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...gives the term 'sucker' a whole new meaning!
http://www.fishingmagic.com/news_events/18109-prehistoric-fish-return-to-england’s-rivers.html
Prehistoric fish return to England’s rivers
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...gives the term 'sucker' a whole new meaning!
http://www.fishingmagic.com/news_events/18109-prehistoric-fish-return-to-england’s-rivers.html
robtherake
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That's a nasty lamprey (check out the above link); I had no idea they grew so big.
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binka
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I read this in one the newspapers the other day, I reckon they've been here all the time and that lamprey mark on Martin Gay's carp belly proves it was in fact caught in this country 
Smashing pike baits...
Smashing pike baits...
no-one in particular
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I have seen one of these, the ugliest thing in water, it was stuck on a small weir in the Eastern Rother; about 3ft long. I believe they only travel up rivers to spawn and not into lakes and I "believe-not entirely sure" they do not feed when they do like salmon so I doubt it would be responsible for a lamprey mark on a lake carp.
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S-Kippy
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Even better zander baits. They were hard to come by last year.....I only managed to find a couple of packs but every single inch gave me a run. I even had zander on the heads which I rarely use. Out fished even my banker roach cutlet !
sam vimes
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The headline is rather misleading. They have been running in plenty of English rivers for years. I've seen them a few times in my local river over the last twenty years or so. They even stopped repair works on one of the bridges earlier this year to save disturbing spawning lampreys.
Bridge conservation work halted as rare fish spawn (From The Northern Echo)
Bridge conservation work halted as rare fish spawn (From The Northern Echo)