The twenty club that is! It would appear that once you've broken the 20lb barrier it then becomes easier to catch them. Mick however, who is yet to cross that threshold, had fish of 19lb 12oz and 19lb 0oz which came agonizingly close to crossing that magical line.
The fishing gods are certainly testing Mick's dedication to his beloved sport, but once again he passes with flying colours. Besides, who could be upset with a brace of 19lb Commons?
The afore mentioned fish were the biggest (all but one!) of a haul of 25 fish between us. I'm not going to pretend that the venue is a particularly difficult water, but others were struggling on the day and we definitely did well to catch as many as we did.
Stiff links with soft hairs did the business, baited with half pineapple pop-up and half spicy tuna and sweet chilli boilies - fished over a spread of boilies.
We had double hook ups on no less than 5 occasions and at one point a twenty
(my fish!) and a nineteen were on the mat at the same time. Lovely!
One of those days when it comes all together nicely. Rigs, bait, location, tactics - all were spot on, and its not very often I can say that! An awesome days fishing.
nice fish fellas , i thought i'd see what you've been up to why i have been working!! (watching football in pub gardens) ,
ReplyDeleteback to the piking for me now after a couple of months chasing big perch ,
tight lines and all that nonsense
tom (tall bloke)
Nice to hear from you Tom. See you later in the year?
ReplyDeletei'm loving the name tom!!!
ReplyDeleteby the way, i'm having the 20+ outta the river this winter if it produces this year to make up for this damn 20 on these carping missions!
Oli, great new blog. Just looked at your old page and discovered you had set this up. I did wonder how you were getting on and will post a link to this site. Been neglecting my blog because of circumstances but will update soon. Good carp!
ReplyDeleteHaven't been able to 'blog' much myself lately either! Good to hear from you.
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