Catching A Stickleback Is Newsworthy

[Elton]

Well, it is for certain publications:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2305353/Angler-catches-Britains-smallest-stickleback-weighing-tenth-ounce.html

 

(and then muppets like me help them out by posting links to it - Doh!)

[Andy_1984]

I should be famous, ive caught smaller sticklebacks!

[Steve Walker]

Ha! And what a manky looking specimen.

 

There were a few places I fished as a kid where the sticklebacks drove you nuts. Try to fish a small worm and you'd end up catching two of the bloody things, one on each end.

[wunnus]

It was usually the sign of a pretty desperate session when you went after the stickies

[Anderoo]

If the record is 4 drams and his was 3, it's something of a specimen.

 

And Steve, it's not very polite to pass judgement on the angler

[Steve Walker]

At least I didn't say I thought he was infested with parasites!

[RUDD]

I always carry a set of electronic kitchen scales when fishing , something to do with hemp!

[Anderoo]

I always carry a set of electronic kitchen scales when fishing , something to do with hemp!

 

I certainly wouldn't suggest he looks like the kind of chap who would normally weigh things in eighths of an ounce...

[chesters1]

On my rounds i was asked to whitness the weight of a fish as an algler thought he had broken a record ,i asked him for the scales bjt he didnt have anything so i told him i would pop home for the avons but could i have a peek to see which ones i would need.

Anyway much pulling of hoofing great net and lo and behold there was a gudgeon in the corner ,i popped home and got the kitchen scales

Anyway the club record was open to anything over 2 ounces ,this weighed 2and a quarter ounces ,he lost out someone caught a 2oz 6 dram one later in the river (do people still use the old scales as the norm?) anyway i had a record fish kn my hand for a while!

Its probably harder to break a small fish record i guess ,few people fish for them and fewer weigh them

Edited April 11, 2013 by chesters1

[Norfolkdipper]

A thread like this, we must agree, brings back memories. But I have to ask, when was the last time you saw gudgeon, minnow or stickies in the edges or reeds. Yes they used to get in the way when I was younger, but do you know what, I would be glad to catch a few today. Just to know they are still there... BTW as a child, gudgeon made great & sucessful live bait, for perch & medium pike....Well, huge in my childs eyes at about 3 - 6lb.