Ed’s Red

[Andrew_P]

Ed Falconer from Keely Rose charters caught this monster red during covid. He donated it to our lab for estimating its age and I was one of the scientists that counted the rings. At 33 years it’s not the oldest red we have seen (43 year old female is) but definitely the biggest!

Ed’s red

[Andrew_P]

So big it almost looks fake !

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

That's a giant, it must've been over a metre in length?

[ellicat]

104cm

[Another Wazza]

One can only imagine how hard it would’ve gone, what a fish

[Neil Stratford]

I would have had a replica made to.

Trophy fish

neil

[Kat]

OMG!

[Bretto77]

24 minutes ago, Kat said:

OMG!

Not often you are lost for words @Kat

[Kat]

Just now, Bretto77 said:

Not often you are lost for words @Kat

The only words I could think of were not appropriate for a family site

[Old Scaley]

1 hour ago, Neil Stratford said:

I would have had a replica made to.

Trophy fish

neil

I think I read somewhere at the time that he did get it treated by a taxidermist and mounted for his wall? Maybe that was a different fish? Interesting to scroll through the comments on the Facebook page. Reminds me why I avoid posting or reacting to anything on FB.

[Andrew_P]

I think it was a mould he is holding. We got the head after it had been with the  mould dude for more than 12 months!

[kmcrosby78]

4 hours ago, Andrew_P said:

I think it was a mould he is holding. We got the head after it had been with the  mould dude for more than 12 months!

Yep, looks like a mould and not the actual fish. Plus he looks far too comfortable holding it ..... a 22kg fish would take a lot of holding (I would imagine ........ ). Cracking fish - I would get it taxidermied too. 

[ellicat]

21 hours ago, Andrew_P said:

I was one of the scientists that counted the rings.

I read about this on the FB page and wondered if you had anything to do with it or even wrote the blurb in the comments.

Even if I was a scientist, I would not have been able to count the rings. haha

[Angry51]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

 

Even if I was a scientist, I would not have been able to count the rings. haha

Why's that Brian, haven't you got enough fingers and toes?

[ellicat]

It's winter and I'm wearing mittens.

 

[Andrew_P]

8 hours ago, ellicat said:

I read about this on the FB page and wondered if you had anything to do with it or even wrote the blurb in the comments.

Even if I was a scientist, I would not have been able to count the rings. haha

I suggested the title as well

Edited May 6, 2023 by Andrew_P
Humility

[Andrew_P]

5 hours ago, ellicat said:

It's winter and I'm wearing mittens.

 

So you counted 4 then did you Brian? 

[Angry51]

No, probably only 2.

He wouldn't have thought to look down to his footies.