Least written about fish...

pertinaxone · Nov 28, 2012

After following this link Angling Escapism from another post on here, it got me thinking... What is the least written about fish?

From the link, it looks like Pike and Barbel are extremely popular and I`m sure there are plenty of books about Carp and Roach...

Need to do more angling related reading

Jason

binka · Nov 28, 2012

Ide?

Ruffe?

tiinker · Nov 28, 2012

The gudgeon a great little fish.

Kevin Perkins · Nov 28, 2012

Loach
Allis Shad
Burbot
Twaite Shad
Three Spined Stickleback

Don't suppose there is a prize for the most obscure, but I bet Paul Greenacre hasn't got videos of any of those being caught.........!!!!

flightliner · Nov 28, 2012

Thwaite Shad turned up in the tidal trent in a match some years ago-- Colin Dyson was in said match and reported it in an evening paper ,
I pretty much agree with your list tho, interesting.

chub_on_the_block · Nov 28, 2012

Rudd. Occasional bits and pieces here and there but not a lot written about specimen Rudd fishing.

Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC) · Nov 28, 2012

Gwyniad, Powan, Vendace?

barbelboi · Nov 28, 2012

The pumpkinseed? - unfortunately the record holder writes too much 6o!!ocks :wh
Jerry

Jeff Woodhouse · Nov 28, 2012

Miller's Thumb - Bull head

jack sprat · Nov 28, 2012

Amazing how little there is about rudd. I don't know of any single book on them although some multi-species books cover them.

kfish · Nov 28, 2012

^^^That fish is like one of those little yappy dogs that looks so ugly it becomes a thing of beauty.

Alburnus alburnus,
Bleak, so often the pest fish of the inconsiderate angler are a wonderful little ray of silver sunshine on a winters day.
Bleak are friendly and sociable,you never see a bleak on its own do you?.
Sub surface silver surfers, bleak are cool.
Bleak could make a man into a world champion.
lets have a book about bleak Mr Yates.

goonch · Nov 28, 2012

jack sprat said:
Amazing how little there is about rudd. I don't know of any single book on them although some multi-species books cover them.

There is a volume in the "how to catch them" series but so far as I know that is the only book written solely about rudd.

Of all the major coarse species I reckon rudd must be the least written about.

tiinker · Nov 28, 2012

goonch said:
There is a volume in the "how to catch them" series but so far as I know that is the only book written solely about rudd.

Of all the major coarse species I reckon rudd must be the least written about.

There are a fair few books on rudd and rudd fishing the latest one that I know of is Graham Marsdens Big Rudd.

terry m · Nov 28, 2012

Kevin Perkins said:
Loach
Allis Shad
Burbot
Twaite Shad
Three Spined Stickleback

Don't suppose there is a prize for the most obscure, but I bet Paul Greenacre hasn't got videos of any of those being caught.........!!!!

Does anyone else remember the AT competition back in the mid 70's offering £25 (i think, but may have been £100) for a confirmed Burbot capture? I don't think anybody actually won it.

S-Kippy · Nov 28, 2012

Yes, I remember that. Not sure if anyone won it either but I do seem to recall something in the AT around that time about a very small burbot [1.5lb or so ] being either caught or found.

goonch · Nov 28, 2012

tiinker said:
There are a fair few books on rudd and rudd fishing the latest one that I know of is Graham Marsdens Big Rudd.

Have you got any further details of that one? ISBN? Publisher? I've never heard of it. Nor have I heard of any others that deal solely with rudd other than the 'how to catch them' book from 1957. If you've got any details I'd be glad to hear of them as I love my rudd fishing.

I also love single species books as they are generally written by an author who has a real passion and knowledge for the species and so they go into far greater depth than mixed species books.

jack sprat · Nov 28, 2012

I think he means Mark Wintle's (co-author for three other books with Graham Marsden) 'Big roach' that came out last year.

So for rudd:

How to Catch Them: Rudd - J G Roberts
Roach and Rudd - Jimmy Randell
Roach, Rudd and Bream - J W Martin
Catch Roach, Rudd and Dace - John Wilson

Peter Jacobs · Nov 29, 2012

Not a dedicated book but Chapter 14 in Graham Marsden's "Angling Essays" is on Rudd.

chav professor · Nov 29, 2012

The Dace? only two books on the subject.

Jeff Woodhouse · Nov 29, 2012

Is it me or what, but I can't find a single recently published interesting book on carp.

( poor attempt at being droll )

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