Last year while fishing a local canal for roach, i caught a gudgeon which was 7" long. Do you think this could have been a record? I know the record stands at 5oz i think!!
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, Jan 31 2004 01:24 PM
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 01:24 PM
Hi all, just wonder if there are any gudgeon hunters out there that can help?
Last year while fishing a local canal for roach, i caught a gudgeon which was 7" long. Do you think this could have been a record? I know the record stands at 5oz i think!!
Thanks!
Last year while fishing a local canal for roach, i caught a gudgeon which was 7" long. Do you think this could have been a record? I know the record stands at 5oz i think!!
Thanks!
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 03:24 PM
you sure it was a gudgeon?
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 04:07 PM
Hi Shane, welcome to Angler's Net.
Congratulations on your gudgeon. I suspect in your area that's a whopper. It's big too down here in Kent, but we're fortunate in having outsize gudgeon like this in quite a few of our waters.
I've not weighed any big gudgeon. Has anyone any idea how much Shane's fish would have gone?
Congratulations on your gudgeon. I suspect in your area that's a whopper. It's big too down here in Kent, but we're fortunate in having outsize gudgeon like this in quite a few of our waters.
I've not weighed any big gudgeon. Has anyone any idea how much Shane's fish would have gone?
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Posted 01 February 2004 - 11:41 PM
As I am at present in Texas, I haven't access to my files of weight/length ratios, so this is from memory. I will check the figures out when I get home.
I would expect a gudgeon of 7" to weigh about two and a bit ounces.
A record gudgeon would be over 9" long.
Because the usual size of these mini species is so small, anything a bit bigger looks huge - but is often well short of the "record"
I would expect a gudgeon of 7" to weigh about two and a bit ounces.
A record gudgeon would be over 9" long.
Because the usual size of these mini species is so small, anything a bit bigger looks huge - but is often well short of the "record"
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Posted 02 February 2004 - 01:04 AM
are you sure it was not a barbel!!
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Posted 02 February 2004 - 01:35 AM
If it was a gudgeon I would say you threw the record back.A three inch gonks classed a good one by around our way.
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