Steve Ricketts caught the 11lbs 3oz and 47 inch long eel in a lake in Kent He broke a 46-year record that was thought to be unbeatable What's the biggest eel you have caught? Email: olivia ...

7000 km - distance between the Sargasso Sea breeding sites and the UK 90% - decline of European Eel stock since the 1970s The young Eels known as leptocephalus are so transparent that you can read ...