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Jeremy Airey
Guest
Hello Chaps
First of all let me say 'good on you' to the guy for catching and releasing these 2 fish.
What the write-up accompanying the pictures does go to show is just how meaningless 'records' are. I mean what next - the record for the two heaviest 'mirrors' caught in a session by a guy with dyed blond hair and a beard.
Carp fishing is a technically skilled technique but whether a fish weighs 6 or 60 pounds is a matter of luck (or perhaps stocking as it may be in this case) and not a great feat of angling unless of course you do the 'visual' stalking thing.
Personally I'm only interested in beating one record and that is my own 'PB' for enjoying myself each and every time I go out, don't always do it but I always enjoy trying.
BTW this isn't in any way 'sour grapes' just a small reality check.
In the end we all get our 'jollies' in different ways.
regards
Jeremy
First of all let me say 'good on you' to the guy for catching and releasing these 2 fish.
What the write-up accompanying the pictures does go to show is just how meaningless 'records' are. I mean what next - the record for the two heaviest 'mirrors' caught in a session by a guy with dyed blond hair and a beard.
Carp fishing is a technically skilled technique but whether a fish weighs 6 or 60 pounds is a matter of luck (or perhaps stocking as it may be in this case) and not a great feat of angling unless of course you do the 'visual' stalking thing.
Personally I'm only interested in beating one record and that is my own 'PB' for enjoying myself each and every time I go out, don't always do it but I always enjoy trying.
BTW this isn't in any way 'sour grapes' just a small reality check.
In the end we all get our 'jollies' in different ways.
regards
Jeremy