Gravel pits produce a string of special fish
SPECIMEN hunters are looking to gravel pits more and more for their big-fish fix and are having exceptional results. Here are some of the best recent captures from these often mammoth stillwaters…
Chris Carlyle 16lb 2oz bream
Construction site manager Chris Carlyle dug in deep on a large Notts pit this week, to be rewarded with this 16lb 2oz bream.
The specimen was caught from a 14ft plateau at 45 yards range, the same area Chris had seen two carp show the previous evening.
He targeted the area with Method feeders, fished over a Spomb mix of Dynamite Baits sweet mixed particles, halibut pellets and 12mm boilies.
The successful hookbait was a Mainline Essential Cell dumbell topped with fake corn that had been soaked in molasses for extra pulling power.
Lee Snow – 4lb 2oz perch
After seeing some fry scattering on a southern gravel pit, Lee Snow switched his tench rig over to a big lobworm, then cast to the same spot and was rewarded with this 4lb 2oz perch.
He said: “This is now my second 4lb-plus perch from the lake, the first being a 4lb 3oz fish taken while I was tench fishing.
“I can’t believe it really, as this is a 90-acre water that has a reputation for being mega-hard.”
The superb perch fell to a worm presented helicopter-style on a size 10 Korda Wide Gape hook tied to a 6lb mono hooklink. This was presented alongside a feeder loaded with chopped worm and maggots.
Seb Wright - 11lb 4oz tench
Nash Tackle’s Seb Wright was beyond pleased with this colossal 11lb 4oz tench from his local Essex syndicate.
The 24-year-old from Rochford said: “I’m predominantly a carp angler but I would have taken that tench over any carp in the lake.
“It really was a once-in-a-lifetime fish, which I imagine, I will never top.”
Seb’s new personal best fell to a 12mm Nash Scopex Squid pop-up fished on a Ronnie rig over a bed of Scopex Squid flake and pellets.
