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is lovely 27lb 6oz mirror (top) was the rst
sh of the year to be caught o the bottom at
Cleverley Mere in Essex. Its captor was
21-year-old air-conditioning engineer James
Cottee of Wickford, who was doing a 72-hour
session on the nine-acre water. James shed to
a prebaited area on a clay bar at 30 yards,
o ering a Spicy Lobster hookbait on a blow-
back rig tied from 25lb Fox Camotex Soft, a size
6 Korda Krank hook and a 3½oz lead. Rods were
the 3lb Wychwood Classic versions, to which he
attached ISO reels loaded with 15lb Gardner
GR60X main line.A 48-hour session on Ashmire Lake in
Cambridgeshire produced this 26¾lb mirror
(above) for 22-year-old sca older Tom Flack of
Needingworth. He told Carp-Talk: “I was awoken
by two bleeps and then a massive drop-back on
the right-hand rod. I picked it up and started to
wind in until I made contact with the sh.
When I got the sh close in, it kept really low in
the margins and didn’t show itself until the last
minute, when I slipped the net under it. I
weighed the shed at 26¾lb and rang my mate
Micky to organise photos before he had to go to
work.” Tom o ered Nutz pop-ups on hinged
sti rigs on a silty spot at 80 yards, baiting with
a few handfuls of halved freebies and 10mm
Zing boilies. End tackle comprised 20lb Rig
Marole Hydrolink and 20lb CamH20 links, size
4 Korda Krank Choddy hooks and distance
leads. Set-up wise, he used 12ft 3½lb Free Spirit
Hi-‘S’ rods, Shimano Ultegra Ci4 14000XTB
reels and 18lb Adrenaline main line.BEST OF THE REST:Priory Park in Southend, Essex, has
found a rich vein of form, throwing
up a number of twenties to visiting
anglers. Joe Atkinson from
Hockley was amongst those who
found success, taking nine sh to27lb 11oz (top), known as John’s
Fish, during a six-hour stint. e
23-year-old tackle-shop employee
told Carp-Talk: “John’s Fish was one
of my targets, so having not shed
the venue a lot, it was great to sneak
this one out.” Joe shed 12mmTHE VENUE TO BE AT!
Lee Nobbs, 26¼lb, Mustang
Lake, Nashbait 4G SquidJason Hynd, 21lb 2oz,
Norfolk day ticket, QuadMike Flynn, 26½lb,
Bayeswater, Nash TG
Active/plastic cornNigel Foot, 26lb 15oz,
Melton, Mainline High
Impact Essential IB35 ½
POUNDER
27 LB
3 OZ
e night shift
THE VENUE TO BE AT!
Sticky Pink Signature
pop-ups amongst a
small handful of Krill
and Bloodworm pellets
at 15 yards, where he
had seen sh zzing.
His ve-inch rigs made
from 20lb ESP Two Tone links, size
5 Curve-Shanx hooks and 3oz Fox
leads were attached helicopter-style.
He also used 2¾lb Free Spirit ES
rods, Tournament 5000T Black reels
and 15lb Syncro XT main line.
e same venue also producedthis 26¼lb common (above), known
as Lucky, for 28-year-old tattooist
Rob eobald of Ben eet when he
visited the venue for a few hours.
Fishing tight to the island at 20
yards, Rob o ered a Spicy Sausage
pop-up on a hinged sti rig
incorporating a size 8 Korda Krank
Choddy hook amongst a small
spread of freebies.
is 24¼lb mirror (left) topped
a seven- sh catch for Andy Raker
when he put in a 48-hour session.
Speaking about the twenty, the20-year-old told Carp-Talk: “After
getting a take at three o’clock in
the morning, I couldn’t get my rod
back out to the island accurately,
so I opted to position my rig on a
spot I had baited earlier in the
session and managed this stunner
within 20 minutes of casting out.”
All Andy’s sh fell for DT Bait
Developments Coldwater Green
Beast pop-ups presented on 20lb
Fox Camotex Soft links, size 8
Korda Choddy hooks and 2oz
inline leads.27 LB
11 OZ26 ¼
POUNDER
24 ¼
POUNDER ROB THEOBALD
JOE ATKINSON
ANDY RAKER
27 LB
6 OZ
26 ¾
POUNDER
Keith Desmond of Stewartby
was rewarded for his e orts on a Bedfordshire stillwater when this 27lb 3oz common (above)
turned up in his net. e 38-year-old had been doing between-work overnighters and eventually
struck into a sh after seven blank nights. e sh picked up a Seafruit pop-up positioned next to
an island amongst a few freebies at 40 yards. His rigs incorporated bristle lament, uorocarbon,
size 6 SCR hooks and 3oz at pear leads.East_CT1064.indd 23 20/03/2015 10:03:10