Specimen Fish

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SPECIMEN FISH RULES

Just in case you should ever have the good fortune to catch a specimen (or even a record) fish, click on this link to go to a printable specimen recording form, or download an Adobe™ pdf file from here (you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can get by clicking on this icon ). Alternatively there is a Microsoft™ Word document available through this link.

Always take it (and your scales!) with you, you never know....

Follow this link to see details of specimen fish that have been advised to the Webmaster so far this Season.

1.	Specimen fish will only be eligible for Association records or annual awards when captured on Association waters.
2.	Annual awards for specimen fish will be presented annually for the year commencing 1st February and ending the following 31st January.
3.	Specimen forms must be forwarded to the Trophy Steward by 1st February to qualify for awards for the previous year.
4.	Specimen fish must be weighed at the waterside and there must be at least one witness.
5.	All fish must be returned alive to the water from which they were taken.
6.	Minimum weights for specimen fish are as follows:
	Bream	4lb 0oz	Carp	10lb 0oz
	Chub	3lb 0oz	Crucian Carp	1lb 8oz
	Dace	0lb 6oz	Eel	2lb 0oz
	Gudgeon	0lb 2oz	Perch	2lb 0oz
	Pike	15lb 0oz	Roach	1lb 0oz
	Rudd	0lb 12oz	Tench	4lb 0oz

7.	Scales for weighing specimen and record fish must be graduated to read pounds and ounces directly and permit the user to weigh fish to the nearest 1/2 ounce.
8.	With effect from 1 May 2000, Crucian Carp caught from Cinderford Pond will not be accepted as either specimen or record fish.

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