PBs

[Dales]

Just copied, so you don't have to jump back to see Richard's opening post.

 

 

Following on from Wellyphant's record topic...

 

Do you know the weights of all your PBs?

 

I don't. I remember the weight of my top 5 or so perch. The same with tench and bream. However I can't remember what my carp PB is.

 

Don't get me wrong I like catching big fish, but its not the be all and end all. Does it really matter if your latest fish is the biggest ever? For me it more how and where I caught a fish and what it looked like. The memorable ones stick, the flukes and boring captures don't!

 

For example there are plenty of waters closeby with a very good chance of smashing my PB tench. However they are horrible places to be and I can't bring myself to fish them!

 

So do you know all your PBs? How much do they matter to you?

 

Rich

[Chris Plumb]

So any one else improved on them since original posting on this thread or comments on Rich's opening post.

 

2 improvements for me - both this season plus equalled my chub pb this summer. My amended list with new PBs in red....

 

Carp - 27lb 6oz: 15/08/08, Method Feeder/Hemp Bogey, CEMEX Blue Pool, Burghfield.

Pike - 18lb 10oz: 10/02/01, Freelined Lamprey section, River Lambourn, Newbury.

Barbel - 12lb 4oz: 27/07/04, Ledgered 14mm Halibut pellet, River Kennet, Thatcham.

Bream - 12lb 2oz: 02/07/11, Float Fished maggot (Lift method) Summer Pit, Yateley.

Brown Trout - 8lb 12oz: 14/03/08, Trotted Maggot, River Kennet, Nr Newbury.

Tench - 7lb 10oz: 18/06/03, Float fished Black Pudding, Wylies Lake, Thatcham.

Chub - 6lb 6oz: 8/03/09, Trotted Maggot, River Kennet, Nr Newbury.

Salmon - 5lb 10oz: 13/10/08, Trotted Maggot, River Itchen, Nr Eastleigh.

Rainbow Trout - 4lb 10oz: 05/03/04, Trotted Maggot, River Kennet, Barton Court.

Perch - 3lb 14oz: 17/10/09, Float fished Lobworm, K&A Canal, Thatcham.

Crucian Carp - 3lb 13oz: 26/06/11, Float fished meat (Lift Method), NAA Lake, Widmead.

Grayling - 2lb 15oz: 06/01/02, Trotted Maggot, Lower Itchen Fishery.

Roach - 2lb 11oz: 07/02/03, Trotted Maggot, River Kennet, Nr Hungerford.

Brown Goldfish - 1lb 14oz: 21/06/05, Float fished Bread, Pumphouse Lake, Yateley.

Sea Trout - 1lb 12oz: 06/01/02, Trotted Maggot, Lower Itchen Fishery.

Eel - 1lb 6oz: 11/10/03, Trotted Maggot, River Test, Timsbury

Rudd - 1lb 6oz: 27/07/91, Float fished Maggot, NAA Lake, Widmead.

Dace - 1lb 2oz: 07/02/03, Trotted Maggot, River Kennet, Nr Hungerford

 

C.

[chesters1]

never caught a zander but IMHO a good eel would be the greatist accomplishment my PB is just under 3lb and has been for decades

[Now there's a right un.]

My Pb's.

 

JUNE 1989 8lb Tench from Farndon Pond Newark

 

November 1993-- Perch 4lb 3 oz on the river Devon in Newark. Caught on a sucked Pinkie whilst putting a Roach in keepnet.

 

THE BIGGIE!!!!

Augut 1994-- 42lb 09oz common carp from River Trent in Newark. Luncheon Meat...witnessed and photographed but knackered the film through double exposure--only had 35mm camera and double loaded the film in the excitement. Missed out on a £1,000 tackle prize. Still have pics in loft.

 

April 2001--2lb 6oz roach on double Caster on the Millgate Canal Newark.

 

August 2003 -- 11lb Bronze Bream on Sweetcorn off Newark Wharf River Trent.

 

September 2006--5lb 11oz Chub on Cheese on the River Trent in Newark.

 

July 2010-- 14lb 2 oz Barbel on Halibut pellet on River Trent at Farndon, photographed.

 

August 2010-- 9lb 5oz Eel on Luncheon meat from Swanholme Lake Lincoln..witnessed by my Kids but no camera.

 

2011----pretty barren so far.

[Dales]

never caught a zander but IMHO a good eel would be the greatist accomplishment my PB is just under 3lb and has been for decades

 

I think you might be right, I am a little envious of Den's (Poldark) 6-09 & Will Wilkinson's 6-02.

 

I would love to catch a 5lb one but it's so hard to find a water that might hold them or at least in numbers to give you a decent chance of catching a big one.

[Dales]

August 2010-- 9lb 5oz Eel on Luncheon meat from Swanholme Lake Lincoln..witnessed by my Kids but no camera.

 

I bet that put up some fight, that is a trully stunning catch

 

I think I would have had to retain that and send out for a camera. The term fish of a life time does get used a bit but an eel of that size is a real once in a life time catch.

[Sportsman]

I see a distinct lack of specimen roach on anyone's list

[Dales]

I see a distinct lack of specimen roach on anyone's list

 

 

Was my cunning plan that transparent

 

I kind of expected that a few might amend there lists for some species but I was not expecting much improvement on the Roach expecially from the older members. I think the more mature AN members have seen the best of Roach fishing back in our youth, but maybe some know of good populations of monster Roach.

 

I can't remember whether it was Anderoo or Budgie who started or commented on a thread before about Roach when they said that they are one of the species that we do not seem to see the size of a big one getting bigger the way we do with other species. A big Roach from 20 years ago is still a big Roach now days except their seems to be a lot less of them around now and so they will be harder to find.

Edited September 12, 2011 by Dales

[Anderoo]

My roach PB is 2lb 1.5oz when I was about 10 years old (weighed very accurately as you can see, by a mate's dad with proper scales - my old spring balance put it at 3lb+ ). It's my oldest PB - 25 years old now. It was colossal, I can still see it now. I have old print photos somewhere in the loft. I sent a pic to the AT and they didn't print it, I was gutted at the time.

 

I've had a few new PBs since this topic was started - I think carp, bream, rainbow trout and chub.

[Dales]

I tend to take an optimistic view of my modest PB's and rightly or wrongly think they are all open to improvement and at some time they will be beaten but I just have never considered it likely that I will improve on the Roach and not so confident of the Rudd come to think of it.

 

Like Anderoo's Roach PB these have stood for a very long time, I suppose in a way it is kind of nice to have such long standing PB's both river fish. I doubt I will ever catch bigger now in flowing water and I don't think I would want to beat them with a still water specimen even if I was lucky enough to catch one.

 

Maybe it is nice to have some long standing PB's to look back on with rose tinted glasses.