Peter Bishop
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Have just been watching "Record Breaking Fish" on Sky featuring Matt Hayes and Mick Brown fishing the Monument carp fishery in Shropshire.
Now, either this film was made with the fishery closed to everyone else or it was done before it was open to the public.
In this episode, Mick Brown caught a 44lbs carp, a new PB, on a day session. According to Matt the fish had never been caught before.
Well, apologies if I offend Mick, Matt or the rest of the carp fraternity but this place looks dreadful.
A huge dug out hole, devoid of features(except a monument on a hill inside a fence like dog collar), no bankside cover and just a few trees, and that muddy colouring which is to be found on typical pastie commercial pools.
So here is my question to you all. How important to the value of your PB is the venue where you caught it?
Does it matter to you that the fish has been artificially factory fed for years, then placed in big featureless pool with no snags or features so you can wind it in with relative ease using 15-20lbs line?
Or is the degree of difficulty all important, ie catching it from a more natural venue, laced with snags and all sorts of problems to overcome.
Now, either this film was made with the fishery closed to everyone else or it was done before it was open to the public.
In this episode, Mick Brown caught a 44lbs carp, a new PB, on a day session. According to Matt the fish had never been caught before.
Well, apologies if I offend Mick, Matt or the rest of the carp fraternity but this place looks dreadful.
A huge dug out hole, devoid of features(except a monument on a hill inside a fence like dog collar), no bankside cover and just a few trees, and that muddy colouring which is to be found on typical pastie commercial pools.
So here is my question to you all. How important to the value of your PB is the venue where you caught it?
Does it matter to you that the fish has been artificially factory fed for years, then placed in big featureless pool with no snags or features so you can wind it in with relative ease using 15-20lbs line?
Or is the degree of difficulty all important, ie catching it from a more natural venue, laced with snags and all sorts of problems to overcome.