record fish

[gogs]

being a bit bored with the xmas crap on telly i was surfing the net tonight and on looking at the scottish shore records i noticed i smashed the shore caught ballan wrasse record twice in one day.
the record is 5lb and i had 1 @5lb4 and 5lb12 in sept.now theres no way i would have killed these fish to claim a record so does anybody know if you can claim a record nowadays with witness\'s etc?if you can i am going back to that mark as they will be bigger next year

 

[sless]

ask bert he is having trouble getting a record and he gave the fish to the records people

a bit of a clart on

men in suits

me thinks

 

[gogs]

cheers sless

 

[MikeR]

Well done Gordon anyway. It might not be official but we know who holds the record!

 

[kennyc]

Hi Gogs

Nice fish - I don\'t know if its the same up here in scotland but from the NFSA website......

Press Release



At a meeting held in London on December 14th, Chaired by Mr Ken Ball, and attended by Ian Epps of the NFA; Marsh Pratley of SAA, scientific advisers Nigel Hewlett of the Environment Agency and Oliver Crimmen of the Natural History Museum and secretary, the following decisions were reached and records ratified.



The New BRFC Certificate was agreed by the committee and these will be available and sent to all successful claimants within ten days of the meeting. In addition a new booklet has been prepared and will be with the printers in the new year and available by the next meeting in February.



Frank discussions took place with respect to the processing of potential British Records and a number of measures were put in place to encourage and assist anglers when making a claim.



These include a new Scales Testing Form to assist claimants when they take their scales to be checked by either the Trading Standards Authority or any other scale testing agent. On the form procedure 5 will be highlighted which explains the procedure of the weighing a fish and requests that the scales used must be tested at the weight of capture.



A dedicated telephone line and answerphone has been established to ensure that claimants can phone in details of their potential record claim and to receive advice as to how to proceed. A copy of the procedures are available from the NFSA Office on request or electronically on the web site at www.nfsa.org.uk



The new contact telephone No is 01364-644489 email address [email protected].

Taken from http://www.nfsa.org.uk/ntcg/brfc/BRFCPR_1204.htm

Good luck with the record

[Edited on 26/12/2004 by kennyc]

 

[gogs]

cheers Mike .
Kenny thanks for that,i am not claiming a record this time as i had no witness but if i go down there again next summer i am hoping for fish of a similar size or bigger

gogs.

 

[Les]

what did i tell you the other week gordon.....scottish record fish, but you never believed me :casstet:

thought you got photos??

 

[gogs]

Hi Les merry Xmas m8, yes i took a photo of the smaller one but not while it was on the scales and the bigger one was bleeding slightly so i weighted it quick and got it back in and it swam away strongly.

 

[Les]

merry christmas to you too gordon

got the GPS numbers???

might try anchoring up close into that area next autumn.

i remember adrian had a 5lb+ ballan on my boat at st.abbs donkeys years ago when the scottish record was 4lb 12oz, and i had one at 5lb 8oz at the mull of galloway, again from the boat when the record was the same