Giant bream nets angler a free membership

ALL-ROUNDER David Lloyd was left speechless when he banked one of only two bream in his local syndicate lake. The Burton-on-Trent angler’s 17lb 2oz slab also bagged him a year’s free membership on the water, all thanks to a bankside challenge. 

“I asked the bailiff about the stock of bream in the lake and he told me there were only two, and said if I caught one he’d give me a free membership!” David explains.

“As night fell, I spotted a fish roll 25 yards out so I baited the area with 50 squid and octopus boilies and cast my trusty snowman rig over the top.

“An hour or so later the rod was away. It really was the fish of a lifetime.”

David Lloyd’s 17lb-plus bream netted him a free membership