Which record fish?

[Pangolin]

Following on from the 'King of tiddlers' thread, if you were going to catch a new British record fish, which species would you choose, and why? I think I'd go for tench: lovely fish, fight well, and I'd still be able to lift the record fish off the ground for a photograph!

[Vagabond]

I'd go for roach - I might enjoy all the "it doesn't look as big as you claim" letters as much as catching the fish

 

....and the "it's a hybrid" letters too

 

[ 05. May 2004, 08:44 AM: Message edited by: Vagabond ]

[Steve Burke]

I don't specifically target records, instead preferring to go after difficult fish. Often of course these are the bigger ones anyway.

 

Of course I'd love to catch a record fish, preferably a record perch, which many of you know is my favourite species. It would be even better if it came from my own lakes, which is a possibility once my fish are fully grown.

 

The best chance I have of a record is with bream, and plans were made last year to catch a big un. As AN readers will known Wingham recently produced a bream only ounces away from the record, even though the fish have several years growth left. Hopefully, by the autumn......

[Peter Waller]

Perch, the beggers are there! Catching one is proving elusive!

[RUDD]

RUDD - suprise suprise

Big Rudd very rarely hit the headlines and are very hard to catch.

[thornabyangler]

if iwas gonna go for the record , it would have to be a river bream,not one of those big lake things,a natural big slab of running water bream,a big feeder , loads of bait and an eager eye waiting for the quiver tip to move.

Hmmmm,might go now actually.

[Paul_D]

Chub for me!

[mark barrett]

i would also go with Rudd, for two reasons. firstly because they are one of my favourite fish and one of the most stunning fish going and secondly because the last record stood for the longest of all records, but the one that took it away was, in my humble opinion very dubious and subsequent catches from the same place all have a look of hybrid about them to me.

[awaaar]

a 6lb Perch for me please...

 

Mr Goddard...fingers crossed for those jelly lures you kindly mailed over....

[Mat Hillman]

I'd like to catch a record barbel, from a commercial pool, Just think how popular that'd make me