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a million miles away from today's stocked ponds of specially bred monsters that, quite plainly, anyone can catch.

 

To be fair, this was one of the few remaining Yately giants, rather than another big fish stuck in a small hole, so it's understandable that it's fairly high profile.

 

And the caught 1,000 times thing isn't even true.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music

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And the caught 1,000 times thing isn't even true.

 

 

One... thousand... times, it would have had no head left and it certainly would have joined the choir invisible many years earlier !

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Unfortunately, as Anderoo quite rightly says, non anglers who read that will see caught and released 1,000 times in a completely different light.

 

Frankly, I'm more concerned about how a relatively new AN member feels about posting something in good faith and being met with a load of sarcasm, than whether or not the original news item is likely to provoke a mass protest about fish welfare from Sun readers.

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And the caught 1,000 times thing isn't even true.

 

 

How many times has it been caught? Can we really know? Does it really matter?

How did she die? Was it peacefully in her sleep, or choking on a peanut?

Maybe she was like Benson, and liked being caught, just to see what it's like on the 'other' side, and meet up with old friends. That's as well as the pleasure it got from being photographed!

 

Celebrities eh, what are they like?

 

John.

Angling is more than just catching fish, if it wasn't it would just be called 'catching'......... John

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Frankly, I'm more concerned about how a relatively new AN member feels about posting something in good faith and being met with a load of sarcasm, than whether or not the original news item is likely to provoke a mass protest about fish welfare from Sun readers.

 

Well said that man.

Stephen

 

Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

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Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
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Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
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Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
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Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
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Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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Frankly, I'm more concerned about how a relatively new AN member feels about posting something in good faith and being met with a load of sarcasm, than whether or not the original news item is likely to provoke a mass protest about fish welfare from Sun readers.

 

Where do "Sun readers" come into it Davy?

 

Stooby has been on this forum a while now, and I give him enough intellegence to realise how some of us will react to this 'news'. Nobody is having a 'pop' at him, just the 'circus' that surrounds this type of thing.

 

 

John.

Angling is more than just catching fish, if it wasn't it would just be called 'catching'......... John

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How many times has it been caught? Can we really know? Does it really matter?

How did she die? Was it peacefully in her sleep, or choking on a peanut?

 

I don't know John, but I bet if you asked on the Cemex forum you'd get a pretty precise answer.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music

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Where do "Sun readers" come into it Davy?

 

The Sun was the only non-angling-related publication to cover the story, AFAIK. All other mentions refer back to the Sun's coverage. The item has drawn a massive 23 responses on the Sun's website, most of them making jokey remarks and only one being critical of anglers.

 

I'm sure Stooby is quite capable of defending himself, but I'm also sure that he might have thought twice about posting had he really known what the response was going to be.

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I don't know John, but I bet if you asked on the Cemex forum you'd get a pretty precise answer.

 

I've just been looking on there Andrew, I read a half dozen pages, then had to stop. Eulogies, poems, a whip round for a headstone?

 

It was a bloody fish!

 

 

John.

Angling is more than just catching fish, if it wasn't it would just be called 'catching'......... John

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I bury mine under vegetables or a sauce!

Eating wild caught fish is good for my health, reduces food miles and keeps me fit trying to catch them........it's my choice to do it, not yours to stop me!

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