed an incredible 66lb 8oz </b></span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">The monster catches came after William Irving, of west Wales, landed a 70lb 5oz cod in the same stretch of water.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">And they follow the world record breaking exploits of Dorset man Tom Ascott, 32, who hauled in the world record shore-caught cod earlier this month, which weighed an incredible 66lb 8oz and was gifted to Norwegian locals.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:small;">The UK cod record stands at 58lbs 6ozs.</span></div>
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Great fishing: Anglers celebrate landing two of the biggest cod ever caught including a monster 93lb beast off the Norwegian coast
