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00:00I'm Jeremy Wade, freshwater detective, explorer, and angler.

00:07I've been fishing the world for over three decades,

00:11but it's the impenetrable Amazon that keeps calling me back.

00:15Now I'm returning to South America on the mission

00:19to spend an entire year going further, deeper, and more remote than I've ever been before

00:27in search of the Amazon's ultimate river monsters.

00:33All along these remote rivers, I've heard stories of a fish so huge it can swallow a man whole.

00:40Locals call it the lau lau.

00:43There was a human body inside.

00:47I've spent 20 years trying to hunt down a single colossal specimen,

00:53but so far this giant has eluded me.

00:57It's left me wondering if there are any still out there.

01:01My mission to find out will push me to the very limit,

01:06but this time I'm not coming back until I catch one.

01:24In 1913, President Roosevelt ventured deep into the Brazilian Amazon

01:30on a dangerous expedition to map a previously unexplored tributary

01:35known as the River of Doubt.

01:40He kept a meticulous journal chronicling life in the remote jungle.

01:46One entry stands out.

01:50Two men were fishing on an Amazon tributary

01:54when, without warning, a vast fish leapt from the water and attacked them.

02:09With wild slashes of their machetes, they fought the animal off.

02:14Until the river ran red with blood,

02:19and the beast succumbed.

02:29Described as a giant over nine feet long,

02:32the culprit could only be one of two legendary South American heavyweights.

02:38I've wrangled huge arapaima many times,

02:41but the other fish stands alone.

02:45Looking more like a shark than a typical catfish,

02:48the piraíba can grow to monstrous sizes,

02:51with the anatomy and, some say, the attitude to tackle human prey.

02:58Also called the laulau, I've hunted this fish for 20 years,

03:04but from Brazil to Colombia to Peru, the trail has gone cold.

03:11A laulau of man-eating proportions,

03:14the piraíba is the largest fish in the world,

03:17and the biggest in the world.

03:20From Brazil to Colombia to Peru, the trail has gone cold.

03:25A laulau of man-eating proportions remains the one glaring absence

03:29on my monster-hunting resume.

03:32Do they really still exist?

03:37But now there's news of a vicious attack by a large fish on a young boy,

03:43on Guyana's Essequibo River.

03:46It's just the lead I've been waiting for.

03:50I immediately make my way to Guyana.

03:53Lying just above the equator at the top of South America,

03:57Guyana is a wild, little-known place.

04:01Almost the entire country is jungle.

04:05I've been here once before, but Guyana's river system is so extensive,

04:09I've barely scratched the surface.

04:13It's the perfect place for a giant to hide.

04:18My journey starts in the capital, Georgetown.

04:25I'm heading to the fish market

04:28to see what the locals know about the attack.

04:31En route, I re-examine Roosevelt's journal.

04:35President Roosevelt was constantly warned about this fish.

04:38The local people feared it a great deal,

04:41and he's pretty detailed in his description.

04:44He says this is a greyish-white fish over nine feet long,

04:47with the usual disproportionately large head and gaping mouth.

04:51And one chilling detail,

04:54it occasionally makes prey of man.

05:00It's a claim that I still hear throughout South America,

05:04over a hundred years on.

05:07But the evidence I need, a man-sized lau-lau,

05:11has so far proven impossible for me to catch.

05:15All I want is some little lead, something to follow up.

05:20Guyana is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities,

05:24but as a former British colony, English is widely spoken.

05:31I pick my way through the market,

05:34taking every opportunity to quiz people about this elusive giant.

05:41Baku. In a river or in the sea?

05:44In a river. They eat shells.

05:47OK.

05:49Now, I've heard of baku in Brazil, which don't really look like this.

05:53They look a bit similar, but that's a pretty powerful-looking jaw there.

05:59The local name of this one, apparently goldbacker,

06:02and they've actually sliced it right down the middle.

06:05Big old mouth, and the beginnings of a very big stomach cavity there.

06:10So, what I'm after, if you were to slice it like this,

06:13this cavity here, which actually goes back further,

06:16that would be big enough to actually get a person in.

06:22So, there's stuff under the counter here.

06:29So, this is a tarpon. It's a big fish, but actually, as tarpon go,

06:32well, they grow a lot bigger.

06:37A real, real river monster.

06:40It's here that the piraíba is known as the lau-lau.

06:44Have you ever had lau-lau come here?

06:46Yes. We've had other fish this size before.

06:49And this was a long time ago?

06:51They live last year.

06:53So, he's saying he saw a fish last year that was getting on for the size of this table,

06:59from the end here up to pretty much where the woman is standing.

07:02Very good news. They're still around, big ones.

07:06But I won't allow myself to get too excited just yet.

07:10I want to know if anyone else has seen one of these giants.

07:15Do you ever see them in here?

07:17Not on the coast, but inland.

07:20We find them inland.

07:22And they can get really huge.

07:24But the big ones are rare.

07:26Are people afraid of them at all?

07:28Yeah, they're dangerous.

07:30Because they're catfish, they have a big mouth.

07:33A really big one, like a 10 or a 12 footer, can swallow a human.

07:41Have you heard any stories of people being attacked, being swallowed?

07:45Yes. You hear about people getting attacked?

07:52Recently, two boys were fishing in a canoe.

07:55Fish with bow and arrow.

07:58And something hit the boat.

08:01And one of them was thrown overboard.

08:05Grabbed him on his leg.

08:10They had to rush the boy for medical attention.

08:13He went back into his village probably about a week ago.

08:16So it's possible that if I'm in that area, if I ask around,

08:20I might even be able to meet the boys or something?

08:23Yes.

08:24Well, I wasn't, to be honest, expecting an awful lot from that.

08:27There weren't any lau lau on view.

08:29People are saying, yes, it's big, it's dangerous, it can swallow you.

08:32But then there's one story which is incredibly similar

08:35to the one in the Roosevelt Journal.

08:38And in this case, the boy was physically grabbed.

08:42Something which sounds totally outlandish,

08:44like it's a complete one-in-a-million event.

08:46But it turns out that maybe it isn't.

08:49It's this apparent malicious intent that sets the lau lau apart.

08:55People say this is a fish that actively targets human prey.

09:01To discover exactly what happened to the young boy,

09:04I find a pilot willing to fly me

09:06into the heart of Guyana's rainforest,

09:08to the boys' village of Apatari.

09:12Down below me is an expanse of rainforest,

09:16so impenetrable that it hid

09:20one of the world's biggest waterfalls, Kajia Falls,

09:23from outsiders until just 150 years ago.

09:28I'm going to try and get as close as I can to it.

09:31I'm going to try and get as close as I can to it.

09:34I'm going to try and get as close as I can to it.

09:37I'm going to try and get as close as I can to it.

09:40I'm going to try and get as close as I can to it.

09:46If true giants are still to be found anywhere,

09:49it's deep in the unspoilt tropical water below me.

09:54But where exactly?

09:57As we approach the small Amerindian outpost of Apatari,

10:01the jungle becomes blanketed by dense cloud.

10:05I have to say, I'm slightly bothered by all this cloud.

10:08It's pretty well unbroken, quite thick.

10:11It could mean it's raining down there.

10:13That could mean higher water levels.

10:15And that is going to make the fishing harder.

10:29I learn that the young boy will arrive with his father later that day.

10:35I'm itching to get a line in the water,

10:37so I head off with a fisherman named Neville to find some bait.

10:44He leads me through the forest to a particular tree.

11:08And actually, we use the seeds.

11:11They're the seeds.

11:13We use the seeds for catching a bait.

11:17We cut it, and then you find a worm inside.

11:20A worm?

11:21The insect just lay inside and then form up a worm.

11:24So that comes from an egg they put inside?

11:26Yes, inside, and then they form up a worm.

11:28Then they spend actually about four to five months

11:32before they fly inside and become an insect.

11:34So it's feeding on the nut?

11:36They're feeding on the nuts.

11:37All the time, feeding on the nuts.

11:39So do you want to open this one?

11:42Ah, there's a hole.

11:44Oh, yeah, yeah.

11:46That's big.

11:48Oh, it's trying to bite me, actually.

11:50It's really sharp because they actually cut through this hard nut.

11:55I can imagine this being a really good bait, actually,

11:57because a grub like this, it's just a sack of amino acids and goodness.

12:05From a fish's point of view, they're going to love that.

12:13One thing this really underlines the importance of local knowledge,

12:16how to actually get started.

12:18If I was having to work this out for myself, I'd just be wasting time.

12:22It's perfect bait to entice smaller fish.

12:25Ah, and the fish are coming already.

12:27That is quite incredible.

12:28You could see the fat forming a sort of slick on the surface,

12:31and these fish just came from nowhere.

12:34Ah, first time.

12:35Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

12:38Look at that.

12:39We're on the way.

12:40This is moving up the food chain.

12:42So from palm grub to miniature fish to slightly bigger fish to top predator.

12:50This is the essentials.

12:51It's just a hook, a little bit of wire just to protect against piranha teeth,

12:54a bit of weight, and a line.

12:56I'm going to whirl that around my head, lob it out.

13:01That's the one.

13:02And then you're feeling with your fingers on the line,

13:05which is what I like to do with the rod, actually.

13:07You get a lot of information if there is anything moving down there.

13:14Now it's a waiting game.

13:22There's something, there's something, there's something, there's something.

13:24Fish.

13:25Something bigger than I bargained for has taken my bait.

13:32I'm bloody off.

13:35Are you going to get it in the mouth?

13:37All right.

13:38Oh, lovely.

13:39That is just a beautiful, beautiful fish.

13:41More to the point, it's very encouraging.

13:44Incredible to think that a couple of hours ago,

13:47a palm nut on the floor in the forest has turned into this.

13:52Known locally as a basher, it has a huge mouth for its size,

13:57but they don't reach anywhere near the size of a man-eater.

14:01I don't want to speak too soon, but if things keep on this trajectory,

14:05then maybe I will get that monster that I came here for.

14:14With bait sorted for the following day, we head back to the village,

14:18where the young boy I heard about at the market is due to meet me.

14:24His name is Nenon.

14:27Still shaken from his ordeal, he's accompanied by his father, Nigel.

14:32Nigel, can you tell me exactly what happened to Nenon in the water?

14:35He was playing in the water with his friends.

14:40And something grabs him on his leg.

14:47One of his friends who was with him shot the creature.

14:52So he was holding on to a canoe while this thing was trying to pull him into the water?

14:56Yeah, he was holding tight on the canoe.

14:58His friends with a bow and arrow shot the animal.

15:11Nenon shows me the scars on his legs.

15:16That's something with some big teeth, isn't it?

15:18I mean, that doesn't look... I heard it was a fish, but this... What was this?

15:22It was a black caiman.

15:25The fact that the perpetrator wasn't a fish is a setback for my search.

15:32My best chance now of finding a laulau is to head even deeper into the rainforest,

15:38following the winding river and setting up camp on its banks.

15:44But the weather is a big concern.

15:46High water from a deluge could drive the laulau upriver beyond reach.

15:52I anxiously check satellite images at the ranger's post.

15:56There's a large front looming,

15:58and my fear is that this could signal the early arrival of the rains.

16:04As the evening draws in before my long journey,

16:07I'm keen to gather as much information as possible.

16:11I sit with some of the village elders,

16:14while a woman named Selvina shares her stories.

16:19I'm trying to catch a laulau.

16:21What can you tell me about the fish in the river?

16:23We know laulau is a big fish.

16:25It's got a broad mouth, but it's got small eyes.

16:29If you're fishing through the river at night time,

16:32you could hear it jump.

16:34Whack!

16:36They fall in the water.

16:38Looking for a deep pool.

16:45I've heard stories that some laulau sometimes will attack people.

16:50Have you heard any stories like that?

16:53I got a story, what my parents told me long ago.

16:58The people like to go fishing to the big pool.

17:01When they're gone, they never come back.

17:04Laulau follow them.

17:10This is a fish that most people spend a lifetime avoiding.

17:14Concerned for my safety,

17:16Selvina has prepared a traditional Amerindian charm for my protection.

17:21This river is very bad with demons.

17:27I pray over this garlic to save you all

17:32when you are travelling in big pools where there are many demons.

17:40Wrap it in your hand, here, and on your foot.

17:45Then put one in your pocket

17:48so that nothing will happen.

17:55It's a sad but familiar story where the laulau is concerned.

18:01Tales of people straying into deep pools, never to be seen again.

18:06Presumed swallowed.

18:13I know the laulau has an enormous mouth,

18:16but do they really grow as big as people say?

18:34I don't know how long this rain has been going.

18:36I woke up to the sound of it.

18:41It's not heavy as yet, but it's pretty constant.

18:46It's not good news.

18:52At dawn, Neville helps me assemble a crew from the village

18:56and gather supplies for the treacherous journey ahead.

19:01I'm dependent on the locals to get me to the remotest parts of this river.

19:06As I feared, there's been unseasonably heavy rain,

19:10and high water disperses the fish, making them much harder to find and catch.

19:16Encouragingly, though, we pass absolutely no other boats,

19:20or boats of any kind.

19:23Perhaps here, laulau really are free to grow, unhindered.

19:29We set camp with help from another man, Josie.

19:35On this trip, more than ever, my gear is critical.

19:39A giant laulau has eluded me for so long that I can't even see it.

19:44I've got to be careful.

19:47More than ever, my gear is critical.

19:50A giant laulau has eluded me for so long that I can't take any chances.

19:55I've got my best equipment from all over the world.

19:59High-tech braided line from Germany, hooks from Japan,

20:03and a custom-made rod from the US.

20:06And finally, a new and unusual addition to my fishing arsenal,

20:11the protective gift bestowed on me back in the village.

20:16I pray over this garlic to save you all.

20:21There are many demons.

20:24I carefully follow her instructions.

20:27Wrists.

20:30Feet. Ankle.

20:33One of the pockets.

20:36Now we're ready.

20:40The next step is to locate the fish.

20:44The thing about big fish is

20:47they get big by minimizing their energy output.

20:51And where you've got a dip, a fish can lie there out of the current

20:55without expending any energy, and also any food that comes down

20:58is going to tumble into that space like a conveyor belt,

21:01bringing food to them.

21:04A very good rule when you're fishing, think like a fish.

21:07Where would you be if you were a fish?

21:11But lau lau are known to migrate with the annual floods.

21:15With this unexpected high water, are they still here?

21:1933 foot off here.

21:22OK, just keep coming.

21:24I use a sonar device to help me decipher the structure of the riverbed

21:28and locate deep pools in which to place my bait.

21:31There's a definite hole here.

21:37There it is.

21:55Despite my early pessimism, there seems to be some interest in my bait.

22:00What is going on there? There's definitely something on the bait.

22:05I gently tighten the line to see what I can feel.

22:09Yeah, there's something going on there.

22:12I'm going to wind down and hit this. Yeah, here we go.

22:28Wow, good to see a fish.

22:32The local name of this fish, apparently, dawalo.

22:34I've seen them before. It's a catfish.

22:36You can't see any tentacles on it,

22:38but they are sort of recessed above the upper jaw

22:42and they poke out just a little way occasionally.

22:45OK, it's not what I'm after.

22:47In fact, the lau lau would probably inhale this in one mouthful easily.

22:53Right. Oops.

22:57Ooh, it's nice to see the swim off like that.

23:06I fish on well into the evening,

23:09but with absolutely no interest in my bait.

23:15There's absolutely nothing. It's pretty depressing.

23:20After dinner, my fishing crew and I share stories.

23:24Surely if huge lau lau are to be found in these waters,

23:28these lifelong fishermen will have had encounters.

23:32What's the biggest lau lau that you've seen?

23:35Well, the biggest lau lau I've ever seen was about 210 or 215 pounds.

23:39That is the biggest fish I've ever seen in my life.

23:42The size of the mouth of that, yeah, we've never seen anything like that.

23:47The size of the mouth of that, would you be able to put your head in?

23:50Would you be able to put your shoulders in?

23:52A human head could fit in very, very easy.

23:55It can do a lot of damage.

23:57People here are very afraid.

23:59I've read something in an old book

24:02about people believing that this fish can actually swallow people.

24:07Have you heard any stories like that at all?

24:10Yeah, I heard stories from an old guy

24:13who was telling me a story about a fisherman

24:15who somehow caught the big fish and carried it to the market.

24:21They're showing off with this big fish.

24:26The fish was looking very big, you know.

24:29Like the belly was full, it had something in its belly.

24:36And when they opened it, there was a human body inside.

24:44Oh, it's mashed up and crushed.

24:49I reckon.

24:59I'm here to catch an elusive giant,

25:02but I'm not getting far.

25:05There's very little doing. I mean, there's nothing doing.

25:08There's nothing really to keep the hope alive at the moment.

25:13I've got to go.

25:19Escaping the afternoon sun, I head back to camp,

25:23but on the way spot two of my guides on a sandbar.

25:34They have made an unusual discovery.

25:37I found it in a ladysmith.

25:39This beast here, this is, in its own right,

25:42a famous river turtle. This is only a medium-sized one.

25:45It's an air breather. It lives practically all its life under the water.

25:48Not that common to see these.

25:50They come up, they just poke their nose to the surface,

25:52and then go down again.

25:54So it's quite nice to see one out in the open.

25:58But I must be extremely careful.

26:01I know from previous experience that turtles can take you by surprise.

26:07The last thing I want is to lose my fingers to those powerful jaws.

26:14Can I feel how heavy it is?

26:16Yes.

26:17Is that all right? If I come round here?

26:19Go for it.

26:20OK.

26:21The safest place to get a secure grip is on the shell behind the head.

26:26That's a heavy animal. That's heavy.

26:29I don't know what that is. That's a good 60 pounds or something.

26:34Oh.

26:36Not doing my back much good. I'm going to put it back down.

26:38It might kick off once it hits the ground.

26:45This animal is actually very eager to get back in the water.

26:47It's very powerful, very powerful limbs.

26:49Those clawed hands, you know, it's almost a bit like a tank, this thing.

26:55One reason we want to get this back is because it's actually eaten.

26:59Throughout the Amazon, it's considered a delicacy.

27:01People spend all their time feeding on fish.

27:04This makes a very welcome change.

27:07It gets pretty hard to get into, but it's very sought after meat.

27:11So, put this back in the water where it's going to be safe.

27:18I can actually go now. I'm going to pop round the other side.

27:24Go on then.

27:32That's impressive, how they can go from being immobile to that sudden burst of speed.

27:37Back into the water. Well, thanks for that. Thank you.

27:46The weather takes a turn for the worse.

27:48Tropical storms are striking every few days, shedding inches of water in just hours.

27:56If this carries on, then the water's going to go up.

27:59It's going to start colouring up.

28:02So, I'm really hoping this is just a passing shower, but no way of telling at the moment.

28:12Even in ideal conditions, lau lau are notoriously difficult to catch.

28:17High water not only makes the river harder to read, it gives fish much more room to hide.

28:23The uneventful hours roll into days.

28:28Almost every waking hour, I have a line in the water.

28:33After 20 years of searching for this fish, I have to keep on battling and maintaining my focus.

28:40I might just get one take, and if I mess things up, then that's it.

28:44There'll come a moment where it could go either way.

28:53The elation of catching a fish that I've been trying to catch for so long,

28:59versus the total despair if it's gone.

29:04When that opportunity comes, I just want things to go the right way.

29:14I decide to change tactics.

29:16I take up position on land to stake out the pools.

29:20Now, is it possible to pull the anchor and just go into the rock, just for quiet water?

29:27If we go closer to the rocks, we're slightly off the main current,

29:30so the bait should just settle to the side rather than more in the middle of the current.

29:37I've found an ideal spot at the perfect time of day.

29:42I've done everything I can to maximise my chances.

29:50Do good things really come to those who wait?

30:08Stop, it's f***ing off.

30:11It's off, whatever it was.

30:17So annoying.

30:21All I can do is get another bait up.

30:33Another session with no interest whatsoever in the bait.

30:41I could be fishing an empty river, pretty much.

30:46I'm tired and frustrated, but I have to keep my wits about me.

30:52At night, the river presents a new dimension of danger.

30:57Navigating at night on this river can be quite hazardous,

31:02mainly because of the rocks, some of which are just under the surface,

31:07and you hit one of those, it could flip the boat, tip you into the water.

31:13It's an experience I don't want to repeat.

31:16On my last trip to Guyana, that's precisely what happened.

31:20Two of my crew were thrown overboard and were lucky to survive.

31:25But I decide to stick with my new tactic of fishing from land.

31:31Neville takes me to a sandbar that he suspects has some deep water alongside.

31:38I just really like this spot.

31:40It's a great place to fish.

31:42It's a great place to fish.

31:44It's a great place to fish.

31:46It's a great place to fish.

31:48It's a great place to fish.

31:51I just really like this spot here.

31:55It's just perfect predator-ambush territory.

31:58This has to give us a better chance than everywhere else.

32:01I'm going to camp on a sandbar here, and actually keep a couple of baits over the night,

32:05sleep next to the rods.

32:09Every day, I've been up at dawn and fishing after dusk.

32:13Now, to maximise my chances, I'm going to keep a line in the water through the night.

32:18through the night. If I fall asleep, I might miss a take, so I'll need some high-tech gear

32:23to keep me on guard. I'm pretty well attuned to these things. Basically what happens,

32:29the line is passing over a roller there, and if the line moves at all,

32:37it actually sends to this receiver here, and this buzzes. It also vibrates.

32:44I've got some quite big baits on. If anything goes, it ought to be something quite interesting.

32:50So it's not just a waiting game. It's time, time, time, time.

33:07Yeah.

33:14I'm not really quite sure what time of the morning it is now, but it's been very,

33:23very quiet tonight. Nothing really doing, though until this. Apparently they call this a blinker

33:30locally. Pretty as this fish is, I'm after something that could actually swallow this

33:35thing easily, and possibly even swallow a person. The thing I'm after is more predatory,

33:40more monstrous than this by a long way. This is a fish I've been on the trail of

33:52for 20 years now, since I first came to South America, trying to work out where the big ones

33:58are still to be found. Most places, the trail has gone cold.

34:05This place that I thought was unknown to outsiders, I might have left too late, too late.

34:17Fishing daytime, nighttime, evening, morning. I'm starting to lose track of time, what

34:25day it is. I'm in this sort of in-between state. It's not exactly awake. It's not exactly asleep.

34:35Somewhere halfway between the two, the place gets to you.

34:43I must keep my eyes on the prize, a man-sized lau lau.

34:51After resting up into late afternoon, I head back to the rock where I lost the fish just

34:56a few days ago. The water has definitely dropped.

35:17Oh, there's something, there's something, there's something, there's something, there's something.

35:27A deceptive amount of line out here. That's a good sign. First cast,

35:33fish has woken up. All right, there's the leader in sight. That's red tail catfish.

35:41Well, I'm hoping that's not just a one-off. That's almost like

35:45the switch has been thrown. Incredible to get a take on the first cast.

35:57It's just blowing air out of the gills. And that clicking noise, the squeak,

36:04is the pectoral fin. It's a small red tail catfish, but it's activity. There's finally

36:10some activity here. Not a huge fish, but could be quite a good sign.

36:22If the perfect-sized prey have become active, perhaps the lau lau isn't far away.

36:33The weather is also clearing, and telltale tide marks begin to appear on the boulders.

36:40As the water recedes, the fish should become more concentrated.

36:43Today, I saw a rainbow, and that lifted my spirits.

36:51Maybe I'm clutching at straws, but I'm possibly feeling a little glimmer of hope.

37:07I awake to the calls of howler monkeys.

37:09And for the first time in over a week, set out into a bright, clear day.

37:17Maybe just here. I position a bait in the middle of the pool,

37:22then pay the line back to the rock.

37:31It's when the fish takes, particularly a big fish, it can go for the big fish.

37:36It's when the fish takes, particularly a big fish,

37:38it can go to just complete chaos in a fraction of a second.

37:45If you don't do everything right, that's when you can get human error.

37:52A lifetime of observing and refining my skills has brought me to this place. The trap is set.

38:05I'm bringing about 150 yards of line here.

38:29It's a truly bizarre-looking fish known as a dewala.

38:34It's just so quiet at the moment. I'd actually rather not be catching,

38:37to be honest. I want the bait to sit there until a laula comes along.

38:40What it does mean, though, is I've got to get the bait back out there again, get the boat out.

38:51I'm just going to take up slack on here.

38:54I'm going to put that down until something decisive happens.

39:12That's more serious.

39:13This time, I have no doubt about what's on my line.

39:20That's gone solid.

39:26Harness. Harness around my waist.

39:36I've got to get it out of the way, please.

39:46Neville!

39:47I don't like my fish. It's a pain in the ass. I'm sorry.

39:53Well, that's a laula. It's a laula.

40:00This gear is designed for the heaviest ocean giants.

40:09But is it strong enough?

40:13Just round the rock.

40:19I'm using thick monofilament line for just this reason.

40:24But it's being tested to its limit.

40:27I can't let that line break.

40:33Can you get that away, please? We need to be careful with this.

40:42That's good. It's out of the rock, whatever it wants.

40:47But this fight is not over yet.

40:52The fish is nowhere near tired yet.

40:57Neville!

41:00Move on the rope, please.

41:03There it is. Just be very careful, Neville.

41:06The fish could kick off, even though it's like this.

41:10Can someone help me around the waist?

41:14It's an unbelievably muscular animal built for speed and power.

41:19What I might try and do is get that hook out first.

41:22And there's its signature weapon.

41:25That enormous mouth.

41:39It's got a bit of a bite.

41:40I want to bring it somewhere where it can't, if it kicks, it's not sloping down.

41:44I have to work quickly to remove the hook.

41:47Good.

41:48And measure this enormous beast.

41:50I don't want it to be out of the water any longer than absolutely necessary.

41:56About 10 inches.

41:58And girth in front of the dorsal fin is 50.

42:03I'm having to use scales designed for lifting concrete blocks.

42:07That's OK. Lift, lift, lift.

42:10258, 256, 257, 254.6.

42:15I think, guys, you can put it down.

42:16So that's a 250-pound fish.

42:20My whole life, I've longed for this moment.

42:27President Roosevelt's account inspired me to look for one.

42:30He never actually saw one.

42:31But here it is.

42:33This moment is actually very short for us.

42:35I think it's got to go back in.

42:37And we'll let it swim back down into the depths.

42:45I really actually wanted to sit and just look at it and look at it and look at it.

42:47But you can't.

42:49I think, as every child, that fish will never be seen by anybody again.

42:53There's bigger ones down there.

42:54Believe it or not, there are bigger ones down there.

42:56But maybe that's big enough for me for now.

42:59If ever something was worth waiting for, it's this.

43:04The river monster of a lifetime.

43:18So

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