Just a coincidence that this has been braught up I'm sure.
I was reading an article last night from the late 90's by a well respected angler who quetioned the sudden appearence of Wels catfish that are being caught from waters hitherto unknown to contain them. And we are talking of 30's 50's, a 60, plus a 97 pound monster that was caught in November 96.
What he was talking about was illegal stocking and should they be classed as records. But because an offender has to be caught in the act of actually introducing these or any other fish, they will remain quite legal captures/records prosecution or not.
He then went on to say does this really matter? Judging by the speed in which some Big name anglers zoom off to catch the latest biggie , apparently not.