River Records 2004 and 2014

[Mike Hodgkiss]

Thanks to Pete Reading for the update . I think this recording of records / claims process is great and thanks to those who give their time to keeping and maintaining it . Anthony , there are an awful lot of rumours about unclaimed big fish ,frankly I am inclined to only believe whats in the bottom of my landing net or what trusted anglers tell me . I can see why people don't claim a record , but at the same time a river record is something to aim at during the inevitable contemplative hours of blanking .I think records are important if only as historical interest . I am still aiming at the Yorkshire Ouse record , one day I will top Mr Parsons fine specimen , here's hoping anyway

 

[Dan Birkett]

Query from Dan Birkett


No I don't Dan and perhaps 'rather worrying' was the worng phrase to use. Unfortunately I don't move in the right circles to have seen photographs of bigger fish (with one exception) but am aware of others. As someone who only started barbel fishing after 2007, I wonder if it was around this time that anglers became reticent about publicising their catches (no connection of course) as there was a sudden interest in this branch of the sport. It's just a shame that the data being passed on to the University Departments as mentioned above is slightly misleading as a consequence.

As regards the Nidd Mike, there are indeed an awful number of otters present on the stretches I fish, but I did manage my first Nidd double last year which was a personal milestone. This year I'll be trying for another.

Not having a dig Tony - sorry

PM for ya

 

[Richard Parsons]

Does the Association of Barbel Fishers have a list as well , does the ABF still exist ? I would tend to refer to the BFW list as it's the easiest to access and seems to be regularly updated . Who currently holds the old barbel records documentation ? I seem to recall that these were very exhaustive records put together by a very dedicated chap [ Brian? ] , perhaps whoever holds them should be recognised as the '' official '' list ? and arbiter of records ,it would be nice to have a definitive record which all barbel enthusiasts could refer to

Mike - I seem to remember the chap's name was/is Brian Dowling.

And further thanks to Bobby, Pete and Andy for the clarification. I think we all assume bigger fish exist than the biggest claimed publicly, so no surprises there.

The ABF does indeed still exist (I think someone asked?).

 

[Bobby Baker]

Cheers, Richard. I felt left out then. Hahaha

 

[Anthony Pearson]

Dan posted:

Not having a dig Tony - sorry

PM for ya

No dig perceived at all Dan. PM back.