Chub Carp Academy member, Alex Bransby has landed a new PB.
The 45lb 12oz Carp was caught at Bluebell’s Swan Lake on a Greys Torsion rod, using mixed particles along with chopped Mistral i40 boilies.
Alex said;
“On arrival at the lake I located a couple of fish moving around at about 70 yards range out towards the centre of the lake. With the least amount of disturbance I managed to find a nice area of light silt close by and a fair amount of mixed particles and boilies were duly spodded to the area, in a bid to try and hold the fish present.
“Throughout the night fish were showing over my baited area. Then just before dawn I received an absolute one toner, which straight away shed the heavy lead I was using, making the fish a lot easier to control. However, once in the margins the fish gave me the run around for a while before eventually tiring.
“At this point I still didn’t know how big the fish was until I went to slide the net under it only for the draw cord to hit it’s body, at that moment I realised what a deep framed fish it was. This particular fish is one of those rare visitors to the bank. In fact it hadn’t been out for over fifteen months and from pressured water like Swan lake that makes the capture of this new personal best even sweeter.”
