Carp-Talk - 25 March 2015

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Steven Taylor from New Addington, Surrey,

took a three- sh catch topped by this personal

best 28lb 6oz mirror (above) during a day session

on Orchard Place Farm, Kent. Marine 14 boilies

proved successful for Steven, 27, who  shed over

a scattering of freebies at close range. He o ered

trimmed hookbaits topped with Mainline

Pineapple Juice pop-ups on blow-back rigs tied

with size 8 wide gape hooks, Fox coated

hooklinks and 1½oz Korda leads.

A 24-hour session on DDAPS’s Horton Kirby,

Kent, saw local youngster Harry Ludlow bank

this 34lb 5oz common (above). Tigernut & Maple

boilies did the trick for Harry, 16, who  shed at

30 yards range to a raised gravel area where he’d

been prebaiting.  e hookbait was o ered on a

multi-rig tied with a size 6 Korda Longshank

hook, a 15lb Su x Black Silt hooklink and a 3oz

distance lead.

 is 30¾lb mirror (above) was landed during

a 24-hour session on a local club lake by Matt

Saunders from Snodland, Kent.  e

18-year-old tackle shop assistant used a

Mainline IB pop-up mounted on a multi-rig

comprising a size 4 Korda Choddy hook and

Rig Marole Skinful hooklink to tempt his only

 sh of the session.  is was  shed at 32 yards

range over a Spombed bed of hemp.

Peter Shaw from

Trowbridge, Wiltshire,

caught this scaly 36½lb

mirror (right) during a

48-hour session on

Wellington Country

Park Lake.  e

44-year-old managing

director told Carp-Talk:

“Nice to catch one of

the rarer ones!” Peter

used Mainline Cell to

tempt his only  sh of

the session, which

picked up a hookbait

presented on a Fox

Arma Point SR hook

and an ESP Ghost

hooklink.  is was

 shed on its own at 60

yards range.

A RARE ONE

An

11-hour session on

a local club water produced this 28lb

mirror (above) to Alan Hudson from

 atcham, Berkshire.  e 35-year-old CNC

machinist used P-Nut+ boilies to tempt his

only  sh of the session, which fell for a

16mm Pineapple dumbbell pop-up presented

on a helicopter multi-rig comprising a size 6

Choddy hook, a 25lb ESP Two Tone hooklink

and a 3oz Korda square lead. Alan  shed at

40 yards range to submerged snags where he

saw  sh bubbling, baiting with 10 freebies.

 is lake record 27lb

ghost common (right) was

caught by Anthony

Groves from Ashford,

Kent, during a 24-hour

session on Knightingales

Fishery. CC Moore

Equinox boilies produced

the goods for the

47-year-old company

director, who also banked

a 15lb 9oz mirror.

Anthony mounted

hookbaits on ESP

ready-tied rigs with 2oz

inline pear leads, and

 shed in the margins of

an island at 15 yards

range.

Lake record!

27 LB

28 LB

30 ¾^6 OZ

POUNDER

34 LB

5 OZ

36 ½

POUNDER

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