specimen fish

[squalus]

I agree with blaker when an angler has to cheat its really only themselves that they are cheating.

[Chris Mc]

Great idea Marlin and shark records are now allowed to be estimated as long as they are verified. Killing a fish just because its big has always been a pet hate of mine. I was fishing with a friend outside Eyries in west cork from the shore a few years ago when he caught a Conger of well over 40lbs as that was as high as our scales went, but there was no way he was going to kill such a fine fish and back it went. In the age of digital technology I'm sure a photograph of the fish with somthing for scale would give a reasonable verification of weight. Anyway when you catch a fish of that size you don't need anyone else to pat you on the back as long as you know you caught it.