The Daily Echo was the plaice to be for these lake fishermen and sea anglers.
The waters south of the county and the abundance of rivers make Hampshire an ideal place to cast a line.
The scales were tipping under some of the bumper catches which included conger eels, cod, rays, bull huss and more.
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Dave Rogers struggles under the weight of his whopper while Roger Webb proudly shows off his catch in one of the images –an 80lb conger eel.
In 1980 Colin Scott was pictured with a 37lb scaly behemoth of a cod.
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