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a n hour the first rod was aw a y.
O nly a small common to wh i c h
t h ere are quite a few o f in t h e
l a ke but on a cold wet Janu a r y
d a y session it made fo r g o o d
c o ntent. After a qu ick s n a p
o f the hookhold the f ish w a s
r e leased and before I co u l d
e v en get a lead clipped o n t h e
l e f t hander was away.
the spreader block it was clear
to see she was one of the larger
fish and later confirmed to be
the long common by one of the
on site bailiffs. On the scales
she tipped the needle round to
35.4lb but that didn’t matter.
Fo r a f r e e z i n g w i n t e r s d a y
s e s si o n o n a c o n t e n t s h o o t
s h e wa s v e r y m u c h w e l c o m e.
This time it was different,
the 10 foot Excalibur Xt
b e n t d o u b l e, t h e f i s h h e l d
deep coming off the island
m a r g i n a l s h e l f a n d i c o u l d n ’t
seem to bring her up through
the 10 foot of water I had in
t h e g u l l y. S h e h u g g e d t h e l e f t
margin as I coaxed her in front
of the swim. Again, not being
able to get her off the bottom
I s t i l l d i d n ’t k n o w w h a t I w a s
attached to. After she hit the
silt and the bottom erupted
i n f r o n t o f m e, I c a u g h t a
glimpse of what looked like a
nice common.
A couple moments later she
took that gulp and was being
slid over the net. Holding up
M a s si v e p e c k s a n d a h u g e t a i l .
It made the early start all the
more worth it. Putting even
more evidence on the table
too of just how good these
B a i t S p i k e z w h e r e.
I finished up the day with
a further 6 bites from 2
different spots putting the
tally to 8 fish in a 7 hour
day session and was home
f o r d i n n e r.
What a result. The Bait
Spikez are available now from
a l l A t o m i c Ta c k l e r e t a i l e r s
& d i r e c t o n t h e w e b s i t e. I f
y o u ’r e f i s h i n g w i t h n a t u r a l s
either maggots or worms I
highly recommend getting
yourself a pack.
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