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THOMAS
JOHN
KRIS
TERRY
ASH
ROSSITER
ASH
BINGHAM
THORNLEY
DEMPSEY
GEDEN
GEDEN
t a i l. She was down in wei gh t fo l low i n g he r re c e n t sp awn i n g ,
b u t her condition was subli m e . I wa s a b s o lu te ly b u z zi n g ; d o i n g
t h e extra night had cer tain ly p a i d o f f .
At 3:30am, Harry receive d a s te ady t a ke o n h i s r i gh t h an d
ro d, which ended up bein g a r i gh t o l d b at t le . As d aw n bro ke ,
we were up to our chests i n wa te r, wo rk i n g to g e t h e r to b re a k
t h rough the thick weed sur ro u n d i n g th e f i s h . A f te r te n m i n u te s
o f standstill, we had o ur b re ak t hro u gh a s t h e f i s h s u rfa c e d ,
a l l owing me to scoop it up i n th e n e t . W i th pi c t u res d o n e a n d
a quick cuppa, I still had two h o u r s un t i l my a l a rm wa s d u e to
s o und, so with a full day of wo rk a h ea d o f m e , I o p te d fo r a fe w
m ore hours’ shuteye.
I was just falling back i n to th e l a nd o f n o d wh e n I h a d a
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