i've seen what it's like on the carp side; and it ain't pretty

[corsican dave]

anyone who is in any doubt as to the farcical nature of stockie fishing and the ridiculous nature of stockie carp fishing especially, should read this. as for the obscene & disgusting reactions from some sections of the "carp world"; well, words don't exactly fail me but they're not nice ones. horrible, isn't it?  :x
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1829411/angler-who-landed-britains-biggest-carp-receives-death-threats-as-rival-fishers-call-for-his-girlfriend-and-child-to-be-raped/

so-called "carp guru" Jim Shelley seems to be an especially lovely character, eh?  :shock: apparently he's an angling coach.....

[Bobfly]

Well, I've got two small ponds in the garden so if I bring home two wee bandies in a poly bag like a visit to the shows, and pop them in and feed them up I might reach my "brown trout PB" in late 2017. Sounds like a very solid plan with the advantage of a built in mortality allowance!!

[corsican dave]

I know Vaughan, isn't it pathetic? but it just shows what vile creatures exist out there in the fishing world. all of them above the water.... :roll:
just for fun, here's a transcript of a text exchange between myself and a buddy on the subject a few days ago:

CD: no different to your next-door neighbour buying a larger neon tetra for his fish tank and about as relevant. btw, what's the british record for a neon tetra?

Jamie: 🐠🇬🇧 7oz 3dr....  haha! (joking, of course)

CD:was that grown on or bought in from the pet shop?

as a post script, it does serve to remind us that we're very lucky to have such pleasant & polite folk on this forum

[Bobfly]

Just so Dave ... we are very close to what are often called "normal" people ...  : :

[corsican dave]

only when i'm sitting next to you, Vaughan..... :lol:

[Bobfly]

 

[Wildfisher]

Over my 63 years I have been involved in a lot of hobbies and I can say categorically that I have found fishing to have more total arseholes per capita than anything else I have been involved with.

Present company excepted of course!   :lol:

[Laxdale]

 
Got to wonder if carp anglers all have wee willies.

[Wildfisher]

Got to wonder if carp anglers all have wee willies.

Or any at all. Might be a tadger free zone.  :lol:

[Laxdale]

Or any at all. Might be a tadger free zone.  :lol:

I think they have all had their appendages relocated to their foreheads!