A 14-year-old schoolboy, Kyle Jeffery, landed two massive skate fish during his first-ever fishing trip, which weighed nearly three times his own weight. Jeffery, who weighs 120lb (8.5st) and is just over 6ft (72in) in height, caught a 194lb (13.8st) female skate fish on his first trip and a 130lb (9.2st) male on his second trip the following day. The official UK record for a skate fish is 227lb, caught off the Isle of Mull. The female skate measured 83in long while the male measured 77in, both taller than Jeffery. The teenager, from Oban, had done freshwater, sea, and fly fishing before but was keen to try his hand at skate fishing after watching videos of others catching the elusive fish. Leigh Taylor, skipper of the Laura Dawn II charter boat, which plies the waters of the west coast searching for skate fish, said Jeffery had been eager to join a trip. The charters are so popular that they are booked up for the rest of the year. However, when a party with a spare space agreed to le