On November 11th the Spanish carp record was broken with a 40,2 kg (88lb 6oz) common carp. Angler David Aldana managed to catch the huge fish at the Mequinenza Reservoir.
This October a Dutch angler managed to capture a huge common carp from well know public water Lac du Der-Chantecoq in France. There is little known about the 96lb (44 kg) common carp.