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IAN BURKHILL
s p ot at nine and a half wra p s to t h e ta l l bi rc h t re e , t h e m i d d l e
ro d just of f island in front a n d t he t h i rd to th e re e d l i n e o n my
r i ght . After only an hour, my r i gh t ro d r i p p ed o f f , an d a s s o o n
a s I picked it up, it was off . I wa s gu t te d, a s yo u d o n’ t g et m any
c h ance on Birch, and wit h s o m any g o o d f i s h i n t h e re , yo u
n ever want to lose one. I g o t th e ro d s et ba c k u p an d d e c i d ed
to have an hour, as I’d been wo rk i n g al l n i gh t .
I t was around 4pm when I wa s awo ke n wi t h my r i gh t h a n d
ro d going in to meltdown, an d a s s o o n a s I p i c ke d t h e rod u p ,
I c ould tell it was a good f i sh . T h an k f u lly i t d e c i d ed to s t ay i n
t h e bay, and after a good f ive -m i n ute b a tt le , i t wa s i n t h e n e t
a n d looked very close to my P B . It fe ll fo r a Tre n t B ai t s P i n k
Freshwater Shrimp wafter o n an Ib h o o ks Cu r ve 6 I Q r i g . O n c e
i n the sling and weighed, i t we n t 4 o z p as t my P B a t 35 l b 8o z .
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