Freshly caught carp makes a break for it

A slippery fish makes a cunning escape from the arms of its captor in the south of England.

"I fished Broadlands lakes in Southampton, Hampshire for 2 nights," said the filmer. At around 5:00am something caught his line. "After a long and challenging fight, I managed to net it," he said. He hoped to take some photographs of the 23lb creature and set his camera up.

However, the carp had other ideas. Just after he set everything up it made a break for it. " Luckily it was next to the reeds and it managed to work it’s way straight back in to the lake all on his own accord... leaving me photoless and a bit gutted," said the filmer.

This video was filmed on November 11 2017.