What mini species would you most like to see at an impossible size?

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I've often pondered this one and I think gudgeon will be a popular one but just imagine what a 5lb Ruffe would look like?

Now that would be a proper hooligan!

Hypothetical question I know but, within reason, what small fish would you most like to see at a relatively huge size?
 
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A stickleback. Those spines might make them a mite difficult to tangle with on the bank, but imagine a 10lb male in fighting colours.:eek:
 
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Bullhead and minnow would be interesting. Bullhead might look a little like an angler fish and a minnow might look like a mullet?
 
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When I was a kid and we used to catch minnows out of the river and they where really easy to catch I sometimes wondered what it would be like if I could shrink myself down to a tiny size and then catch the same minnows which would then be the size of massive salmon...getting them one a chuck..

Weird but there you go !
 
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Weaver barbel (Gudgeon) ounce for ounce fight twice as hard as barbel. a 15 lb fish would fight harder than a 40 carp in a river given its streamlining.
 
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I'd be very happy if dace averaged about twenty ounces, ditto gudgeon, but from what little I've read about them, I regret that the Nase didn't make it over here before the channel cut us off from Europe. They pull a bit for their size, I'm told.
 
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anything at any size is acceptable to me at the moment:)

The water i blanked on is supposed to have Gudgeon and Ruff but it is also supposed to have a certain fish beginning with T:rolleyes:
 
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Stickleback.
They have to be the most aggressive British species for their size. One of a couple of pound would be vicious, like a rabid dog.
 
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rayner said:
Stickleback.
They have to be the most aggressive British species for their size. One of a couple of pound would be vicious, like a rabid dog.
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That reminds me very much of the ex and there was nine stone of her! :eek:

Or at least that's what she told me :wh
 
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Out of pure curiousity, I'd love to know what a 5lb stone loach would fight like.

That said, as others have pointed out, a 5lb gudgeon would be a real handful :)
 
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S-Kippy said:
As would a double figure bleak. They look like little tarpon anyway and I dare say the fight would be not dissimilar.
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Would have to agree wholeheartedly with that. Could imagine Jeremy Wade now, "I've been hearing reports of River Wye giants carrying away dogs and small children....." :)
 
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S-Kippy said:
I wish somebody would carry Jeremy Wade off. I'm afraid he is another one on the long list of people who get right up my hooter.
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Had a feeling he might be, probably why I mentioned it. I do have to agree though, he does tend to blow things out of proportion - and being paid ten years of big money to do it is just the icing on the cake.
 
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