Member Removed Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 Anyone seen this months SA (January 2007 - never understood why mags do that) - saw a small piece entitled 'huge bass bomshell' (p14). The encouraging news was 2 bass caught near Isle of Wight - 19lb (shore catch) not officially recorded and a 17lb boat catch (a boat record apparently). The 19lb'er apparrently gave a good fight and as a reward ended up in the guy's freezer, not sure what happened to 17 lb'er - article doesn't say but judging by the photo of the 17lb bass taken on the shore I kinda guessing it didn't make it back into the sea either. Now as a newbie fair-weather fisherman I can only imagine what it would be like to catch a double figure bass - let alone a 19 or 17 lb'er, but if it were to happen I still dont think I could take a hammer to it - the fact that such a monster bass from 'local' waters should end up in a bloke's freezer was kinda sad! - can only think that the fish was badly injured or is it just much harder to release shore based catches? or is it regular practice to keep record catches? Charlie H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 can only think that the fish was badly injured or is it just much harder to release shore based catches? unlikely and, as the fish wasn't officially recorded it wasn't kept as a record. at the end of the day it was the angler's call for whatever reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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