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jason_h
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jason_h
   Old Thread  #39 6 Apr 2021 at 1.55pm  0  Login    Register
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Nice GTs, I wish everybody could hook into one at least once in their life to see what a proper fight is like !!

Mine would have to be :

1. 12lb Tigerfish, always dreamed of catching these one day since watching a JW program
2. 6lb 4 Chub from a tiny local river
3. 85lb Roosterfish
4. 100lb Almaco Jack
5. 170lb Blue Shark
Bristolsaint40
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Bristolsaint40
   Old Thread  #38 6 Apr 2021 at 8.55am  0  Login    Register
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450lb Blue Marlin
Goose
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Goose
   Old Thread  #37 4 Apr 2021 at 9.46pm  0  Login    Register
In reply to Post #31
Some huge roach, perch, tench and eels in the southern pits that on the whole aren't fished for and the Bream potential I've seen carpers chuck 14lb plus fish back without even wanting to net them never mind weigh them.
ocelot
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ocelot
   Old Thread  #36 4 Apr 2021 at 9.24pm  0  Login    Register
In reply to Post #34
That's what good anglers do, crash burn and learn whilst respecting their quarry and environment. Sure you'll get amongst what you're after situations allowing.

I'd take that Thames (The Weaver would be better as it's nearer) carp on conventional carp gear any day mate



wandle1
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wandle1
   Old Thread  #35 4 Apr 2021 at 9.03pm  0  Login    Register
A 12lb common,yes thats right, I have had literally 000s of carp,but that 12lb common,from a ressi up the road from me..see ,its an acidic moorland lake,with no course fish present .

Until ,the late 70s,early 80s when my parents split up and father put 80 small carp into 117 acres of wilderness...

One day,a few year ago,I seen these black shapes,on the back end of the lake,I spent a lot of time there,that 12lber won't be forgotten..was it one of my long passed fathers?..I will never know..interestingly I met John Sidley from the Midlands eel fishing it once years ago..wow..!!


2lb Cornish grayling
3lb.12 perch..just few examples
noj
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   Old Thread  #34 4 Apr 2021 at 8.49pm  0  Login    Register
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As you well know mate it’s like nothing on earth Even on a stout spinning rod 47kg must’ve been like stopping a Land Rover, well trying to...
Cost me £1400 on 2 broken sage rods and about 4 lines before I realised I knew nothing and got some pointers from a couple of locals, apparently I was shark bait wading where I took the missus first time
The aforementioned offspring mean it’ll be a while before the next attempt!
Agree re size and experience. Have had some fish in double or even single figures that with all due respect to carp angling, could not be bettered with what I am aware is still alive. Unless I had an unknown dinosaur from the Thames as black as your hat on single maggot and 2lb bottom
ocelot
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ocelot
   Old Thread  #33 4 Apr 2021 at 8.13pm  0  Login    Register
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Top angling that Noj, what a scrap that must've been

Had GT's to 47kg but not on a fly rod! Proper bruisers of the ocean. Think around 98 did a 36 hour trip for broadbill on the fly, hadn't been done before, teased a couple up but no luck. Two weeks later a well known angler called Jeremy Block managed to achieve the feat on the same boat with the same skipper, a good friend of mine Richard Moller. He's now head ranger and helicopter pilot in Tsavo game reserve. Great angling by all involved. Pb's too me are the whole thing not just the weight.
noj
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   Old Thread  #32 4 Apr 2021 at 5.01pm  0  Login    Register
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157* for me
2 baby boys (not me personally, I just supplied the raw materials)
And an estimated 30kg GT unguided with a fly rod.. don’t think I’ll better that experience before I pop my clogs
vinniecole
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vinniecole
   Old Thread  #31 4 Apr 2021 at 4.55pm  0  Login    Register
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That’s a huge perch
frothey
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frothey
   Old Thread  #30 3 Apr 2021 at 7.14pm  0  Login    Register
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Mine in a league game is 54*, but my sons is 220* off 100 balls. Talent obviously not from me........
Frenzy
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Frenzy
   Old Thread  #29 3 Apr 2021 at 5.37pm  0  Login    Register
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PB's, now there a subject. Difficult to choose really

perch 3.14
pike 24.10
Tench 9.14
Roach 2.2
Rudd 2lb
Carp UK 48.12
Carp france 84.4
Enut
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Enut
   Old Thread  #28 3 Apr 2021 at 11.04am  0  Login    Register
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A true wildie of about 8lb, back in about 1978 when I was 13.

It absolutely decimated a quite big set of lily pads in front of me as it tore through them and took about 15 minutes to land on my Bruce &Walker MkIV rod and Mitchell 300 reel.

Sadly there don't appear to be many true wildies left now.
tight-line-lew
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tight-line-lew
   Old Thread  #27 2 Apr 2021 at 8.20am  0  Login    Register
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My first 20lb pike from the fen drains
oldbeal
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   Old Thread  #26 2 Apr 2021 at 7.12am  0  Login    Register
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My personal best is a 79lb 8oz mirror from holme fen
tomsher01
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tomsher01
   Old Thread  #25 31 Mar 2021 at 12.54pm  0  Login    Register
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my pb is 28lb2 and was caught in a haul of fish over 2/3 summers when I seemed upon a huge edge on a lightly fished reservoir... the edge involved a ton of effort several mid 20s in immaculate condition, some proper warriors and amazing memories... since then I've moved to a place with no stock record and absolutely loving the challenge biggest so far 13lb but a great fish
Jonnas
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   Old Thread  #24 31 Mar 2021 at 10.38am  0  Login    Register
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I had a pike on a floater last year...!
Jackpike
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Jackpike
   Old Thread  #23 31 Mar 2021 at 3.32am  0  Login    Register
A 3lb 12 oz perch for me
Publiclife
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Publiclife
   Old Thread  #22 30 Mar 2021 at 8.01pm  0  Login    Register
Lots of great fish with fantastic memories but the one that stands out ended up being the one that wasn’t mine! 50lb plus common from Le Lot, middle of the night, towed about a half mile down the barrage only to net it, cut the line, get back to my swim and realise that I had caught a trailing line 🙈. Poor thing was a very funny grey colour so we prob saved its life too be fair. Unhooked, treated, rested and released.
carpstar40
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carpstar40
   Old Thread  #21 29 Mar 2021 at 9.38am  0  Login    Register
Carp my first one from the river Wye in 1996 after nearly a season trying only 8lb but was over the moon to finally catch one had many before and after way bigger but that was a challenge after hundreds of barbel and chub, chub again from the Wye caught by design actually fishing for them that went 6lb 9oz, tench from a cotswold gravel pit spotted them set up for them and managed four best one going over 11lb, had perch to over just 3lb same lake and roach to nearly 3lb, eel at 6lb being the most recent as in a few years ago, John west to 18lb, sea bass 11lb, tope 37lb, many fond memories of catching them all.
Canalcarper71
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Canalcarper71
   Old Thread  #20 29 Mar 2021 at 8.06am  0  Login    Register
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I’ve also had 3 pike on boilies a 5,14 and a 22lb one from the river itchen in Southampton when I used to live down there would love a 25 plus pike at some point
NickGordon
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NickGordon
   Old Thread  #19 28 Mar 2021 at 7.21pm  0  Login    Register
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Beast of a tench! Very nice. Had a 12 myself.

I've had a few 2lb roach, thought they were big.

A few 20lb pike, probably my best is one from a reservoir where just catching is hard enough.
Belch
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Belch
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   Old Thread  #18 28 Mar 2021 at 2.19pm  0  Login    Register
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. . .still on the hunt to catch a 20lb+ carp on a pole . . .best 18lb 4oz. Looking forward to summer evenings - can be more exciting than floater fishing . . no puller kits - that's cheating!
johnnyfubar
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johnnyfubar
   Old Thread  #17 28 Mar 2021 at 12.20pm  0  Login    Register
Hi All,

Not near my PB by weight, but my favourite capture was an almost scale perfect common of 28lb from the north end of lake Geneva back in 1990. Big back story to it, including a sunken forest, epic scenery and sunsets and a "hot girl" who dumped me halfway through my 3 day session.
No need for any haters, they are my memories and whatever you post you'll never take them away
Best
Jon
cinisimon
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cinisimon
   Old Thread  #16 28 Mar 2021 at 12.15pm  0  Login    Register
Honestly, I'm not able to choose a capture over the others. I have so many Carps that I can class as my pb, some for their looking, some for how they fought, some for the efforts involved to caught it. It's not so simple to choose from.

I had some lovely fully scaled with stunning colours from a little lake hide in the forest, at least 3/4 Carps can be classed as best looking carp I've got.
I caught some stunning Carps from cassien as well and they can be classed as my pb.
just to name a few, I had the mirror that Adam Penning caught from there and showed in vids (the same fish was in Timmermans vid as well), the same week I caught that mirror I've got others two stunning carps as well as that, one of these, IMO even better looking. Also from cassien I had the hardest fighting carp I ever had, though not a beauty.
From the lake I fish at the moment (unfortunately not fished it since November due this f****g virus) I caught some lovely carps I can class as my pb both mirrors and commons.

Well as you can see, I'm not able to choose only one.
Goose
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Goose
   Old Thread  #15 28 Mar 2021 at 12.05pm  0  Login    Register
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3lb roach from a river is a dream of mine, come close a couple of times but not for some time. Hade a 5lb 8oz perch and a 12lb 8oz tench. Have various nfsa specimen medals and was obsessed with bass fishing some time ago with a pb16lb 4oz from a local river which I have also caught seatrout from to 14lb 2oz.
All of the above can be achieved by anyone as unlike carp fishing you are not restricted by memberships and waiting lists.
NickGordon
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NickGordon
   Old Thread  #14 28 Mar 2021 at 7.34am  0  Login    Register
Even though I have caught larger fish since, I still class my personal best carp as a 28lb carp from the local river.
I'd spent hours walking between two weirs for weeks, almost every day, looking for feeding spots, watching patrol routes. Fished a 2 and 1/2 hour trip and caught it just as I was starting to pack up.

Since then I have caught a few 30lb carp, but they simply aren't as memorable as that.
Richpp1989
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Richpp1989
   Old Thread  #13 27 Mar 2021 at 10.11pm  0  Login    Register
My favourite carp ever caught was a 19lb mirror not the biggest I’ve had by a long way but was always the one that I remember just because I couldn’t fish a couple years ago for over a year due to accident and honestly didn’t no if I would ever be able to fish again or at least specimen fish and this common was the first fish I had after that long break it meant so much to me and got pretty taken back by it all tbh
TeeCee
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   Old Thread  #12 27 Mar 2021 at 9.49pm  0  Login    Register
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That's a chunk of a roach mate. Well done 👍
framey
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framey
   Old Thread  #11 27 Mar 2021 at 9.03pm  0  Login    Register
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My personal best is a 3lb roach.or a 5lb 11 chub I can never decide lol
AaronB1992
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AaronB1992
   Old Thread  #10 27 Mar 2021 at 8.55pm  0  Login    Register
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I was having a similar conversation today. My PB is a 37lb mirror, but to be honest I caught her on my 3rd session on the lake, without any real effort and just fishing for bites.

I much preferred the capture of my previous PB, 31lb 2oz, where I had worked for over a year to figure out the lake and start working to the bigger fish.

Obviously a 37 is brilliant, but I almost wish it had taken longer to catch it and had come through a lot of effort
tazi
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tazi
   Old Thread  #9 27 Mar 2021 at 6.09pm  0  Login    Register
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TeeCee
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   Old Thread  #8 27 Mar 2021 at 5.40pm  0  Login    Register
Good thread

Here's mine from many, many years ago:

After months of fishing really hard on a really physically demanding and mentally challenging water with an unknown stock and not seeing much of anything, searching high and low for signs of fish and after a night of being eaten alive by red ants, on one of my daily laps around the pit the following morning after ant nightmare, I saw three fish crusing behind a small island. Two of the fish looked like pasties, the biggest one of the lot looked like a good upper 30, possibly a 40 judging by its length, I was too far away to see the depth and width of it.

The wind was blowing a gentle breeze from the north, quickly putting together a mixer rod, I grabbed my pult and fired out a decent bed of mixers. Slowly but surely the fish responded. Like I'm sure most of us do, it all starts going wrong from here on in. Fortunately I kept myself together and cast the perfect cast.

First cast the rig landed textbook with the hookbait gently moving towards the fish at the perfect angle. They'd mopped up all of mixers and the pack were moving in on my rig. The two pasties were making a beeline for my bait with the biggun at the back of them. Just as the smaller ones got to my mixer, I teased it back so they couldn't grab it, just in time for the biggun to hit my bait.

It literally went like a marlin. The fish had to have ripped off 100yds on the first run at least and flat rodded me many times afterwards. After battling for a good half hour, coaxing it away from the island, I got it in the net. It wasn't a 40, or a 30. Although it was long, like crazy long, it had no gut; I'd have said it was a male fish at 19 1/2lb. Even though it wasn't the size that I thought it was going to be, by far it's the best angling I'd ever done. That's my personal best.
Wayne
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Wayne
   Old Thread  #7 27 Mar 2021 at 5.25pm  0  Login    Register
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Favourite capture acceptable......
Smudge79
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Smudge79
   Old Thread  #6 27 Mar 2021 at 5.20pm  0  Login    Register
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Thanks for sharing, I will definitely sleep better tonight but I’d just like to point out that your logic is fundamentally flawed.

The fact that it’s a “personal best” means that the criteria is unique to the captor and if the size is their preference, then why should that be less or more valid than someone else’s “personal best”?
jam-ie
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jam-ie
   Old Thread  #5 27 Mar 2021 at 5.11pm  0  Login    Register
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I totally agree mate, my current pb will be my pb unless something special happens for a long time. It’s only 24lb and ounces but it’s because earlier in the day I nearly took my eye out with a bungee strap, 5 hours in a&e told don’t move your head too much so what did I do?? Went fishing baited up went for dinner(this was at centre parks) came back cast out and it ripped off before I’d even got the bobbin on, slid down the slope to the margins thinking wasn’t large up popped this common and it went mental in the shallow water took ages to land on my little 9fter
Canalcarper71
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Canalcarper71
   Old Thread  #4 27 Mar 2021 at 4.54pm  0  Login    Register
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Had a 32lb common from my local canal and a 27 from a tiny lake in Southampton when I lived there from 2007 to 2014 could walk round the lake in 15minutes it was that small
tazi
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tazi
   Old Thread  #3 27 Mar 2021 at 4.37pm  0  Login    Register
Never had a 20. Gutted when the scales tipped 19lb 12oz once......
sundance
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sundance
   Old Thread  #2 27 Mar 2021 at 4.34pm  0  Login    Register
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wow.
Justin_Time
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Justin_Time
   Old Thread  #1 27 Mar 2021 at 3.38pm  0  Login    Register
My personal best came from a tree line on a Cheshire Mire after a tremendous amount of effort and thought. It was a common, was absolutely perfect, made me extremely happy and weighed 26lbs. I have landed hundreds of bigger fish including 40s and 50's but that fish remains my best. You may consider stepping away from the idea that size represents the ultimate personal merit.
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