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BARRY OCONNOR
A DATE
WITH
CHRISTINE
B a ck in May 2018, Ben an d I , a l o n g w i t h o u r f r i e n d s M an g o
a n d Scott Geezer Grant , h a d t h e o p p o r tu n i t y to exc l u s ive ly
f i s h on Lake Christine on t he Co t t i n gto n L a ke s c o mp l ex a t
S h olden near Deal in Kent . D u r i n g t ha t s es s i o n , we c a u gh t 4 7
c a rp between us. We were a ll s o p l ea s e d w i t h t h e o u tc o m e
t h at I asked Gary, one of the ow n er s , i f we co u l d do i t a l l aga i n
a t some time. Gary kindly ag re ed , a n d a d ate wa s s e t fo r J u ly
l a ter that year. Now when we f i s h e d Ch ri s t i n e b a c k i n M ay, t h e
weather was ideal for fish i n g . We h ad s o m e ra i n a n d s u n s h i n e
w i th the sky at times overc as t , an d te mp e ra t u re s we re n’ t to o
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