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e v en consider the ‘Car r o t ’
as
he
seemed
defini t e l y
‘ u ncatchable’!
We were in May now and word
had obviously got out ‘Mallins’
fishing this lake, we have seen
his van there must be a big
fish in there... blah blah blah! I
had people messaging me who
didn’t even know me saying
been catastrophic. The sheer
stress and intensity was off
the scale, I was permanently
in a bad mood as I was trying
so hard but not achieving my
dream, All I had to show for my
efforts was a few doubles !
Normal carp fishing is lovely
and relaxing and enjoyable, but
big carp fishing is a different
I’ll have a go when you have
finished, let me know! They
didn’t even know what was in
there! Anglers started walking
around, I had already hid my
van in a nearby estate in fear
of anyone seeing me here...
I started to get silly, anglers
approaching me in white
T-shirts while I was stalking
the fish in the bog. They would
come up asking if I’d caught
anything and what’s in there...
I had to deliberately blank
them... I know this sounds bad
but I had to do what I had to
do, to make sure it was going
to be me next to catch this
‘special carp’. To have the lake
mobbed by sheep would have
animal, it’s the total opposite,
I was too invested in this
campaign for failure, I had to
push myself harder and be more
meticulous and make sure the
‘uncatchable’ would be mine.
To w a r d s t h e e n d o f M a y t h e
h o r se s h o e r e e d s p o t s e e m e d
to be back in use with all the
free bait on offer over the
last month they were loving
it. Same tactics rod high
over the reeds, I watched
t h e C a rr o t d r i f t i n a n d o u t ,
to my amazement it picked
up my hookbait, the plan
worked again and I landed
h i m b a l a n c i n g o n t h e t y re. A n
o r a n g e l i n e a r a p p r o x i ma t e l y
1 4 l b s b u t he h a d a b i t e o u t
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