Huge roach from giant 100-acre pit - Daniel Woolcott
PLEASE NOTE - This catch report was submitted prior to the second England lockdown.
“WITH a low-pressure front rolling in, conditions looked spot-on for roach, so I drove three hours from home to fish a 100-acre pit over 42 hours.
“It wasn’t long before I found a clear patch at 60 yards and cast my open-ended feeder rigs loaded with Dynamite Baits Grubby groundbait, maggots and hemp, boosted with liquid worm extract, to the mark.
“Two maggots on a size 12 hook completed the set-up.
“The session ended up being really tough as I had regular bites from small roach to just over 1lb, meaning I was recasting every 20 minutes. It was worth it, though, as following another twitchy take I struck into a much bigger roach which I quickly netted.
“This stunning fish went 3lb exactly on my Flyweights, but I also weighed it on my Reuben digitals which said 2lb 15oz, so I took the lower weight.”
“WITH a low-pressure front rolling in, conditions looked spot-on for roach, so I drove three hours from home to fish a 100-acre pit over 42 hours.
“It wasn’t long before I found a clear patch at 60 yards and cast my open-ended feeder rigs loaded with Dynamite Baits Grubby groundbait, maggots and hemp, boosted with liquid worm extract, to the mark.
“Two maggots on a size 12 hook completed the set-up.
“The session ended up being really tough as I had regular bites from small roach to just over 1lb, meaning I was recasting every 20 minutes. It was worth it, though, as following another twitchy take I struck into a much bigger roach which I quickly netted.
“This stunning fish went 3lb exactly on my Flyweights, but I also weighed it on my Reuben digitals which said 2lb 15oz, so I took the lower weight.”
Daniel Woolcott’s 2lb 15oz roach from a 100-acre gravel pit