Which record fish?

[snotty]

Think I quite fancy the humble Ruffe... our local canal I'm sure would provide the goods as my son caught a big daddy some time ago, and not knowing what it was (he thought it was some sort of perch hybrid) he didn't weigh it or take a pic.

[Chris Plumb]

Grayling for me (or a crucian) or maybe a dace or......

 

 

Chris

[Peter M]

gudgeon, there are some real monsters in my local pond and it seems to be all i can catch there.

[kendo]

either a perch or crucian because both fish are so beautiful.

[Peter Waller]

A record zander from the Royalty might be almost as interesting as a record barbel from a still water, as suggested by Mat.

 

If the new record barbel was a nuisance fish, caught in May , on a bolt rigged boilie, whilst the angler was asleep, then that would really add to the intrigue!

 

[ 05. May 2004, 09:44 PM: Message edited by: Peter Waller ]

[dogfish]

For me it would have to be the Roach.

Don't know why ,maybe it's my age. When I was a kid the Roach seemed to be the most revered coarse fish of all.

 

DF

[fenboy]

Interesting that nobody voted carp. Says something about the current scene. How different it was until Walker's 44 was beaten by Yates....

 

More amazing though that nobody voted pike. Still the ultimate biggie, in my opinion, and even today isn't usually intentionally stocked. It's the pike that grows big against all odds (in fact it grows bigger when unsuspected).

 

Itr's top of the underwater food chain and top for me, even after all these years.

['eelfisher']

Dear ALL

 

Close your eyes and use your imagination.....try to picture the sight of a huge freshwater eel, Anguilla anguilla, laying in the folds of your landing net...and the weight is anywhere....anywhere above 11lb 2oz.

 

Awesome.

 

Big zander.....big pike.....big Trent barbel.

 

Yours With Respect.....

Steve.

[fenboy]

Steve,

 

You are so right. Beats my favourite (pike) in every respect.

 

I agree that a record freshwater eel is the ultimate in the UK.

 

Amazing fish.

['eelfisher']

Dear Fenboy

 

How very nice of you to say so.....

 

It'd be a sight to make a man weep.

 

Yours With Respect.....

Steve.