Bait<\/a>\u201d in the article. Basically, they look like uncooked meatballs.<\/p>\nThe two fishermen named the special bait “Purple Ronnie” and cast off with it on the end of their lines throughout the nine-day trip.<\/b><\/p>\n
And how did \u201cRonnie\u201d perform in his final duty?<\/p>\n
And their dedication to their late friend paid off as a whopping a 12st Siamese carp – one of the biggest carp fish in the world – took a liking to his ashes. <\/b><\/p>\n
12 Stone is about 168 pounds. That\u2019s one big fish. I guess Siamese carp find dead Englishmen rather tasty.<\/p>\n
Mr Hopper, Mr Fairbrass and Mr Dale, all from Hull, East Yorks, went fishing in Thailand last year as a retirement present to themselves and enjoyed it so much they booked a return this April. But Mr Hopper, who was a marine engineer, fell ill last December and was diagnosed with aggressive liver cancer by his doctor who gave him just weeks to live. <\/b><\/p>\n
Paul Fairbrass said: “It gave him enough time to think about what he wanted to do. <\/b><\/p>\n
“A few days before he died he asked us to take his ashes to Thailand and scatter them around the lake because he had really happy memories of the place. <\/b><\/p>\n
“I told him we would go one better than that and turn him into boilies and catch a big fish with them. He just cracked up and said it was a brilliant idea.”<\/b><\/p>\n
I think, for a final request, that is a first. And landing a record breaking fish speaks of divine intervention. As to the fish?<\/p>\n
It is believed to be the first time the 180lbs Siamese carp has been caught in the lake and it will now be nicknamed “Ronnie” in honour of the late angler.<\/b><\/p>\n
I suspect Ronnie will never be caught again. He\u2019s developed a taste for really overdone long pig and anything less just won\u2019t due. Still, this is a fish story for the history books<\/p>\n
Thatisall<\/p>\n
~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
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