Monster fish was not Britain’s largest salmon

Monster fish was not Britain’s largest salmon

By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent

Last Updated: 12:01pm BST 17/10/2007

After an outbreak of feverish speculation in the normally sedate world of angling, Miss Georgina Ballantine can rest in peace.

	There were internet rumours that the lastest salmon was 56in long

The ferryman’s daughter caught the largest salmon ever hooked in Britain on the River Tay in 1922, and her record has never been threatened since.

Until, that is, a Highland fisherman hooked a monster close to Loch Ness, prompting rumours that the most romantic angling record of all had finally fallen…

Miss Georgina Ballantine also features in this book:

The big ones that didn’t get away
Telegraph.co.uk – Mar 11, 2007