Tench rig fools big common not caught for nine years

Warren Hammond hooked something far bigger than he expected on a recent tench fishing trip - a 36lb 4oz common carp!

Fishing an undisclosed Surrey Gravel pit, Warren was aiming to catch a specimen tench but the big carp beat them to the bait.

He told Angling Times:

“On arrival, I Spombed in a load of hemp, wheat, tares and dead maggots and cast a maggot feeder rig with five maggots on a size 10 hook over the top. 

“At 3am I was woken by a screaming run as a powerful fish took about 30 yards of line.

“Eventually I could see this lovely dark common which plodded about in front of me before being netted. I was later told it was last caught in 2011!

Not my PB common, but up there with the best!” 

This big common slipped up on tench tactics after being uncaught since 2011!