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god damn camera phones!

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04.00 - 10.30 am NAA stillwater widmead

 

The weather seemed perfect warm with light rain showers, but the fishing started off slow until around 6am.

I opened up with a small tench that managed to run into the tree to my right but i eventually got it out! I wasnt going to make the same mistake as i received my second run and applied pressure straight away but soon realised this fish was a bit different it just kited around with no real power, seconds later i had my first ever crucian in the net! After weighing it came in at just under 3 1/2lb and i knew i had something special! Perfect timing for my phone to self destruct and with no one else on the lake to verify to enter as a specimin i releuctantly put her back :(

Everything fell quiet for a couple of hours until i had 3 commons to 5lb spaced around 20 mins apart, i decided to move my left hand rod from the entrance to the bay to the side of a bush on the opposite bank, as i was tightening the line to set my bobbin i realised i just couldnt remove the slack and lifted into a nice hard fighting 9lb common, mustve dropped my bait right on its nose! Had another couple of small commons before packing up a very good mornings fishing just a shame my fone didnt want to play ball at a crucian moment!

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Nicholas S

Wow, a 3.5lb Crucian is more than something special, that's a fish of a lifetime! You sure it wasn't a Brown Goldfish or anything like that? I think Chris Plumb may be jealous when he reads this after his Crucian campaign! N

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viney

im pretty sure it was a crucian i checked pics online when i got in and it definately looked the same. im now baiting the swim daily in the hope of a repeat capture!

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Chris Plumb

Hope you do - would really love to see a picture of it. NAA waters do throw up the occasional huge crucian - my biggest is 3lb 10oz from 11 years ago. However that water also throws up quite a few hi-breds - one, most notoriously, about a decade ago when someone tried to claim a British Record crucian from there with a 5lb+ fish - got all the way to submitting pictures to AT when someone pointed out that the fish had barbules - something crucians never have!

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viney

you know the water i mean then i guess chris? Doing saturday night on there so sunday morning ill be moving to that swim as its far too snaggy for the night! Hmm youve put the doubt of it being a hybrid now as ive never seen a cru in the scales before!

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