By Emine Sinmaz PUBLISHED: 10:36 EST, 11 September 2013 | UPDATED: 16:54 EST, 11 September 2013 For years, it was the one that got away. But this 150-year-old halibut’s luck is finally over after it was caught off the coast of Norway, weighing a whopping 31 stone. The giant fish is 20 times the average weight for the species and could feed more than 500 people. What a whopper! The 150-year-old halibut, minus its head, with anglers Dean Robert (left), who landed the fish, and John Morrow Quite a catch: Anglers in Hull - from left, Neil Cutsforth, Dean Roberts, John Morrow and filleter Rob Pinch - used the fish's colossal weight to estimate its age
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Giant fish 20 times the average weight for species and could feed 500
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Caught off the coast of Norway before being shipped to Hull
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'It's a monster,' says fish merchant Dean Roberts who landed it
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Could fetch up to £3,000 once processed and filleted
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It took 90 minutes to reel the 9ft long fish towards the surface, as it was too big to haul on to his small boat in @placeholder.