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Not sure what to make of this...

#1 Post by Livid »

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/display.var ... _hands.php

Right now i'm thinking that, quite honestly, i'd have released it if at all possible, i mean if you caught it, you kinda earned it so you'd have every right to keep it (not that he didn't have a right to keep it) but finding a cracker of that size simply stranded, i wouldn't feel right keeping it.. :shock: :?
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#2 Post by Drew »

Its the Camera Angle...
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#3 Post by jonny gilbert »

yeah i agree i has to be the camera angle
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#4 Post by stevecrow74 »

"Our dogs like fish and so do our two sons but I doubt if I'll have any of it.


what a waste.. giving a fish like that to the dogs...
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#5 Post by teacher »

jonny gilbert wrote:yeah i agree i has to be the camera angle


Well, those tiny golden retrievers are probably about 60 lbs

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#7 Post by pete »

Brillant Livid :lol:
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Re: Not sure what to make of this...

#8 Post by marno »

Livid wrote:http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/display.var.774732.0.plumber_grabs_huge_cod_with_bare_hands.php

Right now i'm thinking that, quite honestly, i'd have released it if at all possible, i mean if you caught it, you kinda earned it so you'd have every right to keep it (not that he didn't have a right to keep it) but finding a cracker of that size simply stranded, i wouldn't feel right keeping it.. :shock: :?


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#9 Post by MAC »

Camera angle for sure and not even all that good. There is serious barrel distorition in the post the fish is hanging from.

It's amazing how much bigger a fish will look at 18mm and close into the lens. Here's a photo I took last year at 18mm. I had to take it that close as space was limited on the boat. My buddy also pushed the fish out a few inches to make it look bigger. This is a well known trick in carp angling.

This was a long fish anyway. We though it to be about 6lb It was 4lb 12oz

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#10 Post by corbyeire »

good point mac well made - cracking fish all the same!
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