#063 - Mark Simmonds, The Stolen Toad
Korda - The Thinking Tackle Podcast
Korda Developments Ltd
4.8 • 565 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2021
⏱️ 136 minutes
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Summary
Mark Simmonds is the proprietor of Heather Fisheries in Hampshire. Over 130 of his carp have reached over fifty pounds from a variety of different waters, some of these include fish that are tantalizingly close to the UK record. Mark is known for his lovable and personal character who isn't afraid to strongly voice opinions. During the podcast, he talked about overcoming personal adversities and he also shared some hilarious stories from his life as one of the UK's best-known fish farmers.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Thinking Techl podcast. |
| 0:09.7 | Now, today's guest is one of the country's best known carp farmers. |
| 0:14.5 | To date, heather fisheries has produced over 150 fish over 50 pounds. |
| 0:20.3 | But has it also broken the British record? |
| 0:25.5 | The Thinking Tackle Podcast. |
| 0:29.3 | Mark Simmons, we're live. |
| 0:31.7 | Welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:32.7 | Great to have you on the show. |
| 0:33.8 | Welcome to you as well, Simon. |
| 0:36.0 | I heard about it in 2018 from Simon at Denton, and he texted me one morning, and he said, |
| 0:44.3 | well done on the British record. |
| 0:47.4 | So I contacted him, so what are you talking about? |
| 0:50.7 | He said, there was a similar over the British record. |
| 0:54.6 | And I said, well, where did it come from? |
| 0:56.3 | He said, well, it's all been kept rather quiet, but he said, somewhere in the churchy area. |
| 1:02.5 | So I phoned Moza and said, what do you know? |
| 1:06.1 | For once, Moza was speechless. |
| 1:07.7 | He didn't know anything. |
| 1:10.0 | And it went everywhere. It was just like wild't know anything. And it went everywhere. |
| 1:12.1 | It was just like wildfire spread everywhere. |
| 1:14.7 | And everyone was in denial. |
| 1:16.6 | It's been dead for two years and everything else. |
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