Unfortunately this one was found dead in the margin after an inspection to try and find a cause of her demise I could not see any external damage so looked in its mouth to see what I thought was a stick.The result of a tug with a pair of forceps.
There are three things that improve with age: wine, friendship and water sense, and there's no short cut.
Anthony Shepherdson
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
Apparently quite a common occurrence on this water as it only contains large carp and pike so its either of these or water fowl for dinner.They also have big heads compared to others to cope with the bigger prey,I have also seen this in eels.
There are three things that improve with age: wine, friendship and water sense, and there's no short cut.
Anthony Shepherdson