I had an interesting conversation today on a club lake. Now we all have been told of wildly optimistic guessed fish weights. The 5lb tench that wouldn't make 4lb. The 3lb roach etc.
Well a new member who is a returning angler now he is retired showed me a photo on his mobile of a TENCH he had caught earlier this morning.
A good 3 or 4 pound he said.
Well, looking at the picture of the fish in his very modest landing net I could see a very modest BREAM that would never make 3 or 4 lb.
I didn't have the heart to break his bubble as he was an elderly chap ( my age mg: or thereabouts) and very pleased with his catch.
I don't know whether that was right not to say anything.
Anyone else had experience of this sort of thing?
Not just the weight but the entirely wrong species.?
Well a new member who is a returning angler now he is retired showed me a photo on his mobile of a TENCH he had caught earlier this morning.
A good 3 or 4 pound he said.
Well, looking at the picture of the fish in his very modest landing net I could see a very modest BREAM that would never make 3 or 4 lb.
I didn't have the heart to break his bubble as he was an elderly chap ( my age mg: or thereabouts) and very pleased with his catch.
I don't know whether that was right not to say anything.
Anyone else had experience of this sort of thing?
Not just the weight but the entirely wrong species.?