I had to smile a few weeks back when I
saw an angler with a massive, record nudging chub in one of the
weekly angling magazines. The reason for smiling, as if the fish
wasn’t big enough, was that the angler had the fish held out at
arms length, why? The first of many questions surrounding this
capture I expect. Now I’m not questioning the anglers honesty, if
it was the size he stated then I take my hat of to him, yet what I
cant get my head around is why push such a big fish out in front of
the camera, It just looks stupid.
The reason I never doubt the honesty of
an angler is I know, as a photographer, never to question the weight
or, opening up a can of worms here, the species, as a picture can
drastically alter the perspective of the fish.
Just take a look at
the two images of recent barbel myself and fellow Nash man Chris
Petter took. Which barbel looks bigger? To me Chris’s barbel looks
far bigger, yet this is just down to the angle in which the
photograph was taken. Chris’s barbel weighed 11lb 10oz while mine
went 14lb 7oz!
The reason I never doubt the honesty of
an angler is I know, as a photographer, never to question the weight
or, opening up a can of worms here, the species, as a picture can
drastically alter the perspective of the fish. 
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