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Britain’s largest carp will not be ratified as an official record because it is a “cultivated fish”. That is the ruling of the British Record Fish Committee after the mirror known Big Rig was caught at 69lb 3oz by Tom Doherty at the Avenue in Shropshire. “It’s a very uneducated decision” — Rob Hales, Avenue boss The committee decided the fish had been “grown under an artificial feeding regime close to a weight close to or exceeding the existing species record”. It has subsequently been caught at 71lb 4oz and that weight will not take the record either. “It’s very predictable and I’m not at all surprised. I think that they (BRFC) don’t fully understand the carp-fishing/fishery/growing-fish business. It’s a very uneducated decision. All big carp in this country and elsewhere only get to those weights because they eat high-protein boilies. “I gather they (BRFC) say it wouldn’t have reached this weight in the natural environment – but the…

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Take a look at this whacker caught at Lake Serene in the Champagne Region of France. It tips the scales at 88lb.   Click here for video.

  The Environment Agency has announced details of its new rod-licence pricing structure, which will come into effect from 1st April 2017. Here are the details of the prices: - (New) Three-rod licence - £45 - Standard rod licence (covering up to two rods) - £30, set for at least three years. (Previous price for the past seven years - £27) - Concessionary licence - £20 (Previous price - £18) - One-day licence - £6 (Previous price - £3.75) - Eight-day licence - £12 (Previous price £10) For the first time since rod licences were introduced, the new annual licences will run for 365 days from the date of purchase.