The sun was setting low in the sky and the evening had taken on a reddish glow when the peace was shattered by the sound of a stuttery take on my alarm. By the time I got to the rod the tip had pulled right round and the alarm was now singing a single note. A short fight ensued, with an unsettling moment when the fish managed to find an unseen snag on the bottom of the lake, but a bit of pateint manouvering had things in motion again and I was still connected to the fish. On first sight in the water I thought I had a small stockie on the end, but a second look told me that I had been wrong. As the fish tired and I eventually drew it toward the net, manned by my mate, we could clearly see which fish it was and recognised it as a very old friend, a fish we have seen a good few times over the years. Lifting it from the water I was quite staggered by how heavy it felt and I knew she was a good weight. The number is really irrelevant but this time she was at the biggest weight we had seen her before and the scales settled on 28lb 11oz. The linear looked stunning, as well as plump, and I asked her politely to behave for a few moments while we took her portrait. All went well and she did as asked before we finally slipped her back into her watery home.
It was good to see that fish again, not only is she my biggest carp for some years but also my third ever biggest fish. A smashing way to draw a line under the coarse fishing for now. Next time I resume It will be approaching winter again and my friends and I should hopefully be looking forward to some Carp fishing on the special water that contains some much bigger Carp. For now though the salt is beconing and I have already made a start with a nice little result that can be found over on my other Blog. Thanks for reading and see you in the winter.
A fabulous way to finish..28lb 11oz's.
