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s t ems a few times i t wa s n ’t
l o ng befo re we were c l e a r
a n d a normal stea dy ba t t l e
c o mmenced . Once i n o p e n
w ater abo ut ten yards o u t , I
s a w the fish for the fi rst ti m e.
I t was a beautiful dark mi r r o r
w i th a buttery belly, a d ec e n t
s i ze too.
Another 5 minutes o r s o
Wi c k e d !
A f t e r a l l t h e n o r m a l r it u a l s
h a d t a k e n p l a c e, t h e d a r k
m i r r o r t i p pe d t h e s c a l e s
round to 27lb 8oz which I was
well happy with especially
considering it was on the new
b a i t . A f t e r p h o t o g r a p h i n g, t h e
f i s h wa s r e l e a s e d a n d t h e t r a p
reset.
p a st before the mirror w a s
T h e s e s si o n d i d n o t e n d
r e ady for netting an dSte v e n , t h e r e, a n d I e n d e d u p l a n d i n g
a f ter doing some vid eo i n g a f u r t h e r 6 f i s h i n c l u d in g a
w as there to do the hon o u r s . 2 9 l b g r a s s c a r p . ( W h a t a b a t t l e
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