[Mattylad]

It must be, ignorance of care of the fish that we catch.

Either that or just totally thick.

There I was fishing today, having a total blank of a day, guy 2 pegs along from me catches a nice big Carp.

Good for him I think.

Till he starts to try & pose with it for a photo to be taken by his son.

The guy is at least 6 foot tall, pick the carp up, holds it to his chest while waiting for his son who is messing with a digital camera.

Then the guy drops the fish, smack onto the hard pathway.

Oh dear...

What does he do, he picks it straight up & holds it to his chest again.

THEN DROPS IT AGAIN!

The fish had been dropped over 10 times it's body height twice.
Heck knows what damage that did to it's internal organs.

Then it gets slipped back into the water, most likely to be discovered floating dead in the morning. A nice big Carp that has taken years to grow & given pleasure to many an angler being caught & returned.

And guess what, he only catches another fish & starts to hold it to his chest for yet another photo while standing up again!

I couldn't take it any more, I had to either leave or I would have blown my top at him, but he was way bigger than me (like a BSH) so I shouted at him to kneel when taking photo's and left.

I hope the guy gets a damn good talking to from the bailiff's over fish care because if I see him treating fish like that again I will be getting him banned from the club waters.

Grrrrrr :censored: :censored: