nobbyathome Posted October 14 (edited) My son Steve caught the general in dartford lakes tonight he has waited over two years to catch him just over 58 lbs Edited October 14 by nobbyathome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sam triple Posted October 15 (edited) fish of a life time over here ,no wander hes smiling good catch ,he needs to get over to France now and try for some of the monsters there Edited October 15 by sam triple Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ant.mass Posted October 15 yha fish of a life time well done that man Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twenty Posted October 15 Wow, that is a lovely fish, immaculately scaled, well done........................my biggest is 12lb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pigeon controller Posted October 15 Well done , a great achievement after a lot of hard work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
butchdickason Posted October 15 Woth the wait, well done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NatureBoy Posted October 15 Crack'n common! Bet he's buzz'n! Great to see a carp angler smile'n in a catch pic to. Lol. Face says it all. NB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nobbyathome Posted October 15 6 hours ago, sam triple said: fish of a life time over here ,no wander hes smiling good catch ,he needs to get over to France now and try for some of the monsters there steve goes every year to france and has had some whoppers also the ebro in spain for catfish but its the english fish he really loves catching i am well pleased for him Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Nobody Posted October 15 That's a beauty for sure! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisjpainter Posted October 15 The thing I like about this? He actually looks pleased! Too many carp anglers have to put their serious face on when they've caught the fish of a life time, what a waste of joy that is! Superb fish, will hunted Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Elvis Posted November 19 Wow thats a huge common, well done him!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gordon R Posted November 19 Just come across this. Brilliant. A mates' son catches 25-35 pounders fairly regularly and has a good reputation locally, but hasn't bettered this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mossy835 Posted November 19 very nice well done.i shoot on a farm and there is a lot of carp in the lake.i asked the farmer and got a mate from work fishes there, and caught some nice ones and puts them back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
islandgun Posted November 19 Fantastic fish, I well remember the record standing for years at 44lb. Walker i think.. the fish ended up in London zoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nobbyathome Posted November 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, islandgun said: Fantastic fish, I well remember the record standing for years at 44lb. Walker i think.. the fish ended up in London zoo i remember that one as well it was walker at redmire pool and i am sure i saw it at london zoo when i was a child i think the record carp is nearly 70 lb now shows how things have changed but its not surprising when you think how much food anglers are putting in lakes nowdays my steve has always wanted to fish redmire just to take in all its history ( he grew up loving bob james and chris yates ) i can only dream of catching a fish like this one Edited November 19 by nobbyathome the swear filter came in i didnt swear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Westley Posted November 19 Great fish, it looks reasonably Cormorant proof too ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Nobody Posted November 19 4 hours ago, islandgun said: Fantastic fish, I well remember the record standing for years at 44lb. Walker i think.. the fish ended up in London zoo Yes Richard Walker who caught the 44lb "Clarissa" at Redmire pool. The record stood from the early 1950s to 1980. Eventually broken by Chris Yates with a near 52lb fish from the same venue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
powler Posted November 20 Wow that is a beast, well done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Penelope Posted November 20 16 hours ago, islandgun said: Fantastic fish, I well remember the record standing for years at 44lb. Walker i think.. the fish ended up in London zoo Clarissa (or Ravioli). Caught from 'Redmire' Pool, near Ross on Wye in Herefordshire in 1952, by the late great Richard (****) Walker. The name Redmire was a code name given to the pool, due to the red sandstone soil in the area, the pool's real name in Bernithan Court Pool. Stocked with Galician strain carp of Polish stock, sourced from the Government fish farm in Holland. This strain went on to be know as 'Leney's', as they were sourced and stocked by Donald Leney, owner of Surrey Trout Farms., and essentially spawned the, now world wide industry of carp angling. 11 hours ago, Mr_Nobody said: Yes Richard Walker who caught the 44lb "Clarissa" at Redmire pool. The record stood from the early 1950s to 1980. Eventually broken by Chris Yates with a near 52lb fish from the same venue. The 'Bishop', formerly known as the '38', but was very spawn bound. Died later that year iirc. One of the original stock fish of 1936 (?). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Penelope Posted November 20 15 hours ago, nobbyathome said: i remember that one as well it was walker at redmire pool and i am sure i saw it at london zoo when i was a child i think the record carp is nearly 70 lb now shows how things have changed but its not surprising when you think how much food anglers are putting in lakes nowdays my steve has always wanted to fish redmire just to take in all its history ( he grew up loving bob james and chris yates ) i can only dream of catching a fish like this one More to do with the strains than food. The advent of using the German dinkkelsbuehl (otherwise known as Simmo's) crossed with Leney/Sutton strains has produced Classic looking scaly carp with excellent growth and high weight gains. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites