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Alan Cooper
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I originally posted a reply in the Sturgeon thread about **** Wlaker and Fred J believing that Sturgeon might have been responsible for snapping them up when fishing the upper ouse back in the 60's. Paul Williams wondered if these fish were big barbel (they may have been) but it got me thinking into posting a thread on this topic.
Of one thing I am sure and that there have always been VERY big fish around and most of us can recall experiences or tales which tell of "unstoppable fish."
I remember fishing the Waveney once at Bungay (long ago)with a friend who decided to pike using an eel's head. He was using a trace and strong line (for those days) and whatever he hooked just went and went and could not be stopped, turned or anything. God knows what it was, we never saw an inkling of it. Any other such experiences folks - remember the criteria is that you just don't know!
Of one thing I am sure and that there have always been VERY big fish around and most of us can recall experiences or tales which tell of "unstoppable fish."
I remember fishing the Waveney once at Bungay (long ago)with a friend who decided to pike using an eel's head. He was using a trace and strong line (for those days) and whatever he hooked just went and went and could not be stopped, turned or anything. God knows what it was, we never saw an inkling of it. Any other such experiences folks - remember the criteria is that you just don't know!