Steve's PB Was 29:12lb Now 42:8lb !
A New PB Mirror
After arriving at bluebell lakes on Thursday morning I had a look around and decided to set up on ‘Mallard’ on a double swim.
The reason I chose this peg was because of the strong wind hacking into a line of reed beds and had also had seen a few fish showing just out in front of the peg in the deeper water.
While there was no action from the deeper spots, I still had one rod in 8ft of water around to my left were I originally had seen fish showing along the reed beds.
I had to wade out to cast and had a pva bag full of Nutrabaits Big Fish mix 2mm pellets
The hook bait was a 14mm Nutrabaits ‘Pink Pepper’.
After sitting on my hands for a while, I was starting to get a few liners on my left rod giving me confidence my tactics would pay off and it was this one that eventually ripped off and I was rewarded with a gorgeous 25+ mirror.
Once in the sling I knew it was big!
After that the swim went really quiet for a few days so I changed tactics and baited up heavily over by the reed beds but left the spot for around 8 hours. When I thought it had rested enough, I put it back on the spot.
It was just 45 minutes later when it ripped off once more.. I had been hoping to beat my PB which stood at 29:12lb, and after slipping the net under the common I knew straight away it had beaten that and knew it was be a 30+
In the sling, I knew it was big but I didn’t think for a minute it would be 42:8lb! I was absolutely OVER THE MOON!
They say ‘Everyday is a learning day’ and resting a swim really does work!
Onto the next session!
