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38.9lb, giving him a brand new
PB. It was a huge mirror carp
and one of the most beautiful
fish we had ever seen. Even
better than that, the fish didn’t
have a name yet. Dad said we
was allowed to name it. After
thinking about it we decided
to call the fish Rose after my
middle name Ameila Rose.
carefully played it in through
the waves and wind. When the
carp finally rolled in front of the
net we could see it was a really
special fish. Michael slipped the
net under it and when it went
on the scales it weighed 35.2lb,
giving him a brand new PB. It
was an absolutely stunning
common carp, and everyone on
Being able to name a fish from
such a famous lake felt really
special and it made the moment
even more memorable. By this
point everyone on the bank
was buzzing. It had already
been an incredible session,
but there was still one more
great capture to come.
Our friend Michael had been
watching where we were
catching fish and decided to
move swims closer to us so he
could get amongst the action.
It turned out to be a great
decision. Not long after settling
into his new spot Michael’s
alarm screamed off and he was
into a powerful fish straight
away. We all watched as he
the bank was celebrating again.
But the session still had one
more moment left to give us.
O n t h e f i n a l m o r n i n g, a f t e r
a long night of wind and cold
w e a th e r, t h e l a k e c a m e a l i v e
a g a i n . A r o u n d 3 a m , D a d ’s
a l a r m s u d d en l y s c r e a m e d o f f
in the darkness. I jumped up
s t r a i g h t a wa y t o h e l p . I t w a s
freezing cold and our landing
net had actually started to
freeze from the frost, which
made things even more difficult
i n t h e d a rk . D a d p l a y e d t h e
fish carefully while I helped
g u i d e t h e n e t i n t h e w a t e r.
W h e n th e c a r p f i n a l l y c a m e
o v e r t h e c o r d, w e m a n a g e d
to scoop it up together in the
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