After receiving a late call on the evening of Saturday 31st July from Society member Louis Upton, Myself and Match Secretary Martyn Hill attended what potentially could have been the capture of a lifetime for Louis. After initially thinking he had hooked a Bream, Louis soon realised he had hooked something totally unexpected. It turned out to be what looked like a record Crucian. Knowing how difficult it is to prove true Crucians and the fact the only option would have been to take a scale sample and a 1cm square piece of fin to get a DNA test done, Louis decided not to go down that route and instead allowed the Club to make some general enquiries and submit some good photographs to some well regarded Crucian anglers. A lot of the Crucian characteristics are there to see but doubt was shown over the shape of mouth and the continuous lateral line to the tail root.
However, Louis, myself, Martyn and others present were over the moon to witness such a lovely fish which weighed 5lb 10oz on 3 sets of scales.