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<blockquote data-quote="Sam Vimes" data-source="post: 2683476" data-attributes="member: 12141">Mostly fish that you have an inkling that they're big before you are close to landing them. However, with more years of angling under your belt, I've found that you rarely know that you are into a PB threatening fish until it's in the net. Smaller fish of various species often put up more of a fight than their bigger brethren. You are more likely to know if your PB isn't especially big or the fish does something slightly odd that gives you a clue.Three instances for me in the last few years. One was a big bream that showed itself repeatedly in gin clear water. It gave a fair impression of being a double figure carp until I saw it clearly. It turned out to be my one and only double figure bream. The next two were both this year. A PB tench just shy of 8lb that jumped clear of the water as soon as it was hooked on float gear. I had a good idea from seeing it that it was going to smash my PB. I had my heart in my mouth right until I got it into the net. The most recent was my first ever salmon. It wasn't particularly big, but I knew it wasn't a dace or chublet that I was fishing for with light gear. It certainly had me wondering what on earth I'd hooked until it was close to being beaten. Strangely enough, once it hit the net, I was actually a little disappointed that it wasn't a barbel, big chub, monster grayling, or monster perch that all seemed more likely at various parts of the fight.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sam Vimes, post: 2683476, member: 12141"] Mostly fish that you have an inkling that they're big before you are close to landing them. However, with more years of angling under your belt, I've found that you rarely know that you are into a PB threatening fish until it's in the net. Smaller fish of various species often put up more of a fight than their bigger brethren. You are more likely to know if your PB isn't especially big or the fish does something slightly odd that gives you a clue. Three instances for me in the last few years. One was a big bream that showed itself repeatedly in gin clear water. It gave a fair impression of being a double figure carp until I saw it clearly. It turned out to be my one and only double figure bream. The next two were both this year. A PB tench just shy of 8lb that jumped clear of the water as soon as it was hooked on float gear. I had a good idea from seeing it that it was going to smash my PB. I had my heart in my mouth right until I got it into the net. The most recent was my first ever salmon. It wasn't particularly big, but I knew it wasn't a dace or chublet that I was fishing for with light gear. It certainly had me wondering what on earth I'd hooked until it was close to being beaten. Strangely enough, once it hit the net, I was actually a little disappointed that it wasn't a barbel, big chub, monster grayling, or monster perch that all seemed more likely at various parts of the fight. [/QUOTE]

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