A friend of mine told me that the current record carp, Mary was nicked from a lake called Rayners at 28lb and put into Wraysbury. If thgis is true? How can it be considered the record carp if it has not spent a good part of its life in the water and was nicked/stocked at quite a big weight!!

Are you raving or what Fred? Ok so the great fish was nicked. But it has doubled its weight and it is pukka English too!
Theyre not all locked up are they?

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Originally posted by Fred:
To be precise Mary was rescued as the lake in question was due to be lost to fishing but the movement was indeed illegal. That said, Mary is an English carp born and bred and has every right to be the British Record and I am proud to have Mary swimming around in one of my fisheries. How long before an illegal alien from, for example, a Shropshire, Northants or Bedfordshire water steals the crown. That will be a sad day - almost as sad as the anglers who fish for foreign carp in British waters.

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[This message has been edited by Ian (edited 07-06-2000).]