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m orning, t he rain was d u e t o
s t op at 4:30 am the lake ha d n ’t
d o ne a bite for the entire t i m e
i t rained. But I just fel t it h a d
t o do a bite when it di d. I s e t
m y alarm for 4:30 am and s u r e
e n ough the rain stopp e d . I
s a t outside drinking co f f e e,
l i s tening to the chorus of t h e
b i rds as it broke light wh e n I
r e ceived a savage bite. W h e n
I f irst pick ed the rod up, I wa s
s u re I’d hooked kingys on e a n d
o n ly catfish, it just held i t ’s
g r ound out in the middle a n d I
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c o u l d n ’t g a i n o n e i n c h o f l i n e.
T h i s we n t o n f o r a n a g e t h e n
s l o wl y b u t s u r e l y I s t a r t e d t o
gain on it. Eventually I had it
p l o d d i n g a r o un d i n f r o n t w h e n
it weeded me up after a bit of
t o i n g a n d f ro w n i n g w i t h t h e
rod. I had a massive weed bed
c o m i n g t o wa r d s m e, I q u i c k l y
bundled the whole lot into
t h e n e t a n d a s I w a s p ee l i n g
the weed out of the net. I
could make out the frame of
a huge common carp Lucas
w a s m i n e ! It ’s h a r d t o b e l i e v e
