Current Event #7

 

World Record Carp Caught Twice in the Same Week by Two Different Men

 

 

 

 

When Colin Smith (above left) caught a record breaking Carp (weighing in at about 100lb 8 ou) he though he had seen the last of it when he released it.  However, less then a week later, John Thorpe (above right) caught the same fish. This took place in France, where the World Record at the moment is 75 lb 11 ou.  However, once the board approves it, this fish will break the record.  How do they know it is the same fish?  It is a private small lake, where all the fishers pretty much know the population of the lake, so when this fish was caught, they knew they had caught the same fish.  In fact, records show this same fish had been caught several times over the past years, weighing less however, since it was younger.  It is likely that it should pop up again before it dies.

 

I think that this is really funny, and an extreme coincidence.  That fish looks really fat, which I don't get since it should get plenty of exercise swimming for a living, but oh well.  I wonder if it ever will show up again before it passes away, if so I certainly want to hear about it.

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