The pedigree of the fish hasn't been established yet, but a scale smaple has been sent off. If it's a true crucian it smashes Bowler's current record by a mile!
Crucian Record Goes Again
Crucian Record Goes Again
But here we talk about two different species: The common crucian and the silver crucian.
Lovely to see all these cracking crucian photos. I am not convinced that the Summer Pit ones are 100% though. I have had some identical to those (but at 2Ib or so) that had with comet-tails!...goldfish hybrids - including one that had the right buttery colour.
Ask the ed.re: SP as he has a lot of local knowledge. I'd be very surprised if anything negative was proved, I've had crues from both the SP and MF approaching 4lb and as discussed earlier are two very different lookers. Personally I prefer the MF's
Jerry