| #1  09-22-2007, 07:15 PM | ||||
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| Giant gudgeon I took my friend JP out for his second fishing trip, back to the Frome. Apart from a few perch, he caught a monster gudgeon, about 6inches, a real beast. If only they all came in that kind of size. I held the beast, and recon it was about 3-4oz, so 3/4 of the record. Beautiful markings too. The Frome is an un appreciated river, like so many, being replaced by carp puddles. Tight Lines everyone.     |
| #2 09-22-2007, 07:17 PM | ||||
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| Re: Giant gudgeon Nice one FC. I think Gudgeon are a cracking looking fish and if they grew to a couple of pounds would be well sought after. __________________ Dan `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ Big or small, look after them all! ¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> |
| #3 09-22-2007, 07:19 PM | ||||
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 Re: Giant gudgeon Nice fish. Which part of the Frome were you fishing FC? __________________ Don't Judge My Path If You Haven't Walked My Journey... |
| #4 09-22-2007, 08:20 PM | ||||
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| Re: Giant gudgeon It was the creamery, just up steam of the bridge in the filed, bottom of the 1st field. Jp was playing about close in, as a newbie his casting is not up to scratch for the far bank trees. Bait was a lobworm about 3". I popped down to the Mells, thers plenty of crays about, fin some deep water, it was my first trip down there this year, have had a nightmare year work wise, (horticulture-bad year). |
| #5 09-23-2007, 06:02 AM | ||||
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| Re: Giant gudgeon Quote:
Tiddler weights are almost always over-estimated. Some years ago, when the activities of Mr Denis Flack were front page news, out of curiosity I took a set of sensitive scales and a ruler to the waterside. The biggest gudgeon I measured was 6.5 inches long, and weighed an ounce and a quarter. The largest minnow was 3 inches long and weighed just one-fifth of an ounce. I have done a fair bit of work on weight, length and girth relationships, and calculate a 3 oz gudgeon would have to be 8 inches long if of "normal" shape. A record gudgeon would need to be ten inches long - mind-blowing!  Sorry to water the bonfire, but it was still a nice gudgeon your mate caught.  __________________ RNLI Governor Nothing matters very much, few things matter at all - Plato ...only things like fresh bait and cold beer - Vagabond |
| #6 09-23-2007, 06:41 PM | ||||
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| Re: Giant gudgeon Don't worry about pouring water on the fire, its good to know things like that. I guess I was caught up in the exicitement, largest gudgeon I'd seen. The main thing is that I got someone else on the banmk, who has been hooked, excuse me... |
| #7 09-24-2007, 01:18 PM | ||||
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| Re: Giant gudgeon nice one there dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go :D...and if you do go!! please let us know :D as thats how the forum thrives |
| #8 08-01-2010, 04:20 PM | |||
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| Re: Giant gudgeon Hi every one- My early angling days were spent on the rivers and ponds around Somerset, then at thirty years of age I moved to the Farnborough / Surrey Borders where I had access to the big carp lakes including Bramshill Police Colege where I developed as an angler, amongst it all as you say. Fifty years old now and very much settled and looking for a new challenge. As a result of childhood memories, I have chosen that challenge to take me out in a coffin as being that of the humble Gudgeon. |
| #9 08-01-2010, 05:00 PM | |||
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| Re: Giant gudgeon going back a few years i used to fish semmington brook there was loads of gudgen in there and some very big ones at that some of them would have been 8" long and an 1"-11/2" wide i think it was on the devizes ticket well worth ago if they still have the water on there ticket matt |
| #10 08-01-2010, 05:09 PM | ||||
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| Re: Giant gudgeon There's stome stonking Dace in Semmington brook too... __________________ Don't Judge My Path If You Haven't Walked My Journey... |
