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Goose Ganderton
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Following on from a point made in Ron?s Barbel in stillwater thread, should we now be considering having separate British rod caught record fish list?s for both river caught fish and those from still waters.
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A Carp of 20Ib+ from a river is a fantastic fish but wouldn?t raise an eyebrow from a stillwater what with the record being over 56Ib and 30Ib fish being quite common in most club waters. Likewise a river caught Roach of 2 1/2 + is considered the fish of a lifetime but as we have been seeing in the weekly press (forgetting the hybrid debate) of late, you are just getting started with a 3Ib er.
When was the last time you had an 8Ib Tench or a 10Ib+ Bream from a river? A couple of lakes I fish are stuffed with them and everyone are after the fish over 12 & 15Ib.
I don?t think that it will be to many years before the majority of record fish will be from stillwaters. I personally keep my own specimen list for both and consider them as separate records.
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A Carp of 20Ib+ from a river is a fantastic fish but wouldn?t raise an eyebrow from a stillwater what with the record being over 56Ib and 30Ib fish being quite common in most club waters. Likewise a river caught Roach of 2 1/2 + is considered the fish of a lifetime but as we have been seeing in the weekly press (forgetting the hybrid debate) of late, you are just getting started with a 3Ib er.
When was the last time you had an 8Ib Tench or a 10Ib+ Bream from a river? A couple of lakes I fish are stuffed with them and everyone are after the fish over 12 & 15Ib.
I don?t think that it will be to many years before the majority of record fish will be from stillwaters. I personally keep my own specimen list for both and consider them as separate records.