Fargo Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 (edited) Thought was interesting . Always fancied having a few Sturgeon put in my lake but guess would out see me till they get big. Caught in Dorset about hundred years ago on the Frome Edited May 26, 2023 by Fargo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 and proberly caught on a greenheart or hickory made rod !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 Caught one in a lake in France, made a cat fish look tame ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 Like to know how they got that out of the water ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, matone said: Like to know how they got that out of the water ? used a bloody donkey proberly in them days of handlebar tashes...and my man with the bowler hat....they were real men and used to stuff everything proberly in a musemn somewhere with a label underneath "Caught by Major General Sir Gerald Swinly-Slyth " With the able assistance of his man Mr Moses Norestoke and his donkey Mabel Edited May 26, 2023 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 This one weighed 388lb and was caught on the River Tywi in Carmarthenshire in 1932 caught by Alec Allen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fargo Posted May 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, ditchman said: used a bloody donkey proberly in them days of handlebar tashes...and my man with the bowler hat....they were real men and used to stuff everything proberly in a musemn somewhere with a label underneath "Caught by Major General Sir Gerald Swinly-Slyth " With the able assistance of his man Mr Moses Norestoke and his donkey Mabel In a museum in Dorset apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, Fargo said: In a museum in Dorset apparently HHhahhahhahaaa well i never 16 minutes ago, Aled said: This one weighed 388lb and was caught on the River Tywi in Carmarthenshire in 1932 caught by Alec Allen. love this picture.............looks like sum old boi caught it ...then strapped it to his crossbar....then hung it up for a photo in the rectors back garden 'cause he was the only one in the village with a camera... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 Probably true Ditchman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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