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Originally Posted by daijones
Threerivers, The fish Walker had in the 50s was a 44lb common, and at the time was the british record. they always say of the big one that was always see, but i never saw it at all when i was fishing Redmire. but what a great water,
Dai.
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Sorry - I should have made it clearer that I wasn't referring to Walker's record carp, which, as you say, was 44lb and was caught in 1952. The 58lb fish he netted was never claimed as a record, or even as a capture, as it wasn't taken on rod and line; he found it stranded in shallow water when the carp were spawning and scooped it up, weighed it and released it in deeper water.
My point was that carp have existed in UK waters at weights over fifty pounds for many years, and such growth need not be attributed (as it so often is by those who seek to denigrate carp fishing) to them eating anglers' bait.
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