Could this have been another record fish?

AFTER a remarkable six months during which potential new British Record crucian, perch and carp have been banked, could a possible fourth history-making fish be on the cards?

Jack Bytheway, captor of this monster ruffe, certainly thinks so. Hailing from Walsall, Jack caught the spiky specimen, measuring 15cm long, on a lure during a trip to his local canal.

“Me and my mate were fishing for perch in the hope of a few bites” he told us.

“It was a new stretch of canal with an old mooring that was full of silverfish. I was retrieving the lure really slowly when I felt a tiny snatch at it. When the fish hit again, I struck.

“I thought it was some kind of perch hybrid, but after showing my mate he revealed the potential magnitude of the catch I’d just made.”

The current British Record ruffe stands at 5oz 4dr, and although Jack didn’t weigh his catch, he’s certain his fish was close to that weight.

“We took a few pictures and released it. But at 15cm long and very fat, I’m 100 per cent sure it was around the record weight.”

Jack Bytheway’s ruffe, was it a record breaker?