I'm on a bad run with the £100 challenge, had a few 1st out the mo eys to be honest 😂😂🤣😂. Hopefully I will get out on a few cost cutters soon, been so busy with work can't get any midweek time at the moment😊👍
Bit of a comedy of errors but I did get it in the bag in the end. I lost a lovely koi well over 10lb would have seen me frame in the match.......thats match fishing though fine margins😊👍
To small net for the size of those fish ,I always use a bigger net on venues like that even if shallow fish in soon lose them ,did well to get that boy out 😁
Well lesson learnt I have now got a new bigger net. The other is good for 10lbers but not really good for mid doubles up🤦. Still made it interesting 🤣😂🤣😂👍
I had a bigger one in my bag but he's not good with hair rigs (big mesh), I have now been and bought a bigger one with the fine mesh, don't want that again.
John you done well to land that fish had a 16.4lb on the pole it bend the pole around in a u had in margin had to put all sections on finally it gave up that was way smaller than yours it’s better than going to the gym 😆👍
I was lucky this one just plodded about, never really got a head of steam up, but he was hard to turn when he was swimming away, and kept getting wrapped in line🤦 that's when it get hard because you can't turn them😂🤣😂🤣👍
I caught the same size fish on my club lake on a pole. My elbow hurt for six months! I never used a pole on the lake ever again. I know how hard this is for you.
Well done John, good angling! See you use the Matrix catapult on the pole? Do you use the heavier Matrix catapults for pinging far out on your lead line?
Think it's a medium one? Definitely not the light one. I have switched from Drennan, took me a week or 2 but I am happy with them now👍. Banged those 8mms too far really on the day 😂🤣😂🤣, my fault though not catty.
The elastic was actually a hollow from Mosella, can't remember the size but I did do a video a few weeks back about swapping elastic and it was that one. Hooklength would be 0.15 with a 14 Kaizen.
It's been a while, the elastic would be 13 preston hybrid. Hooklength probably 0.17 or 0.15 power line, but can't remember for sure🤦. It would probably have been a 16 or 18 MWG hook,
Only for 10mins match was nearly over. The fishery doesn't have a rule for this, (It wasnt a super hot day either)If I had caught it earlier I would have rang the Baliff and got it weighed.
