W/Avon 18lb barbel

jasonbean1 · Sep 17, 2012

i heard that a 18lb plus fish came out in a match at evesham yesterday...what's the river record then...must be close?

barbelboi · Sep 17, 2012

jasonbean1 said:
i heard that a 18lb plus fish came out in a match at evesham yesterday...what's the river record then...must be close?

Always used to be 16.4, can't remember it being officially bettered?
Jerry

jasonbean1 · Sep 18, 2012

i thought it was a bit bigger than the river record, be interesting to see if it's true

alchemist · Sep 22, 2012

Officially it's been 16lb 4oz since 2007 but I fish a private section which may have produced bigger but not as big as this new one.

barbelboi · Sep 22, 2012

alchemist said:
Officially it's been 16lb 4oz since 2007 but I fish a private section which may have produced bigger but not as big as this new one.

Come on, most river records are only guidelines

Jerry

Berty · Sep 22, 2012

barbelboi said:
Come on, most river records are only guidelines
Jerry

And most private sections were club once!!!!.

Titus · Sep 22, 2012

Berty said:
And most private sections were club once!!!!.

What does that have to do with the price of fish? I fish a private stretch which used to be club, they lost it because the didn't respect the owner or the tenant farmer. The consequence was nobody could fish it for several years until after much persuasion a few of us were allowed to fish it on a very limited lease until we proved ourselves. Sometimes clubs are their own worst enemies.

barbelboi · Sep 22, 2012

Berty said:
And most private sections were club once!!!!.

And before that.................as I've posted before in the early 50's my late father and friends used to present themselves to the land owners of local Thames tribs with a crate of light ale, or similar, and retain fishing rights for ourselves for the season (with a top up or two).
Jerry

S-Kippy · Sep 22, 2012

barbelboi said:
And before that.................as I've posted before in the early 50's my late father and friends used to present themselves to the land owners of local Thames tribs with a crate of light ale, or similar, and retain fishing rights for ourselves for the season (with a top up or two).
Jerry

That's a long time ago Jerry. I doubt it would get you very far nowadays,assuming you could find both the landowner and the light ale.

Re the loss of club waters I'm afraid [as usual] the selfish eejit minority usually spoil it for everybody else. I bet we've all lost access to good waters like that.

barbelboi · Sep 22, 2012

S-Kippy said:
That's a long time ago Jerry. I doubt it would get you very far nowadays,assuming you could find both the landowner and the light ale.

Re the loss of club waters I'm afraid [as usual] the selfish eejit minority usually spoil it for everybody else. I bet we've all lost access to good waters like that.

Better than that now Skippy, being a friend of some river fishery owners I don't even need the bribe factor.

Jerry

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