THE BEST FISH YOU’VE LANDED THIS WEEK
“I TOOK A FEW SLICES OF BREAD FROM HOME”
“AS I HAD an afternoon spare I headed to my local water armed with a float rod and a few slices of bread from home.
“I settled into a swim and began fishing a rodlength out, feeding small amounts of groundbait plus a bit of liquidised bread.
“I make my hookbaits by microwaving slices of bread after removing the crusts. I then apply gentle pressure with a rolling pin and they’re ready to punch, giving me bread pellets that swell up superbly.
“After fishing for 40 minutes, the float began dancing, then disappeared. “I gave a firm strike and connected with a good fish. From the fight, I knew it was a chub or an ide, so when the latter broke surface I was delighted! It weighed 7lb 13oz.”
“IT WAS ALMOST UNSTOPPABLE!”
“I WAS fishing at Trent View Fisheries, near Nottingham when I had a drop-back bite, causing my bite alarm to sing. “I struck and connected with what was clearly a good fish – its power was unrivalled compared to anything I had hooked before.
“The fish seemed to be almost unstoppable, as it took line and had my rod bent double.
“After 15 minutes, I finally had this beautiful fully-scaled mirror in the net.
“The fish weighed 38lb and is a new PB! I’m only 14, so I was blown away by it.
“A coconut pop-up was the winning hookbait, which I presented in a solid bag filled with fishery pellets.”
“THE FLOAT SHOT UNDER AND I STRUCK”
“AT 3pm on Easter Monday the sky cleared, and I couldn’t resist popping down to my local canal.
“All my local tackle shops were closed, but I decided to dig a few worms up and give it a go. After about an hour I’d caught a roach and a perch. After that things slowed for an hour but then, just as I was about to move spots, the float shot under and I struck into something substantial. “I thought it might’ve been a carp, but to my surprise I pulled out this lovely tench! “It’s the biggest fish I’ve had from the canal since a pollution incident decimated the fish stocks a few years ago.”
