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I took the above picture of bream, part of a match, about 10 or 11 years ago. This would have put the captor well down the list, the winner getting more than 120lbs (the other photos went to the club). Note: his face is smudged to protect his identity.
This was all quite normal and nothing wrong with it (even the 120lbs) providing the fish are well looked after when reintroducing them. That was what p****d me off, they were just throwing them back and the fish were lying on the surface and would probably have died. I told them (as secretary) to hold them in the water upright until they could swim away. Two anglers with waders on saw to that and as a result, all the fish survived, to my knowledge.
I well remember too, pictures of the famous Ivan Marks with a haul in front of him and holding one or two up for the camera. What spoilt his pictures more often than not was the white fag hanging out of the side of his mouth. He told me later how it made him cringe seeing the fag there in the first place.
If it is an exceptional catch, maybe you have been using a keepnet and there are 3 or 4 double figure bream, then OK, but as a general rule you don't now need to show them like that.
However, what does puzzle me is these carp mags that publish an article with 28 pictures 26 of which are the same guy in front of the same bush (so as not to give the location away) in the same clothes holding up different fish. This is a 28 - this is a 24 - this is a 36 - this is a 33 - this is a ......... ad infinitum. BORING! BL00DY BORING!!!