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Waterside Fishery Big Common 68.8 (25 posts / 5,188 views)
Carp-man76 Carp-man76
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Post #1 1 May 2026 17:09
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So Ross's group also caught the big one, just held the photo back before I had worked out how to word the capture, so Mike is an absolute gent caught it at three in the morning, on my scales that for record has only ever weighed this fish. It weighed above the record weight in the water and was weighed on the bank to confirm that weight, weight was 68.8, I will speak to the committee when I can get hold of them, but for now here it is and whether they will proceed with a claim.

The waterside common

Well done Mike Ÿ™
kells kells
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Post #2 1 May 2026 19:11
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Superb. And a home grown biggy to boot. Well in that man

kells kells
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Post #3 1 May 2026 19:11
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DP.. Sox.
JamieH
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Post #4 1 May 2026 19:55
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Ahh pish... there are at least 10 fish bigger than that in Patshull Park lake.
kells kells
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Post #5 1 May 2026 23:41
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The only stockies that tend to go backwards..
Baitman Baitman
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Post #6 2 May 2026 01:03
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Telletubby carp
essesxandy essesxandy
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Post #7 2 May 2026 06:13
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What a superb fish to hold the record and from a water anybody can get to fish. A long time since that has been the case.
Bobvr
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Post #8 2 May 2026 17:09
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Coincidentally on the full moon??
Off_Radar
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Post #9 3 May 2026 20:13
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It was out again yesterday at 66.8
vossy1 vossy1
MODERATORMOD
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Post #10 3 May 2026 21:22
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Picture of the capture in one of the tabloids today.
AideyKaye
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Post #11 4 May 2026 07:28
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Could it have dropped 2lb in a few days?
ip100 ip100
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Post #12 4 May 2026 08:55
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1 day apparently, caught on the 1st may and again on the 2nd
essesxandy essesxandy
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Post #13 4 May 2026 09:43
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Oh I don't like the sound of that.
ip100 ip100
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Post #14 4 May 2026 10:18
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Doesn't usually end well does it mate? Think it's been out 5 times this year already
Beyonce
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Post #15 4 May 2026 10:18
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It can happen if they are holding a bit of water. Also allow for discrepancies with scales, weighing technique etc. There's a crazy story about a fish dropping a huge amount of weight on the Cyp podcast, that fish did not sound healthy though.

Unfortunately now this has a possible record involved people will love to speculate and often negatively. Hopefully the fish is fine, the scales check out and we have a worthy new record, it's been a while.
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