Kingsbury Ups His PB - Full Feature

Geplaatst Karper Tactiek at Nov 29, 2010

Dynamite Baits and Gardner Tackle backed carp angler Peter Kingsbury has just returned from an emphatic session at Horton Church Lake where he landed a new PB. Here’s his story…

After work, I arrived at Horton Church Lake to find I was the only angler there. It’s a rare sight these days but a lovely one as it gave me all 14-acres of water to choose from! The weather was very unsettled with blustery showers, but still it felt quite mild for November.

I did a couple of laps of the lake to see if I could spot any carp, but after walking the second circuit I’d not seen a movement so I was still none the wiser. I just decided to sit in a peg that gave me different depths to fish to and the south-westerly wind blowing into the swim. I knew the areas I wanted to put my three hook baits from previous visits so I paced these out up the bank, and clipped up the spod to the same distances as I was going to feed each swim with a spod on this occasion.

All three rods were set up with the same terminal tackle but with variations to the hook baits as I just wanted to see what reactions I got. My left hand rod was set-up with a 15mm Savoury Spice Pop-Up, my middle rod had a critically balanced set up with a halved 15mm Savoury Spice Pop-Up and halved 15mm Savoury Spice Boilie bottom bait. The right-hand rod had two 10mm Savoury Spice Boilie bottom baits on the hair. My rigs were tied to 16lb Gardner Mirage mainline and incorporated Plummet Leadcore leaders, 15lb Sly Skin hooklinks and Covert Incizor size 10 hooks.

After casting these three rigs to the known spots I made up my spod mix to feed the swims with. For the session I had a tin of Dynamite Baits Mixed Particles, half a kilo of 10mm Savoury Spice Boilies and a handful of crushed 15mm Savoury Spice boilies. Two spodfuls of this mix was cast over each spot. Once completed I sat back and waited for the action to hopefully unfold.

Friday night passed by uneventfully, and with my alarm set for 5.30am I was up and watching the water for any signs. At 6am the middle rod tore off, I was on the rod in a flash wearing a few light clothes and my socks just as it started to rain! The carp took a bit of line to start with and my lead clip soon ejected the lead and the fish rose to the surface. Once near the surface the fish came in much easier and I eventually got her into the net. Then I realised I was the only one on the lake and I’d need help with weighing her and photographing the fish which is known as Matt’s Mate. I phoned Del, the head bailiff who lives on site, and he gratefully came round to assist me. The carp swung the needle round to 33lb 2oz and was returned safely after a few pictures.

I put the kettle on and started to tidy up the swim when the right-hand rod absolutely went into meltdown. I was on the rod immediately but it was taking line and completely flat-rodded me. This fish was definitely bigger and it was using its sheer bulk to stay on the bottom. After several minutes I got in control of the fish and started to gain line and bring it closer to the bank. My net wasn’t ready so Del had to sort that out before rattling off a few pictures.

The fish rolled quite close in and I could see it was a big fish. I was very close to netting the fish when another member turned up and he took the net and easily netted the carp for me. I knew it was a new PB and let out a cheer! I left the net in the water for a couple of minutes to let the carp recover whilst we set up the scales again. 

Once on the mat, she was weighed in at 44lb 6oz and photographed.

Everyone disappeared I just sat back and savoured the moment! The rest of the session yielded no more carp but I was rather content with the hour that had just unfolded!