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PAUL BENNET
BENNETT
r u ns in the deep margin, i t f i n a lly ro l le d . I kn e w th a t t h i s wa s
a good fish, possibly a 40 , I t ho ugh t . O n ce I g o t th e f i s h in t h e
n e t , I was able to take a b e tte r lo o k a n d s o o n re a l i s e d h ow
b i g it actually was. As I we n t to li f t i t f ro m th e wa te r i n t h e
re covery sling, I knew thi s wa s n o 4 0 . I q ui c k ly d id a ro u gh
weigh and the scales went p a s t t he 5 0 lb m ark . I t h en p h o n ed
t h e creator of the pheno me n al G re nv i ll e L ake , Pa u l Wa rd , to
i n form him that I had caugh t a g o o d f i f t y.
Fellow member Wayne E a rl am wa s s o o n o n h a n d to h e l p m e
d o a proper weighing. Th e sc a le s s e t tl e d a t 5 9l b 1 o z, an d i t
was confirmed that no t o n ly h ad I h i t a n ew U K P B a nd my
s e cond UK fifty, but I’d al s o sm a sh e d t h e l a ke re c ord ou t o f
s i ght . I was feeling pretty e up h o r i c ! I me an , i t ’ s n o t eve ry d ay
yo u go and bank a near UK si xt y, i s i t ?
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