Sticky Baits Steve Blow's 40's Brace

posted on 26 February 2010 | posted in News

The long journey to the lake gave me plenty of thinking time and a few plans were made on how to tryand sneak a fish out in the 40 hours that lay ahead, and 3½ hours later I met Jon Taylor, who was hosting me. We were greeted by the carp putting on a spectacular afternoon show – quite an unusual occurrence for this lake, so straight away we knew the chances had just risen slightly. A quick chat with one of the members and more good news: a fish had been out the night before, the first in three weeks, so things were really looking up. "Swim choice was quite easy, opting for the one where I saw most of the fish showing. They were showing from five yards to 30 yards out, and at least one of them was a really big fish. I didn't want to spook them, so I decided to keep disturbance to a minimum and not spod. I went with just PVA bags full of pellet and single hookbaits, and then fired out a few pellets with the stick. "I didn't have to wait long; two hours into the session and I was into a carp, only a small one at 15lb 6oz but a pretty one so I wasn't complaining. A few texts to mates and a long chat with the better half was all it took before I was in again at 8pm. This time it was obviously a bigger fish as it plodded around on its way in. Nothing too dramatichappened with this one and a minute or two later Jon was slipping the net under what looked like a very decent fish. "Lifting it out the water I knew straight away it was a big one but estimations of 38-39lb were soon blown away as I saw Jon's face light up. The feeling as he replied '44-ish" will never be forgotten. I had caught bigger fish in France and a few northern thirties, but this was nearly 10lb higher than my UK PB! We settled on 43¾lb and I was one very happy angler.
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I could have gone home a happy man there and then, but at only four hours into the session I was keen for more. "Through the night I managed another stocky at 15lb and Jon had a 28- pounder. Things were still looking good. I expected an early morning bite but it wasn't until around 10am when I was in again. From the off this fish was powerful and all was going well until I had it close in to my right where there was a tree that went quite far out into the water. It wasn't too snaggy underneath but my line decided to catch on a twig on the surface as the fish was trying to tear the margin to bits. A few very nervous moments followed as it tried getting around the back of the tree, but after getting into the shallow margin I got the angle needed to get it heading towards my net. A few swear words came out at this point as I pointed out it was definitely bigger than the other forty. "I was simply blown away! It's the only way of describing the weighing, photographing and returning of an awesome fish.
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The weight was 47½lb and it was the final fish of a mad 14- hour feeding spell that I was privileged to be a part of." All fish were caught over a mix of our Sticky Baits Bloodworm Pellets coated with Sticky Baits Hydrolysed Bloodworm Compound and Sticky Baits Cloudy Bloodworm, fishing half a Sticky Baits Bloodworm Wafter over the top.
 
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