New world record 99lbs

the scar fish from graviers has come out at 99lbs below are comments from luke moffet.

Posted on another forum:

"Just to update everyone on the recent capture of the Scar at 99 lbs...

It was caught, and it did weigh in at 99 lbs...The scales are on their
way to be verified at W&M..but I'm certain they are acurate.

The fish has gained 8 lbs in weight since it's last capture 5 weeks ago,
which can only be down to the fish taking on water just prior to
spawning, which is part of the normal spawning process....I'm a bit
concerned for the fish at the moment, and will feel a lot better once it
has spawned successfully.

Hopefully we will get to see it again fairly soon, back at it's normal
spawned out weight, as it's in a very delicate condition at the moment,
and we can't understand why it was even interested in feeding just prior
to spawning.

I doubt if there will be a record claim this time, as my mate caught it
while I was taking a weeks break in the South of France, and he has no
independant witness, just his family...
The fishes condition is taken into account too...if it gets caught again
at a similar weight then thats different....But it's his shout at the
end of the day, so if he wants to claim it he can.

But look on the bright side of it.....even though it was holding water,
it shows the fish is capable of supporting such a weight, and happy to
feed too! so could maybe achieve a similar regular weight one day....but
I think it will take it a fair while to do that though to be honest.

Ambrose Smith, the fella that caught it.....took a handfull of pictures
and got it back as soon as possible, he was quite worried about dealing
with the fish with out me being there, as he was aware of how close to
spawning they were.... I'll ask a mate to post one up here so you can
all have a look.

Well done to Am' though...he caught the Scar and it weighed 99 lbs!...I
understand it's a new PB for him.

regards to all, Luke"

Alot of talk of it not being weighted properly etc. Seen the pics at it at 99, and seen it at 91 two wks ago. Have to say it doesn't look like its up 8lbs on the previous capture. Watever the weight it is, it's still one if the biggest captures of all time. Fair play to the lad

where did you see the picture scott ?

Carpforum.co.uk

Wow.....What a fish.....Wow .....Roll on the 100lb Carp....And as scott said about gaining 8lb since its last capture but time will tell.....

the big fish in brigueuil spawned two days ago. so i would say that it`s very possible that a big female could put on 7 to 8 percent of her body weight so close to spawning. so close to spawning the eggs drop from one chamber to another one ie labour starts this occurs about 8 hours before they start spawning. in the second chamber the eggs take on more water. normally the fish don`t be interested in food at this time. but if you can catch a fish in this period then she will be at her top weight of the year.