MASSIVE roach ... 5lb 9oz!

[philocalist]

If this proves to be a roach rather than a hybrid, it's a stupendous fish ... and in any event, MUCH prettier than a 20lb bream, and a damn sight more impressive too, IMHO

 

http://www.dragoncarpdirect.com/fishonfriday/2013/09/is-this-fish-a-new-world-record/?utm_source=fof&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20130913&src=fof

[Latimeria]

It's an Ide, 20 seconds with a basic image tool says so. Nice cameo from the man who made Angling Times unreadable.

[Mark Wintle]

I haven't blown it up but first glance said ide to me with that scaling.

[Dick Dastardly]

Been following the big Ebro "Roach" for a few years now. I get my info directly from people based down there thanks to my old days of guiding. When they first started being spoken off I was supprised as in all the years I had fished the system I had never caught a roach of any size! Rudd,yes but no roach. But my contacts confirmed that big fish that 100% were not Rudd were being caught quite regularly but not widespread. Now Im certainly not going to list the areas on an open forum as it would betray the trust people have shown in me!

These guys are professional guides and good all round anglers but they are not roach experts. I say this as they believe they are roach but as this photo shows could be easily fooled. My view? I hope they are true roach (as we know them) and will admit that my interest in them would be SLIGHTLY diminished if proved not to be BUT still cracking looking creatures! But Im simply not qualified to say if they are or not. Hope someone can.

[lutra]

Bonny fish, I could happily fish for them when the rivers here are frozen whatever they are.

[goosequill]

A very very beautiful looking creature; any angler would be made up to land such an exquisite specimen.

[Andrew]

Thats a mighty roach

[Phone]

All,

 

Here's an Ide

 

 

and a Roach

 

 

Phone

Edited September 13, 2013 by Phone

[Mark Wintle]

The easiest way to tell roach apart from ide is the lateral line scale count; roach are usually about 42 and ide around 55 or more; in other words ide have smaller scales than roach. This fish isn't that easy to tell as I couldn't get the detail that well from the pic but I still got around 55 - if that's a roach then I'm a dutchman - the mouth doesn't look right for a roach either. Lovely fish though.

[WickerDave]

It looks like an ide to me too, in immaculate condition.

 

This 5lb+ German roach was posted on here a while back...

 

http://www.fischundfang.de/Service/Aktuelle-Meldungen/Traum-Rotauge-aus-dem-Neckar

Edited September 13, 2013 by WickerDave