BIG congratulations to Chris Hawkins a keen Norfolk angler who has just beaten the Yew Tree Lake record by landing a 44lb 5oz Common Carp!
It was caught on a squid flavoured boilie, which sounds pretty grim to me, but clearly the Carp loved it. As if the record was not enough, Chris also went on to land other Carp to 25lb. Maybe one day for me I will break the 10lb barrier, let alone the 20, 30 and 40!!
There have been very big catches recently in Norfolk venues! Waveney Valley Lakes, Burgh Castle Fisheries and Swangey Lakes are all on top form and producing fish, at the moment, I can only dream of.
HUGE can only be the word used to describe Steve’s Common Carp, weighing in at 44lb!
The monster was caught at Waveney Valley Lakes, and a lovely touch to the story is the fishery Manager, Dave Potter said he thought the fish had died or had been poached as it had not been caught for sometime. I have had spirited fights from Carp at 5lb, so I can understand why it would have taken 30mins to land it.
Apparently the fish was caught on a Nash boilie in the Yew Tree Lake. My personal best Common Carp is 5lb at the moment, and I am more than happy with that! But you never know…
