Dirty Job - In the heart of Brussels

Our author @gabrielblatterspiel just sent us this mega picture: "I am sending you here a photo of that fish we had last autumn at an industrial Belgian canal that goes through the heart of Belgium, Brussels.

Really rough area at that, a lot of crack-addicts and squatters around, crazy car races on the bicycle lane next to the canal at dusk and so forth, as well as many people poaching the stretch at night. You can just about guess by looking at the backdrop with the smashed windows and barbed wire fence, the street art and the concrete...

We were shocked, as we ne had never seen any mirrors there doing location and prep-work, and speechless for minutes when we looked in the net!

As you suggested, might be something a bit more special, like a Valkenswaard strain or Van Leeuwen strain fish. Btw, this was the first time we fished on this particular stretch of canal, which makes it that bit more unreal!

Captor: Sebastian Manecke (@sebastianmanecke)

Photo: Nico Wittler (@nicowittler)