It's true. My missus was loads fitter when she was middle sized 
..... just coming dear....
Just noticed that we have a new category for number of entries, Tarpon Tamer. Only noticed because I caught it out of the corner of my eye and thought it said something else. I thought to myself, "peculiar".
Terry.
I sort of agree with everyone! However I don't think any crime has been commited here.
Obviously most of us are happy to take a decent Cod or a handfull of whiting in the Solent.
But if I went on a paid charter trip off Essex where the Cod are smaller (actually I did just that as a marine bio student studying the feeding habits of the Cod family), and caught 3 x 2-3 lb Cod for my efforts, I would be totally OK with that. Who wants to go home with nothing to show for a winter day out at sea?
They don't necessarily have the luxury of the fishing we have, and if they could not keep anything for the pot they probably would not be that keen to go again. Skippers have to earn their keep. We surely want to encourage anglers to care for the fisheries, which they won't do if they don't go fishing.
What they catch / caught that day (indeed what any of us catch / keep) is infinitessimal compared with the daily bye catch and discards from trawlers.
By the way, the most interesting catch I had on my student trip (which I persuaded the college to pay for in the interests of my research) was a Cod containing a large slab of cheese flanked by 2 slices of compacted bread.
The skipper explained that many of the Cod feed on food discarded by the parked up ships waiting to proceed up the Thames Estuary.
Good luck all for the coming season, which appears to be nearly upon us.
Clive