Snowman catches whacking Trent chub

SNOWMAN rigs are deadly on the carp fishing circuit but Mark Smith proved they’re just as effective for huge chub when this 8lb cracker devoured his hookbait.

The Trent newbie was targeting the sill of a weir on a middle stretch of the river and decided to switch to a bigger hookbait when his smaller boilies failed.

He says:

“I’d not had much luck on the Krill and Monster Crab boilies so I changed to snowman rigs incorporating a 15mm Nash Citruz bottom bait with a 12mm yellow Sticky Baits pineapple topper.

“It had just got dark when my left-hand rod was nearly pulled off its rest by what I thought was a barbel. When I saw a big pair of rubbery lips I was just gobsmacked.” 

Mark Smith with his 8lb Trent chub