Centre pin species records are there any?

tortoise100 · Nov 10, 2009

I know there are individual species records and rod caught records as well as DNA records but what about centrepin records ?

I ask this because it is such a different fight and challenge to fixed spool fishing .

My own personal CP best is only a 3lb carp but it was more challenging and scary than my PB 10lb carp I caught the same day.

I have been reading about pike fishing with braid and I know others use them for barbel and carp ,my own aim is to get a good barbel on mine.

So what is your best ?
What line did you bring it in on ?

Fred Bonney · Nov 10, 2009

My personal best barbel on the centrepin a Young's Purist II and my Young's Barbel travel rod, useing 12lb Bs Krysonite, is 10lb11ozs.

Ray Roberts · Nov 10, 2009

England 1972 - Looe - Blue Shark - 100.5 lb - Approx 50 lb b/s. **

England 1974 - Rye - Sussex - Cod - 18.5 lb - 30 lb b/s.

Belgium 1999 - Lake - Carp - 22lb - 17lb - 14lb - 4lb b/s

England 2009 - Marsh Farm - Crucian Carp - 3lb - 4lb b/s 3 lb Hooklength

** The shark was caught on a c/pin with a star drag.

mikeshaw1979 · Nov 10, 2009

dayglowfroggy said:
'Centre pin species records are there any?'

I know there are individual species records and rod caught records as well as DNA records but what about centrepin records ?

Some of the current British Rod Caught Records were taken on centre pin reels; including salmon, as fixed-spool reels hadn't even been devised then.

Still the current British record and I must say: looking quite resplendent on the wall of Forum HQ.

There are no prizes for recognizing any of our 'Admin' team.

The still current English, Wye and British record 'Springer' was also taken on a centrepin by Miss Doreen Davey, a distant relative, at Winforton March 1923 spinning a 2" aluminium Devon minnow with a Rollo 'pin.

Extract from our sister Forum: Wye to date - Page 3 - Fly Fishing Forums

Puss in Boots said:
sewinbasher said:

Yes, here it is. I presume that Mr. Jellis is holding the gaff.

What beautiful spring fish this was, unlike all the kypey or stale 50lbers from Scotland.

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Absolutely

Mark Wintle · Nov 10, 2009

Fixed spool reels easily predate these records; Illingworth's first patent was 1905 and side-casters were patented in the 1880s. The early Illingworth's were devised for low water trout fishing and would have been far from ideal for killing big salmon.

mikeshaw1979 · Nov 10, 2009

Okay - but one of the first practical fixed spool reels for pike and salmon was the Hardy Altex No.3, produced 1935-1963.

The Mitchell 300 then swept all before it: 1949 to recent times.

Graham Whatmore · Nov 10, 2009

All those yesterdays makes me feel quite young again

Did I ever tell you about the day....................................

tortoise100 · Nov 10, 2009

Ray Roberts said:
England 1972 - Looe - Blue Shark - 100.5 lb - Approx 50 lb b/s. **

England 1974 - Rye - Sussex - Cod - 18.5 lb - 30 lb b/s.

Belgium 1999 - Lake - Carp - 22lb - 17lb - 14lb - 4lb b/s

England 2009 - Marsh Farm - Crucian Carp - 3lb - 4lb b/s 3 lb Hooklength

** The shark was caught on a c/pin with a star drag.

Wow that 22lb carp on 4lb line must have been a pant stainer how long did it take to bring in?

How long was the fight with the blue shark ?

That samon is massive I take it they just don't get that big any more or have people come close ?

I wander what line she was using and how she caught it she looks like a hard core lady in the photo.

Stealph Viper · Nov 10, 2009

I landed a 22 stone bruiser, on nothing more than 3 halves of stella, and a pickled egg ................. but hey who's bragging

tortoise100 · Nov 10, 2009

Must of been the pickled egg !
Always wandered why some chip shops sell them never tried one myself but at least i know when the occasion to do so is now.

Ray Roberts · Nov 11, 2009

dayglowfroggy said:
Wow that 22lb carp on 4lb line must have been a pant stainer how long did it take to bring in?

How long was the fight with the blue shark ?

That samon is massive I take it they just don't get that big any more or have people come close ?

I wander what line she was using and how she caught it she looks like a hard core lady in the photo.

I caught those carp on a visit to Belgium in an any method trout fishery. The fishing was exceptionally boring, catching stock rainbows one after another, when I spotted some carp cruising about near the surface. I caught them free-lining chunks of my father in laws sandwiches. They didn't take long to land about 10 mins max I would say. Fitting them in a trout landing net was something else though. There wasn't a snag in the place so I would have had to have been pretty ham fisted to have lost them, I wasn't fishing with 4lb b/s out of choice but it was the heaviest line I had with me. You can land good fish on a pin and if your tackle is balanced and the water is snag free land them quite quickly.

Blue shark don't fight particularly hard for their size and cod fight like the marine equivalent of the freshwater bream. If Blue shark fought like Smooth-hounds then you would really have a fight on your hands.

thagamest1 · Nov 12, 2009

Spanish Pete

I am an avid centre pinner and once caught a bus with one

tortoise100 · Nov 12, 2009

But was it a double decker like mine?
must of had thirteen passengers took me thirteen hours to reel it in with 1 1/2 pound line even got a round of aplause from the passengers who had had a day off work and no toilet breaks .

thagamest1 · Nov 13, 2009

Spanish Pete

oh c`mon. If mine had been that small I wouldn`t have even bothered mentioning it. My lot got off three times and had a nights sleep but it still wouldn`t come in and then, guess what ........ the b***** net was too small and it got away ! Peter Barton ( another from Worksop ! )

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