There is a huge difference between a fish being "grown on" deliberately in order to break a record and a stocked fish that has grown over the years.
To argue otherwise is to deliberately obfuscate in my opinion.
As for the Record fish committee themselves, well, I know a couple of them personally and can without hesitation tell you that those I know are established anglers; one of them being an previous Drennan Cup winner and regular contributor here on FM.
Not for the first time I am afraid I cannot agree with your opinion
nor can I agree with your opinion that I am making things obscure or unclear, imo its very clear the record fish list is an irrelevance and some of those sitting in judgement on claims have no scientific qualifications to do so.
My post was a daft way to indicate how silly the record fish list has become, how far back in a fishes life does one go before it stops being a "grown on fish? Last time I looked at the qualifying criteria for making a claim the weight of a fish when it was stocked into a water wasn't one of them so it looks to me as if the committee have decided to use other criteria that isn't laid down critera that they have made up for this one fish and that is different to all other claims before it, what gives them the right to do this? Just another sign that the Wangling Truss is involved.
As for you knowing a couple of them and they are established anglers how does that qualify them to sit on this committee?
What is an "established angler" is it one that has fished for a long time therefor becoming established as an angler? Is it one that has become established in the angling press through publication of their catches? perhaps you can enlighten me because from where I am looking from they have nothing that qualifies them to sit on this committee and pass judgement on another anglers catches meeting the requirements to be considered for a record claim.
I asked a question in my first post on this thread that you may be able to answer as you know a couple of those that sit on this committee, the question is How does one get to sit on this committee?