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JOHN VICKERS
t h e w i n t e r, J o rd a n a n d J a m e s we re b o t h f u l l o f h i g h h o p e s
n o w, a n d r i g h t o n c u e , a f i s h s h o we d o u t i n f ro n t o f J o rd a n’ s
p e g . W i t h eve r yo n e s e t u p a n d ro d s i n p o s i t i o n , i t d i d n’ t t a ke
l o n g fo r t h e f i r s t f i s h o f t h e t r i p t o b e l a n d e d , w h i c h fe l l t o
J a m e s . A s o l i d b a g c a s t i n t o t h e d e a d p a d s ove r 1 2 m m Tr i g g a
w i t h a d d e d b l a c k p e p p e r w i t h a d d e d G L M f re e b i e s p ro d u c e d
a 2 4 l b - p l u s m i r ro r.
Then just as the light st a r te d to fa de , J o rd a n g o t p i c ke d
u p by a coot on his left h a nd ro d to t h e re e d s . A f te r a q u i c k
re chuck, he was just settin g th e b o b b i n wh en i t p ro c e e d e d to
p u ll up tight and he was away wi t h p ro b a b ly t h e s m al l es t c a rp
i n the lake, a pristine comm o n o f 1 4 lb 2 o z, c o m i n g to o n e o f
h i s home made Trigga wit h G L M c o rk b al l p o p - u p s t h a t h a d
b e en glugged in Trigga liq u i d b o o s te r f i s h e d o n a s t i f f h i n g e
r i g with around 20 12 mm Tri g ga f re eb i e s .
Not a bad start consideri n g we h ad n’ t eve n b e e n o n t h e l a ke
fo r 24 hours and we had a lre ady h a d two f i s h . E x p e cta t i o n s
were high for the night ahe a d, b ut to my s u rp r i s e , i t wa s ve ry
q u iet , or so I thought , only to re ce ive a p h o n e c a l l f ro m J o rd a n
l e t ting me know he had o ne i n t h e n e t . I re el e d i n a n d we n t ove r
to his peg to see a nice up p e r- 2 0 s u lk i n g i n h i s n et , . O ut s h e
c a me for her photo and to b e we i gh ed , a n d t h e s ca l es s p u n to a
re spectable 27lb 8oz. A sol i d ba g t ac t i c ha d t ri p p ed t h i s o n e u p
w i th the hook bait being a t r i mm e d- d ow n L ive r S u p re m e p o p u p inside a bag of Trigga p e l le ts , Tr i g ga c a r pe t fe e d , c ru m b e d
Tr igga boilies with a good h el p i n g o f G L M p owd e r a n d a g o o d
s p lash of Trigga liquid boo s te r. W i th t he f i s h s a fely re t u r n e d ,
B a z told me he had lost a ve r y g o o d f i s h i n th e n i gh t , wh i c h h e
h a s not forgotten and still m en t i o n s n ow !
I t was time for a cup of te a! We ll , t ha t wa s u n t i l we h e a rd
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