Ian Welch spent 90 minutes tussling with the giant stingray and it took 13 grown men to heave it out of the water.
This fish measured 7ft long and 7ft wide, while its long sting measured 10ft.
It has smashed the previous record of 46 stone for a huge catfish caught in 2005.
Mr Welch, a freshwater biologist, had been visiting Thailand to help with a stingray tagging programme when he landed the fish on the Maeklong River.
The 45-year-old said he was nearly pulled over the side of the fishing boat when the specimen took his bait.
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