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Wally Gonks

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Some of you chaps may have heard of the large Gudgeon that reside in the River Wallington via the piscatorial exploits of The Sweetcorn Kid. I would estimate an average sized Wally Gonk would be around 5 inches long but catches of larger beauties are not uncommon, I caught this one yesterday, I would love to know what it weighed

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Gonktastic !

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Well back in the late 60's early 70's I caught quite a few gudgeon , but none anywhere remotely approaching 8 inches in length.
Could be a record ? ...... Or at least agudgeon of a lifetime .
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I've always said that I believe the Wally holds record Gudgeon, 7 inch plus gonks get caught quite often.

the Wallyboys have a Gudgeon gala (W.I.G.G - Wallyboys invitational Gudgeon gala) and in last years event 3 of us had 7 inch plus gonks. The one in my avatar was the second one I had that day. Stu did an excellent write up of the event.
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Are you sure they're not freshwater Gurnard? Apparently they're an invasive species from Japan thought to be brought over in aquarium pond weed and they're rife in the Wally!!!
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Definitely an English fish Santiago , it grunted with a Hampshire accent :Chuckle:
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:tea: looks more like a gurnard than a gudgeon, it's so big! :Thumb:

Well done Sir! Yours would eat thames gudgeon for breakfast! :Sun:
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Those are indeed super gonks. I think the ones in Waggoners Wells could give them a run for their money though, and I plan to capture some in the not too distant future.
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I think we should do a quest for the gudgeon record on the wally Stu :eyebrow: i'm sure there are a few record breakers in there
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