New PB for me.........

[Smiffy]

25lb 11oz Mirror Carp.
:thup::thup::thup::thup::thup:

Pic to follow

 

[Captainron]

Nicely done sir. Howling were you sitting around before it was caught?

 

[Smiffy]

Nicely done sir. Howling were you sitting around before it was caught?

I caught a smaller one (about 11lb) after 4 hours, the big one came after about 6.

 

[CMAC]

No pic.......hmmmmm fishy

 

[Smiffy]

No pic.......hmmmmm fishy

Will be tonight once I get my USB cable back
:angry:

 

[CMAC]

Will be tonight once I get my USB cable back
:angry:

Only pullin yer big one Smiffy I have nadda interest in fish unless its in paper with chips....

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Oooo Thats a very nice one Rob , Congrats

Where did you get it, what was the bait and the rig setup?

 

[Hobbit]

Pole, or proper fishing with a reel etc?

 

[Rooter]

Still no pic! i am calling it a load of old pollocks from smiffy!

 

[CMAC]

Still no pic! i am calling it a load of old pollocks from smiffy!

Give him a chance Rooter, he's gotta get to the fish market first and furtively snap a carp:rofl:

 

[Smiffy]

Wallop!!

 

[Rooter]

Nice Knitwear! not a bad fish either!

 

[mikee247]

Pan fried with a little garlic, butter and thyme? or chuck it back for some other bloke to catch it later?

 

[john0]

I see it's not just your golfing jumpers that you don't bother ironing

 

[Smiffy]

I see it's not just your golfing jumpers that you don't bother ironing

Carp fishermen hang tough

 

[Pin-seeker]

I'm no fisherman,but that's a beaut.

 

[bladeplayer]

Id say it fought hard not to come in ? what ya do with it ?

 

[JustOne]

I caught a smaller one (about 11lb) after 4 hours, the big one came after about 6.

6 hours????????

Careful you don't injure yourself!


Great looking fish.... 10lb line?

 

[Smiffy]

Great looking fish.... 10lb line?

It was indeed James. Don't like fishing too heavy.
Single coconut boilie did the trick.

 

[Smiffy]

Where did you get it, what was the bait and the rig setup?

Stream Valley Lakes at Crowborough in East Sussex.
Light running rig with a slightly longer fluoro hooklength because the lakebed is quite silty. Single 16mm Coconut boilie with a few freebies catapulted out.